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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE ANVIL TRUST LIMITED

To run The Anvil (concert hall) ,The Haymarket (theatre) and The Forge (studio) to provide cultural live performance events for Basingstoke, Hampshire and surrounding areas as well as a year-round programme of participatory and educational work for all communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 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£6,149£6,015£134£131£2,505£1,8703.71420
31/03/22£3,940£3,888£53£56£2,371£1,7935.51200
31/03/21£2,000£1,641£359£0£2,318£1,784131160
31/03/20£5,323£5,133£189£0£1,960£1,72041220
31/03/19£5,054£5,033£21£0£1,770£1,5383.7122122
31/03/18£4,751£4,859£-108£0£1,749£1,4773.61170
31/03/17£4,641£4,701£-61£0£1,857£1,5283.9530
31/03/16£4,998£4,819£179£0£1,918£1,5443.8540
31/03/15£4,847£4,710£136£523£1,739£1,4303.6520
31/03/14£4,731£4,666£65£504£1,603£1,3183.4500
31/03/13£5,128£5,037£92£527£1,538£1,2603530
31/03/12£4,931£4,707£225£596£1,446£1,2183.1540
31/03/11£5,090£5,112£-23£737£1,221£1,0212.4610
31/03/10£5,091£5,129£-37£804£1,243£1,0192.4680
31/03/09£5,562£5,198£364£852£1,281£1,0032.3640
31/03/08*£4,845£4,501£345£637£916£5681.5580
31/03/07£3,729£3,672£57£521£572£3251.1430
31/03/06£3,495£3,593£-98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£3,425£3,359£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,761£2,939£-179n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.anvilarts.org.uk

Matthew.Cleaver@anvilarts.org.uk

01256 819797

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, Surrey, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Energy efficiency - Anvil Arts
£2,730 13/12/2023
A one off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£141,506 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 where everyone of us has ....more
DCMS - The Anvil Trust Ltd
£246,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - The Anvil Trust Ltd
£123,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£138,949 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£138,949 01/04/2018
National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£34,737 01/04/2018
To support National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Fluid Motion Theatre Company
£14,000 07/12/2017
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing theatre activities for people with mental health issues in Hampshire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-66
  • ALVIN HARGREAVES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Group Operations Director
  • CLLR ONNALEE CUBITT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Councillor
  • GARY HURRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Executive
  • GRANT BRISLAND Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Theatre Director
  • HEATHER WHITTAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing & Commercial Operations Manager
  • JONATHAN WHITFIELD QC Appointed: 2021
  • SARA MICHELLE CATLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Unknown
  • STEVEN HAYWARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Finance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1994, number: 1034961
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/06/1992, number: 02720007
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
  • 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; AR08: 49 days late,
Main office

Anvil Trust Offices
Churchill Way
BASINGSTOKE
RG21 7QR

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HALL. 2) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC AND THE OTHER ARTS. 3) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN OR NEAR BASINGSTOKE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE BASINGSTOKE AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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