Aug 9, 2020 | Artists, Creative Sector
Developing fundraising ideas in the arts world. Ideas and SWOT analysis Gather together ideas from all of your stakeholders. Include colleagues, volunteers, donors, partners, users, competitors and beneficiaries. For example brain storming (or if you prefer, thought...
Jul 26, 2020 | Business performance, Creative Sector
Arts and business – plan! Moreover, arts organisations are full of creative and energised people, who want to deliver inspiring work for their audiences. That is to say, they want to put on amazing events that will have people inspired. But that doesn’t mean they...
Jan 2, 2020 | Budgeting, Business Start Up Growth, Business Success, Creative Sector, Not For Profit Organisations
Not for Profits In this blog I am going to look at the why Not for Profits doesn’t mean Not for Business. To clarify, businesses are typically classified as Private or Not for Profit . Above all , a Not for Profit Business includes many Art Organisations,...
Dec 8, 2019 | Artists, Creative Sector, Not For Profit Organisations, Tax, Tax Advice
Artists tax: Averaging Relief Artists Tax- Averaging Relief is designed to help artists who have significant fluctuating income from one year to the next. The tax consequence of this fluctuating income could be no tax to pay when profits are low, followed by paying...
Oct 6, 2019 | Accountancy, Budgeting, Business Success, Business Support, Creative Sector, Money
Budgets are plans, planning is good, and furthermore budgets are plans with numbers. The budget Every organisation needs sound financial management as part its strategy, finances underpin every aspect of this work. Each activity should be planned and costed,...
Sep 29, 2019 | Accountancy, Budgeting, Business performance, Business Start Up Growth, Creative Sector, Money
Firstly, the art of budgeting is quite complex. A budget is a plan expressed in money. It tells your future story in monetary terms. Secondly, budgeting is one of the most powerful business and management tools around. It plays a key part in planning, control, and...
