Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMING ARTS 

Education and Training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 33 years

www.lipa.ac.uk

reception@lipa.ac.uk

01513303000

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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
31/07/23£13,115£12,820£295£304£20,107£19,82318.61510
31/07/22£12,857£12,132£726£276£19,795£19,53119.31580
31/07/21£11,496£11,698£-202£144£19,070£18,80319.31520
31/07/20£13,132£11,148£1,984£263£19,272£18,570201540
31/07/19£12,106£11,184£922£387£17,246£16,55417.81490
31/07/18£11,364£9,708£1,656£337£16,284£15,61919.31400
31/07/17£10,260£9,607£653£291£14,626£14,07417.61350
31/07/16£10,839£9,143£1,696£278£13,973£13,44717.61420
31/07/15£10,465£9,187£1,278£327£15,430£11,74915.31350
31/07/14£10,183£8,532£1,651£337£14,550£10,46714.71250
31/07/13£9,721£8,165£1,556£364£13,408£8,80312.91220
31/07/12£8,934£7,975£959£361£12,504£7,22910.91110
31/07/11£8,942£8,327£615£360£12,159£6,27791160
31/07/10£8,781£7,992£789£384£12,292£5,6698.51160
31/07/09£8,412£7,486£926£371£5,821£4,8877.81200
31/07/08£7,484£6,769£714£354£4,706£4,1207.31110
31/07/07£6,630£5,676£954£327£4,097£3,5427.51190
31/07/06£5,739£5,395£344£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£6,258£5,860£397£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£6,143£5,909£235£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 18.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 151 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,

Who's supporting 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
£9,250 01/09/2022
3 year BA (Hons) Acting
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
£18,500 01/09/2021
3 year BA (Hons) Acting
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
£9,250 01/09/2020
36
3 year BA (Hons) Acting
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
£27,750 01/09/2018
36
3 year BA (Hons) Acting

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-78
  • ISABEL BEGG Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Management Bbc
  • JOE JOHNSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Internal Audit Manager
  • KIM JOHNSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Member Of Parliament
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/01/1991, number: 1001565
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/1990, number: 02511501
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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 42 days late,
Main office

Liverpool Institute for Performing
Mount Street
LIVERPOOL
L1 9HF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENABLE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FOR AND ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO GENERATE INTEREST IN, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO CONDUCT, CARRY ON, ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM INSTITUTIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS OR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY POOR CHILDREN, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ANCILLARY SKILLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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