Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 3

SHUBBAK:A WINDOW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE

SHUBBAK ACTIVITIES: ? TO STAGE A LARGE-SCALE FESTIVAL THAT OFFERS UK AUDIENCES THE CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING PRACTITIONERS OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE.? TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB ISSUES THROUGH CULTURE? TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ARAB COMMUNITY IN LONDON? TO RECOGNISE THE ENDURING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LONDON AND THE ARAB WORLD.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

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

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
31/03/23		£311	£274	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£156	£435	£-278	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£503	£223	£279	£0	£456	£305	16.4	5	0
31/03/20		£756	£678	£78	£0	£176	£102	1.8	5	37
31/03/19		£253	£200	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18?		£383	£498	£-115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/17		£284	£143	£141	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/16	*	£200	£282	£-82	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/15		£123	£68	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/14		£143	£148	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 12 years

www.shubbak.co.uk

alia@shubbak.co.uk

02078321341

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£75,000
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)	£5,000
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Literature in Public Spaces
£5,000	28/04/2021	The project will connect local businesses with local communities and external visitors through a public art project that creates and displays bilingual English & Arabic literature texts by two ....more The project will connect local businesses with local communities and external visitors through a public art project that creates and displays bilingual English & Arabic literature texts by two emerging Palestinian writers from Hajar Press, designed by young Palestinian designers in key local locations, particular locations frequented by the Arab diaspora inc. Beit El Zeytoun, Levant Book Café and others. It is part of Shubbak, London’s largest festival of Contemporary Arab Culture, but specifically designed for the ODPC area. The project will create a map for festival attenders highlighting the locations and businesses in the ODPC area.
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Literature in Public Spaces
£5,000	28/04/2021	The project will connect local businesses with local communities and external visitors through a public art project that creates and displays bilingual English & Arabic literature texts by two ....more The project will connect local businesses with local communities and external visitors through a public art project that creates and displays bilingual English & Arabic literature texts by two emerging Palestinian writers from Hajar Press, designed by young Palestinian designers in key local locations, particular locations frequented by the Arab diaspora inc. Beit El Zeytoun, Levant Book Café and others. It is part of Shubbak, London’s largest festival of Contemporary Arab Culture, but specifically designed for the ODPC area. The project will create a map for festival attenders highlighting the locations and businesses in the ODPC area.
DCMS - Shubbak Recovery
£75,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Working with Arab populations in the UK: Shubbak community engagement
£203,000	29/10/2018 36	Shubbak is Europe’s largest festival of contemporary Arab culture. This programme aims to develop and embed a community engagement programme, supporting Arab communities to take part as audience ....more Shubbak is Europe’s largest festival of contemporary Arab culture. This programme aims to develop and embed a community engagement programme, supporting Arab communities to take part as audience members and decision-makers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-40

ANDREW JAMES MARCUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications Director

ELIZABETH BRIGGS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Publisher

FADY M A ALRAYYES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Associate

RIWA SAAB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed

SANDRA SFEIR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Institutional Fundraising Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2013, number: 1150374
Registered at Companies House on 27/02/2012, number: 07966699

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

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR16: 31 days late,

Main office

ARAB BRITISH CENTRE LTD
1 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ARABIC CULTURE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF ARABIC ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE THROUGH PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND DISCUSSIONS.

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