Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CREATEBOLTON

CREATEBOLTON IS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY BASED IN BOLTON. WE USE THE ARTS IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE TO REACH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. WE USE A RANGE OF CREATIVE METHODS TO INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE, TAPPING INTO THEIR CREATIVE GIFTS. WE WORK THROUGH TEAMS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WITHIN OUR CREATIVE CAFE, WITHIN LOCAL SCHOOLS, WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND WITH THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/08/23£140£135£5n/a
31/08/22£91£87£4n/a
31/08/21£49£59£-10n/a
31/08/20£90£84£6n/a
31/08/19£71£67£4n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.createbolton.org.uk

createbolton@gmail.com

07964814297

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Youth Music£27,080
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 07/08/2023
24
Create Community
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/04/2022
Core funding for CreateBolton
Youth Music - Create Boltones
£27,080 06/03/2020
Create Boltones
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 04/02/2020
towards the 'Boltones' - a musical group for people with disabilities and learning difficulties

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISON MAUREEN LOMAX (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • CHARLOTTE CARLIN Appointed: 2021
  • CLEMENTINE JOTISCHKY-HULL Appointed: 2023
  • ROSS DOUGLAS PYLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Bookkeeper
  • REV VINCENT CRAIG WHITWORTH Appointed: 2013
  • STEPHEN PAUL BARBER Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2018, number: 1179761
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Claremont House
St George's Road
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 2BY

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN BOLTON BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE USE OF SHARED ARTISTIC AND OTHER CREATIVE EXPERIENCES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, INCLUDING CARERS OF THOSE IN ILL HEALTH); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN BOLTON BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES USING THE CREATIVE ARTS.3) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN BOLTON WHO CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY HOME BY PROVIDING RESPITE IN THE FORM OF SHARED CREATIVE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES AWAY FROM THE HOME.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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