Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 15
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +15

ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION 

Arts at the Old Fire Station encourages people from all backgrounds to understand and shape the world in which we live through stories, creativity and the arts, and by connecting with others. We have a gallery, theatre, dance studio and Cafe. We support artists and include people facing disadvantage. We support services to evaluate their work using Story Telling Methodology.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 13 years

www.oldfirestation.org.uk

info@oldfirestation.org.uk

01865263980

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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
30/09/22£1,085£1,092£-7£219£305£2652.93150
30/09/21£761£769£-8£115£311£2714.22450
30/09/20£852£680£172£107£319£2895.12620
30/09/19*£801£771£31£131£147£1372.12560
30/09/18£772£771£0£124£117£1171.82576
30/09/17£687£638£50£109£116£1162.2260
30/09/16£518£483£35£55£67£671.7210
30/09/15£490£505£-15£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£528£421£106£69£47£270.8110
30/09/13£328£338£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£192£275£-83£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£96£62£34£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 31 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£409,013
Lankelly Chase Foundation£380,100
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£309,000
Esmee Fairbairn£289,000
DCMS£143,658
The Linbury Trust£108,758
Rothschild Foundation£106,667
Lloyds Bank Foundation£99,840
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Energy efficiency - Old Fire Station
£18,758 13/12/2023
A grant for energy efficiency work towards new heating controls.
The Linbury Trust - Core work - The Old Fire Station
£90,000 20/06/2023
A grant over three years towards their core work focused on local arts development, and supporting people experiencing homelessness.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£6,667 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts At The Old Fire Station
£24,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£50,000 23/01/2023
Core funding
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support for Arts at the Old Fire Station
£14,000 18/01/2023
Arts at the Old Fire Station is an arts centre that brings art to the public, and provides professional development for artists and support for people experiencing homelessness in an inclusive public ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Old Fire Station Oxford
£0 07/12/2022
Grant of £17,030 towards upgrading to energy efficient theatre lighting. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870).
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£100,000 08/07/2022
We want to make creativity an engine for social change by including people facing tough times; learning from and amplifying under-represented voices; growing partnerships so that more people access ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£13,000 31/03/2022
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£2,430 28/02/2022
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts At The Old Fire Station
£240,000 10/02/2022
48
Towards unrestricted core costs to recover from Covid and develop AOFS' practice to better apply creativity to place-making and influence others to focus on good quality relationships and meaningful ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£15,000 03/02/2022
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support for Arts at the Old Fire Station
£210,000 29/11/2021
36
Arts at the Old Fire Station is an arts centre that brings art to the public, and provides professional development for artists and support for people experiencing homelessness in an inclusive public ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£15,000 04/11/2021
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£300,000 01/07/2021
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£10,000 04/05/2021
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£19,670 01/06/2020
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£85,000 20/05/2020
13
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£5,000 02/04/2020
Arts at the Old Fire Station
DCMS - OFS is back
£96,420 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - OFS Open and Out There
£47,238 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Ongoing support
£4,000 31/03/2020
Support from funds raised by HS Sylvia Jay during her Shrieval Year
National Lottery Community Fund - Space for Change: Place for Everyone
£409,013 01/08/2019
48
Arts at The Old Fire Station is an open-access arts centre in Oxford. It will use funding to sustain and develop its work with disadvantaged individuals, particularly individuals who are homeless. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£99,840 17/07/2019
36
Arts at the Old Fire Station is requesting projects costs to support homeless people facing tough times move forward with their lives.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£20,000 26/02/2019
30
Towards facilitating fruitful collaborations in Oxford during the Skoll World Forum, between people with power and people whose voices are not normally heard through the free and open-access fringe ....more
Oxford City Council - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire station
£32,134 21/12/2018
Funding awarded to contribute to core costs to support for art-focussed activities and projects
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Marmalade 2018
£6,000 19/03/2018
3
Contribution to Marmalade 2018, fringe event to the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurs
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place
£9,180 14/02/2018
12
The project will run an arts based workshop and exhibition project to support people who are homeless. This will help them improve their skills and increase social inclusion.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£250,000 15/05/2017
60
5-year core funding whilst exploring together how to create the conditions for place based change.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Art is for everyone; everyone has potential
£210,000 08/05/2017
36
Arts at the Old Fire Station in Oxford is a thriving arts centre that combines high quality art for the public and professional development of artists with building confidence and skills of those ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£50,000 28/03/2017
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries at an organisation that uses the arts to engage with homeless and vulnerable people in Oxford
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Marmalade 2017
£10,185 13/02/2017
1
To support the Marmalade 2017 social change festival
Oxford City Council - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£32,134 09/02/2017
Funding was awarded to contribute towards the costs for this organisation to support emerging artists and provide a gallery with a wide range of exhibitions, a theatre offering music and drama, a ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£200,000 01/11/2016
48
Towards unrestricted core costs to continue to develop the model of working with Crisis Skylight and run an arts centre which engages homeless people in life-enhancing creative opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Space for Change: moving on from homelessness
£282,803 20/04/2016
36
This project will support homeless people, often experiencing issues with mental health, drug and alcohol abuse and domestic violence, through arts and training activities. This will help people ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£150,000 06/05/2014
To provide a bridge between the arts and social care sectors and, for vulnerable adults, a route away from being defined purely as a 'service user' towards being a contributor.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£75,000 31/03/2014
36
over three years towards the core costs of an organisation that uses the arts to engage with homeless and vulnerable people in Oxford
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts at the Old Fire Station
£150,000 20/06/2013
Towards core costs and work with Crisis Skylight to bring the public in, stage great shows and engage homeless people in life-enhancing creative opportunities at the arts centre.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-65
  • DAVID O'HARA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Venue Director, New Theatre Oxford (Atg)
  • HEATHER SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Finance Officer, Oxford Health Nhs Foundatio
  • KIM COLLINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Ecomm For Crisis Uk
  • LAURA HERMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: User Experience Researcher, Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2011, number: 1140525
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/09/2010, number: 07371445
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR19: 94 days late,
Main office

ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION
40 GEORGE STREET
OXFORD
OX1 2AQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION INTHE ARTS IN OXFORD BY THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF AN ARTS FACILITY CALLEDTHE OLD FIRE STATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXFORD

Data Sources

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