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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

LUDLOW AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Ludlow Assembly Rooms is an arts, entertainment and community centre, which provides live shows, films, exhibitions and workshops; room space for meetings, conferences, exhibitions, family celebrations, etc; a cafe bar; a ticketing service for events organised independently; volunteering opportunities, equipment and staff/expertise; marketing advice and information; and a skill building programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

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£635£633£3£2£1,071£4718.912120
31/03/22£586£404£182£3£1,069£42612.712125
31/03/21£471£207£264n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£394£350£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£615£500£116£4£579£3277.816100
31/03/18£608£608£1£7£463£3937.8100
31/03/17£811£596£215£40£463£4088.2100
31/03/16£658£594£64£2£248£2284.6100
31/03/15£594£565£29£8£184£100.290
31/03/14£571£580£-8£7£155£1553.2100
31/03/13£589£588£0£7£163£1643.3100
31/03/12£697£677£20£12£163£1632.9120
31/03/11£771£760£11£8£143£1432.3150
31/03/10£676£725£-49£8£806£2564.2160
31/03/09£508£538£-30£8£854£2495.6120
31/03/08£574£602£-28£114£884£2655.3140
31/03/07£488£521£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£488£521£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£468£501£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£481£528£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 44%
Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 33 years

www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

admin@ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

01584879871

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£15,975 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£97,250 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£130,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£45,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - A Life More Ordinary programme
£8,330 18/05/2018
12
Social activities will be funded to support families and people who are living with dementia or memory loss, helping to improve their wellbeing.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£100,000 06/04/2016
36
Towards core costs to strengthen the organisation for the future at a time of significant change.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-77
  • ALISTAIR CHARLES MCGOWAN Appointed: 2023
  • FIONA MORRELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • IGOR ANDRONOV Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JEFFREY IAN WALKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • JODIE ISABEL DEAKIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • LAURA JOHNSTON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • LINDSEY MARGARET MUNDY Appointed: 2020
  • MICHAEL JOHN PENN, Occupation: Company Director
  • PAUL WILLIAM REW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • RUTH MARY NAPIER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Consultant
  • TIMOTHY GEORGE HUGHES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/05/1992, number: 1010883
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1992, number: 02699283
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LUDLOW MUSIC SOCIETY on 10/12/2021
Main office

Ludlow Assembly Rooms
1 Mill Street
LUDLOW
Shropshire
SY8 1AZ

Objectives

(1) TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF LUDLOW AND THE DISTRICT HEREOF (2) TO PROMOTE A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUDLOW AND THE DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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