Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

EXETER PHOENIX LTD

Provides space and resources for a wide range of arts-based events and activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £160,380 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£2,112£2,271£-159£1,211£411£-160-0.867145
31/03/22£1,844£1,820£24£883£570£-77-0.56095
31/03/21*£1,231£1,078£153£396£546£-209-2.32560
31/03/20*£1,606£1,791£-185£657£393£-430-2.930151
31/03/19*£1,844£1,748£96£629£578£-353-2.43270
31/03/18£1,545£1,676£-131£619£483£-325-2.3330
31/03/17£1,487£1,583£-96£570£614£-271-2.1280
31/03/16*£1,670£1,432£238£526£710£-256-2.1270
31/03/15*£1,302£1,453£-151£541£472£-253-2.1270
31/03/14*£1,402£1,483£-81£544£623£-193-1.6270
31/03/13*£1,297£1,396£-98£513£704£-202-1.7250
31/03/12*£1,236£1,346£-110£489£802£-185-1.6250
31/03/11*£1,288£1,428£-140£3£912£-160-1.3250
31/03/10£1,287£1,439£-152£370£1,052£-106-0.9250
31/03/09*£1,196£1,290£-94£303£1,204£-50-0.5250
31/03/08*£821£821£0£182£1,298£-20-0.3250
31/03/07*£753£786£-34£4£1,415£130.2130
31/03/06*£719£677£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£684£723£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£656£739£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 159.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 53.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -39%
Reserves/Spending: -0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 40 years

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

admin@exeterphoenix.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • 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£511,071
National Lottery Heritage Fund£41,625
National Lottery Community Fund£17,647
Co-Operative Group£1,841
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Exeter Phoenix
£1,841 21/10/2023
Bloom is our annual free community mental health festival, offering a range of educational and creative workshops to raise awareness of mental health issues and showcase art as a tool for healing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Exeter Phoenix Ltd.
£15,625 24/08/2023
Reels of Time
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Young and Animated
£8,597 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver animation workshops culminating in a showcase event where young people will be provided with the opportunity to gain new creative skills in all aspects of animation providing them with positive structured things ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Eurovision @ ExeterPhoenix
£9,050 30/03/2023
This funding will be used to combine the local Pride and Eurovision celebrations into one event celebrating and supporting both the LGBTQ+ and Ukrainian communities. This project aims to provide an opportunity to engage local marginalised groups ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£95,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£128,038 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£192,022 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£96,011 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Exeter Phoenix
£26,000 05/02/2020
Recording and Distributing Oral Histories of Exeter's Cinema Heritage
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Exeter Phoenix Ltd
£4,625 19/11/2018
We want to provide training, development and support in the arts for young people with a focus on those from hard to reach backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Exeter Phoenix Creative Work Hub
£10,000 04/01/2017
12
A creative community work hub will be created with the funding, by providing a refurbished office space for local people. This will create new opportunities for personal development and increase life chances in the community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-58
  • ANDREW JAMES DEAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Manager
  • BETHANY ADAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • COUNCILLOR LAURA CHARIS ADELAIDE WRIGHT Appointed: 2022
  • DR SAWSAN KHURI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Innovation Specialist & Facilitator
  • HOWARD NOYE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Relationship Director
  • POLLY LOUISE MACPHERSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Professor
  • RICHARD COBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SABINA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SHIRLEY BEBBINGTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/1984, number: 290011
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1984, number: 01844169
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR21: 25 days late, AR20: 5 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR16: 22 days late, AR15: 111 days late, AR14: 476 days late, AR13: 47 days late, AR12: 221 days late, AR11: 419 days late, AR09: 364 days late, AR08: 167 days late, AR07: 128 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 101 days late,
Main office

BRADNINCH PLACE
GANDY STREET
EXETER
DEVON
EX4 3LS

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, SINGING,DANCE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, LITERATURE, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND HANDICRAFTS. (B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO EXETER AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EXETER AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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