Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

'SIGNALS' ESSEX MEDIA CENTRE LTD 

Signals provides the opportunity for everyone to participate in media production. Through courses, exhibition, and projects. This work encourages participation & understanding & develops technical & personal skills.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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
Established: 34 years

www.signals.org.uk

info@signals.org.uk

01206560255

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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£171£148£24n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£151£148£4n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£122£125£-3n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£175£165£11n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£176£157£19n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£157£141£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£152£161£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£164£155£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£166£165£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£184£175£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£171£168£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£147£163£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£174£174£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£127£169£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£237£209£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£204£185£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£252£232£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£224£219£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£318£299£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£150£174£-24£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
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
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£134,000
National Lottery Community Fund£108,700
DCMS£40,728
BBC Children in Need£14,616
Essex Community Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Community - Tendring
£105,000 27/09/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a digital inclusion project for children and young people in Harwich Tendring. The project aims to develop digital skills and enable young people to reach their ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to ’Signals’ Essex Media Centre Ltd
£93,500 20/01/2023
Peoples of Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Communications
£3,700 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to make improvements to the organisation's website. The project aims to improve the service provided for bookings and the resources available to children and young people ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Signals Essex Media Centre
£4,000 03/03/2022
to help run a project for children attending primary schools in Braintree to explore their anxiety of change and transition
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Signals Essex Media Centre
£14,616 30/07/2021
This project will deliver creative workshops to children and young people with autism in Colchester. The activities will improve their well-being, communication skills and confidence.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Signals Media Arts
£3,000 22/06/2020
to help provide free activity workshops for disadvantaged children and young people across North Essex during summer to help them engage and continue learning at home
DCMS - Foundation 21
£37,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£3,728 28/02/2020
Autism Friendly Digital Club. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to 'Signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd
£40,500 23/01/2020
Talk Time: History of Commuication Technology
DCMS - ALB - BFI - Education
£17,000 01/04/2019
hands-on filmmaking courses for 16-19 year olds, which aim to develop their knowledge and skills required to be part of the future of the UK film industry
Essex Community Foundation - Bit Time: A cross-generational exploration of communication technologies
£4,000 08/11/2018
7
To run digital workshops and exhibitions for young people in Basildon
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signals Media Arts
£31,300 23/01/2018
The Year: A seasonal exploration of the natural heritage of Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve
Essex Community Foundation - Creative Code Club
£4,480 04/08/2017
12
Towards the set up of an after school digital skills Creative Code Club in Colchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Code Club
£6,130 10/05/2017
12
The group will provide an after-school code club for children and young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and those on the autism spectrum. This will enable them to learn new skills, ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Signals Media Arts Centre
£14,815 09/03/2017
36
This grant will fund digital, film and animation workshops for young people with autism in Essex. The project aims to increase confidence and develop the young people’s creative and communication ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signals Media Arts
£27,300 21/03/2016
Dig Deeper: The Archaeology of Colchester's Roman Circus
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Digital core: learning maths, literacy and coding through film and digital games
£38,000 08/02/2016
24
Signals Media Arts Centre will work with three primary schools in Essex to support children to improve engagement and learning in literacy, numeracy and coding skills through film and digital media ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Signals Media Arts
£44,000 16/01/2014
Essex Girls - women's history in Essex
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-74
  • DEBORAH ANN ROOME (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Primary School Teacher/ Actress
  • JULIEN MERY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Programme Leader Ucc Colchester
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/02/1990, number: 802376
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/07/1988, number: 02277759
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 72 days late, AR04: 33 days late,
Main office

VICTORIA CHAMBERS
ST RUNWALD STREET
COLCHESTER
CO1 1HF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION OF, ANDPARTICIPATION IN DIGITAL ART, FILM AND MEDIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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