Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ODD ARTS 

Odd Arts deliver issue based creative programmes with vulnerable and excluded groups. All our projects use specialist applied theatre and creative arts to address and explore contentious and challenging issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£645£651£-6£0£219£21941732
31/03/22£512£490£22£0£215£2155.31414
31/03/21£278£227£52n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£288£224£64n/an/an/an/an/a18
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 5 years

www.oddarts.co.uk

info@oddarts.co.uk

01612268254

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports 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
The Pilgrim Trust£89,951
One Manchester£48,000
Innox Foundation£25,000
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
Power to Change£10,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 20/09/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Innox Foundation - Grant to Odd Arts
£25,000 25/07/2022
Unrestricted funding for Odd Arts
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Odd Arts
£89,951 23/11/2021
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Creative Community Resettlement [Young Women's Strand] - a therapeutic theatre project for young women from Greater Manchester who are experiencing disadvantage, discrimination or mental ill health
One Manchester - Theatre group sessions for young people.
£4,000 15/05/2021
Lamin Touray and the campaigners have worked alongside Odd Arts team to create a play and workshop to be delivered to thousands of young people across Manchester to authentically address our local ....more
One Manchester - Theatre group sessions for young people.
£4,000 15/05/2021
Lamin Touray and the campaigners have worked alongside Odd Arts team to create a play and workshop to be delivered to thousands of young people across Manchester to authentically address our local ....more
Power to Change - Odd Arts (TU)
£10,850 05/05/2021
Grant to Odd Arts (TU)
One Manchester - Creative Community Resettlement Programme
£20,000 01/02/2021
To run the Leveller (now renamed to Creative Community Resettlement) programme - providing leadership opportunities for people experiencing systemic discrimination and adversity.
One Manchester - Creative Community Resettlement Programme
£20,000 01/02/2021
To run the Leveller (now renamed to Creative Community Resettlement) programme - providing leadership opportunities for people experiencing systemic discrimination and adversity.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Odd Arts
£5,000 01/11/2018
Grant to for 2 drama workshops for parents / guardians
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/03/2019, number: 1182477
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Aquarius Centre
21 Eden Close
Hulme
MANCHESTER
M15 6AX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS FOR THOSE DISADVANTAGED, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF POVERTY, BY THE PROVISION OF ACCREDIATED ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES.(2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING CREATIVE ARTS ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.(3) TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITION OF OFFENDERS AND EX-PRISONERS BY EDUCATING SUCH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING SUCH PEOPLE TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ACQUIRE CREATIVE SKILLS WHICH WILL ASSIST THEM TO AVOID RE-OFFENDING.(4) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN ARTS ACTIVITIES.(5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBJECT 4 - '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); SUBSTANTANCE 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).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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