Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DIGITAL - WORKS

We are an arts and educational charity with over 15 years experience. Our work rests on the principles of participation with local communities, working to give people a voice using a choice of creative mediums.Our projects involve using mediums such as film making, animation, oral history interviews, fine art, design, photography and interactive.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
05/04/23*£116£137£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22£117£109£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£48£55£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20*£130£116£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19*£118£125£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£124£93£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£79£103£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£87£67£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£51£80£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£84£74£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£71£40£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£31£32£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£12£18£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£11£10£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£23£13£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.digital-works.co.uk

info@digital-works.co.uk

0208354734

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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 digital-works
£45,700 24/03/2023
Hello Campers: An Oral History of London’s Holiday Campers
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital-works
£45,200 15/12/2022
Session Stories: An Oral History of London's Session Musicians
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital-works
£44,600 09/09/2022
Rail Workers: An Oral History of Kings Cross Station
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital-works
£10,000 09/03/2022
Throwing Light: An Oral History of cinemas in Kingston
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital-works
£42,700 18/08/2021
Wombles From the Lane: An Oral History of AFC Wimbledon
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£41,200 19/05/2021
On The Post: An Oral History of the Postal Workers in London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£43,400 16/01/2020
Sorted! An Oral History of the Postal Workers in London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£39,400 05/09/2019
Push Up Brentford! An Oral History of Brentford Football Club
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£39,600 06/06/2019
Operation Pied Piper: An Oral History of the WW2 Evacuees of London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£29,400 09/01/2019
Brewing Stories: An Oral History of the breweries of West London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£43,800 03/07/2018
Brass Tally Men: An Oral History of London's Dockers
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£40,600 07/03/2018
Journeys: An oral history of Migration in Tooting, SW London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£25,300 13/02/2018
An Oral History of Punjabi Wrestling
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 04/07/2017
The Winstanley Estate: An Oral History
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£40,900 10/05/2017
Sherbet: An oral history of the London taxicab
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 01/09/2016
An Oral History of Eel Pie Island
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 06/07/2016
An Oral History of Tooting Covered Markets
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£39,700 14/01/2016
An Oral History of London Buses
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 04/11/2015
Playing at the Worlds End: An Oral History of Children's Play in Chelsea
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£37,800 06/05/2015
Tales from the Thames: An oral history of the Thames Lightermen
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 07/01/2015
An Oral History of Notting Dale and Dalgarno
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£10,000 07/01/2015
Tailored Stories: An Oral History of Savile Row
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to digital:works
£31,300 05/03/2014
Banging Out: Fleet Street Remembered
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN CONWAY Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID ROGERS Appointed: 2007
  • ESHAN KURAN PURI MR Appointed: 2021
  • MAYA GOTTLIEB Appointed: 2022
  • SALLY BOOTH Appointed: 2007
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2008, number: 1124659
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR23: 105 days late, AR20: 36 days late, AR19: 236 days late,
Main office

5 Lyncroft Gardens
LONDON
W13 9PU

Objectives

. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY VISUAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES. TO ADVANCE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS INVOLVING CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC CONTENT AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THE INCLUSION OF THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND CULTURAL, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES. THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS TO BE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY GREATER LONDON AND THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND. THE BENEFICIARIES ARE TO BE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AND THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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