Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

ROOK LANE ARTS TRUST

Promotion and fostering of education and appreciation of the Arts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
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
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£11	£10	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£0	£1	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£6	£2	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£23	£47	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£23	£6	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£5	£7	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£19	£30	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£24	£22	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£14	£6	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£27	£26	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	*	£59	£68	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	*	£51	£44	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£34	£37	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£73	£79	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£49	£50	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07?		£53	£60	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/06		£28	£28	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/05		£29	£27	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/04		£34	£25	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.rooklane.org.uk

trustees@rooklanearts.org.uk

01373468040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust
£9,480	08/03/2023	Ring Out, a celebration of bell founding and bell ringing
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust Ltd
£43,300	11/07/2018	Casting the Empire: The story of JW Singer & Sons, Frome
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust Ltd
£46,800	14/01/2015	"Home of our Delight": Mells and the Great War (taken from war memorial)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-81

ADAM CHARLES LAUGHTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

JAMES GARE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MARTIN ERIC BELFORT BAX MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Actor

MARTIN WADE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Stonemason

VICTORIA DAWN ALLISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Photographer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2001, number: 1089605
Registered at Companies House on 02/11/2001, number: 04315757

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR12: 115 days late, AR11: 12 days late,

Main office

Rook Lane Chapel
Bath Street
FROME
BA11 1DN

Objectives

THE EDUCATION THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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