Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND LEARNING LTD 

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning is a pre-eminent visual art space in Brixton, which explores the rich diversity of artistic practices informed by globalisation and emerging cultural identities. We foster creative synergies through a challenging artistic and education programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 35 years

www.198.org.uk

info@198.org.uk

02079788309

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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£347£307£40n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£483£313£170n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£815£268£546£0£1,570£-30-1.3410
31/03/20£872£243£629£0£1,024£35817.7510
31/03/19£229£192£37n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£186£160£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£262£220£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£349£360£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£310£378£-68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£445£438£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£480£377£103£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£307£331£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£297£330£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£362£330£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£329£350£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£369£362£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£275£253£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£241£231£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£186£215£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£268£259£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth,

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
Power to Change£130,000
Walcot Foundation£104,670
National Lottery Heritage Fund£87,100
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£28,508
City Bridge Trust£9,410
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd (RCF)
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth and community space fit out
£9,100 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to improve a floor within a building where learning and employability activities and community events are delivered for local people. It will also be used to upgrade existing ....more
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£5,000 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
Walcot Foundation - The Factory : Fast Forward into the Creative and Cultural Industries
£99,670 26/07/2021
24
Fast Forward will support individuals with some creative experience into careers in the creative and cultural industries, with a particular focus on art/design. They will offer two six month intakes ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New computers for media studio at 198
£10,000 12/03/2021
1
This funding is being used to purchase iMac's so they group can successfully deliver arts and education programmes to young people in Lambeth with a particular focus on BAME communities that are ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
£5,750 02/09/2020
towards the cost of delivering two key projects - Womxn of Colour Award and Young Curators Programme excluding social media officer, PR / admin support and database consultant,
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd
£87,100 05/02/2020
Creating a legacy: Archiving 30 years of 198 Creative Arts and Learning
National Lottery Community Fund - A kitchen for the new community space at 198
£9,408 23/01/2020
2
The funding will be used to install a new kitchen on the ground floor of the centre. The project aims to expand the range of facilities provided by the centre for community groups and events.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
£3,660 09/09/2019
£3,660 for an access audit of the 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Centre to inform the detailed design planning for the expansion of the site.
Power to Change - 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
£120,000 06/09/2019
24
Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 04/07/2019
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Building Development
Comic Relief - Beyond Grants Pilot
£35,000 10/02/2019
3
The Factory project is focused on opening up access, diversity and equality for young people. The Factory is a creative agency and social enterprise challenging the agency world by connecting brands ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Next Generation
£7,500 27/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to develop the skills of young people to become future leaders of the organisation. The aim of the project is to create a youth board to ensure young people are properly ....more
Sport England - 198 Active
£2,600 05/07/2018
16
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 198 Active. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
DCMS - Tate Exchange Programme 2018
£9,340 02/04/2018
This application is for funding to cover the costs of 198's programme of events at Tate Exchange for Year 2 of the programme which responds to the 2018 theme 'Production'. Four events will explore ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
£475,000 01/04/2018
Undertake the capital works to refurbish and expand 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Building
Walcot Foundation - The Factory - Supporting young people into the creative and cultural industries
£40,000 18/07/2017
24
The Factory - Supporting young people into the creative and cultural industries
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd
£44,000 05/10/2016
Voices from the Frontline- An exploration of Railton Road
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning
£8,200 26/04/2016
Digital and visual media equipment for a youth arts charity in Brixton
Comic Relief - The Factory
£63,628 27/01/2016
36
Factory 198 is a partnership of 11 organisations led by 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning which supports young people aged 16-25 in Brixton who are furthest from the labour market into training and ....more
Walcot Foundation - Hustlebucks Youth Enterprise
£25,000 17/11/2015
12
Hustlebucks Youth Enterprise
National Lottery Community Fund - 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Computer suite upgrade
£10,000 05/08/2015
12
The group will use the funding to upgrade its outdated IT suite that supports the needs of socially disadvantaged people. This will build capacity for this organisation's activities and improve the ....more
Walcot Foundation - HustleBucks Apprentice Programme
£20,000 02/07/2014
HustleBucks Apprentice Programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
£64,800 12/06/2014
36
towards three years' salaries of Trainers at a project which provides employment pathways and opportunities for unemployed young people in the London Borough of Lambeth
Walcot Foundation - Apprenticeship Project
£12,000 20/11/2012
Apprenticeship Project
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Europe Meets the Roma
£45,159 21/02/2012
England: Ipswich,Walthamstow, Sunderland, Kent, Derbyshire. Art project exploring identity, personal histories and cultural heritage of Roman and English Romany in order to increase integration ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones
£290,149 09/03/2011
36
A project for young people in Lambeth through Impact Consortium working with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd plus Alford House, British Albanian Kosovar Council, Family Friends and Nacro. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/1989, number: 801614
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/04/1989, number: 02369267
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 20 days late,
Main office

198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND LEARNING
194-198 RAILTON ROAD
LONDON
SE24 0JT

Objectives

4.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE AN ARTS EXHIBITION CENTRE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH, THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON GENERALLY AND BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE ARTS EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;4.2 TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE ARTS AND PARTICULARLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE4.3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF

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