Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Deficit latest year: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST

To engage and educate the public in the arts, particularly performance, music, drama, poetry reading, sculpture, painting, handicrafts and other arts; and encourage public participation in the arts by the presentation creative activities, exhibitions and festivals in the City of Kingston upon Hull and its environs. The core of this activity centres around the annual Freedom Festival.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 10 years

www.freedomfestival.co.uk

info@freedomfestival.co.uk

01482214036

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£801	£1,109	£-308	£0	£290	£232	2.5	7	174
31/03/22		£915	£787	£129	£0	£598	£399	6.1	6	0
31/03/21		£618	£404	£214	£0	£470	£236	7	5	14
31/03/20		£915	£935	£-19	£0	£255	£234	3	5	148
31/03/19		£948	£864	£84	£0	£275	£235	3.3	6	120
31/03/18		£1,152	£1,203	£-51	£0	£191	£131	1.3	6	0
31/03/17		£1,195	£1,034	£161	£0	£241	£66	0.8	4	0
31/03/16		£856	£848	£8	£0	£80	£57	0.8	4	0
31/03/15	*	£583	£609	£-26	£7	£72	£25	0.5	2	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

7 employees
174 volunteers

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

DCMS	£254,599
Department for Transport	£42,350
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/3640
£1,400	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/3827
£1,400	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/2886
£2,100	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/2727
£700	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/2728
£3,500	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/4276
£7,000	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/4934
£8,750	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/4514
£10,500	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/3246
£4,550	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/4208
£2,450	01/04/2021	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
DCMS - Freedom Festival Arts Trust
£254,599	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	24/01/2020	Core Costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Identity, Home and Freedom
£60,000	11/07/2016 6	Freedom Festival was founded in 2008 in celebration of the Hull-born MP William Wilberforce, the leader of the movement to abolish slavery. It is an annual cross artform festival with the concept of ....more Freedom Festival was founded in 2008 in celebration of the Hull-born MP William Wilberforce, the leader of the movement to abolish slavery. It is an annual cross artform festival with the concept of freedom at its heart. Freedom Festival will test ways of working with new communities in Hull through two engagement projects exploring cultural identity. The resulting work will be presented at the Freedom Festival in 2016.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-63

GARRY TAYLOR Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Assistant Director, Major Projects

KAREN HALL (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Ceo

KATE DENBY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive/Theatre Producer

LOUISE ALFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraising Manager

NEIL GRAHAM PORTEUS FCPFA Appointed: 2016

PATRICIA MARY DALBY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: HEY SMILE FOUNDATION, WELCOME HOUSE,

ROBERT PRITCHARD Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeships: NEW LIFE SUPPORT, HULL SCRAPSTORE,

SALLY ANN CHRISTOPHER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Creative Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2014, number: 1158439
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2013, number: 08530799

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR15: 20 days late,

Main office

Room 905
Floor 9
44 Bond Street
Hull

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY READING, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, HANDICRAFTS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTS; AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE SAID ARTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL (?THE CITY?) AND ITS ENVIRONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EVENTS WHICH CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY INCLUDING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THROUGH THE PIONEERING WORK OF HULL-BORN WILLIAM WILBERFORCE; PROVIDED THAT THE PROMOTION OF SUCH EVENTS IS UNDERTAKEN SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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