Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6

PYRAMID OF ARTS 

Pyramid of Arts works to establish inclusive creative communities that engage & empower people regardless of their level of disability or disadvantage. It specialises in arts provision that includes people with learning disabilities, enabling them to work with the wider arts community & professional artists in quality creative projects. Its emphasis is on collaboration & collective achievement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 21 years

www.pyramid.org.uk

info@pyramid.org.uk

01132346040

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£351£439£-87n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£401£435£-34n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£436£244£193n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/20£229£243£-14n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£172£219£-47n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£403£296£108£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£278£285£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£249£256£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£134£147£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£173£224£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£190£241£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£200£127£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£155£167£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/10?£191£231£-40£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£311£156£155£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£162£155£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£137£133£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£112£109£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£69£70£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Developing You Learning Disabilities Project
£19,500 10/12/2021
This 12 week programme is a pre-employability programme for people with learning disabilities, supporting with initial engagement and transitions into further education, employment or training and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Pyramid of Arts
£30,000 17/03/2021
Grant to Pyramid of Arts
Leeds Community Foundation - Pyramid YoYos Development and Engagement Programme
£29,409 14/01/2021
Grant to Pyramid of Arts
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,557 24/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - Pyramid Culture Recovery Fund
£67,867 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Pyramid Culture Recovery Fund 2
£33,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - High Rise Bramley
£164,958 20/12/2018
36
The aim of the project is to engage and empower people of differing levels of disability.This will be achieved through weekly art sessions in supported living housing, targeting PMLD beneficiaries. ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pyramid of Arts
£20,000 15/03/2018
12
over one year towards arts-based engagement and outreach work with people with learning disabilities across Leeds
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 13/11/2017
Creative Outreach
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pyramid of Arts
£29,434 13/11/2017
36
This project will deliver weekly creative arts groups for children and young people with disabilities to improve happiness, develop relationships and encourage creative confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - High Rise
£382,752 01/12/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Pyramid of Arts
£35,000 29/06/2011
the salary and on-costs of the Youth Project Co-ordinator, administration and overheads, training and involvement support, exhibition and event group costs
National Lottery Community Fund - The High Support Programme
£219,540 11/02/2010
48
This existing project will use the award to develop and expand on the applicant's current work in Leeds. It aims to bring people together, either with or without learning disabilities as equals. They ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pyramid of Arts
£15,000 14/01/2009
24
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards running costs to bring professional artists and musicians together with people with learning disabilities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-64
  • LIAM HIRST Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Unemployed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2002, number: 1094134
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/07/2002, number: 04498181
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WHY DON'T WE.. on 04/07/2023
Main office

Unit 62
Barkston House
Croydon Street
Leeds
LS11 9RT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES INTO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND, IN PARTICULAR :-1. TO ENCOURAGE THE INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE CREATIVE ART;2. TO CREATE COMMUNITIES OF ARTISTIC INTEREST WHICH INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES; AND3. TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES IN COMMUNICATION AND GROUP WORKING SKILLS AND ABOUT THE CREATIVE ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH YORKSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, WEST YORKSHIRE, HUMBERSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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