Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

RURAL MEDIA CHARITY

RURAL MEDIA CHARITY COMBINES COMMUNITY AND INFORMAL EDUCATION WITH ARTS AND MEDIA PRODUCTION EXPERTISE TO EMPOWER RURAL COMMUNITIES,PARTICULARLY THOSE MOST DISADVANTAGED. THE RESULTS ARE HIGH-QUALITY PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT GIVE RURAL COMMUNITIES A 'VOICE' AND INFORM POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£1,290£1,198£92£58£350£20221612
31/03/22£1,034£993£41£53£258£1632130
31/03/21£1,088£1,042£46£52£217£1802.11516
31/03/20£1,486£1,410£76£50£171£830.71444
31/03/19£781£849£-68£46£95£751.11244
31/03/18£750£862£-112£38£163£650.9130
31/03/17£835£725£111£40£275£611140
31/03/16£535£531£5£45£164£88290
31/03/15£379£429£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£265£383£-118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£555£618£-64£56£327£2344.5160
31/03/12£651£682£-31£66£391£2314.1200
31/03/11£856£733£123£70£422£1803180
31/03/10£528£563£-35£82£299£1573.4150
31/03/09£594£679£-85£65£215£1713140
31/03/08£735£641£94£56£300£1432.7160
31/03/07*£504£522£-18£56£206£1152.6120
31/03/06*£548£549£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£562£557£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£675£657£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years
(32 years as a company)

www.ruralmedia.co.uk

info@ruralmedia.co.uk

01432344039

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£1,488,176
DCMS£455,036
Esmee Fairbairn£453,468
The Clothworkers Foundation£40,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation£20,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£248,000 09/11/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to empower rural young people to harness their creativity in ways that will amplify and embed their voices; giving them the power, confidence, skills and pathways to drive local change
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£6,628 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£40,000 19/10/2022
purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people Nationally
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Rural Voice, Collective Power
£20,500 11/10/2022
Grant to Rural Media Charity
National Lottery Community Fund - TT Vision
£1,314,101 04/06/2021
48
The funding will be used over four years to create an innovative training and career development model. It aims to invest in the Gypsy Roma and Traveler communities across the UK through business organisational and leadership skills which will ....more
DCMS - BFI Film Academy Network
£17,000 08/07/2020
To support the British film industry with a range of activities, such as development, production, distribution, exhibition and education
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£198,840 17/06/2020
36
Towards core funding for a Rural Youth Programme to boost social mobility, life skills and career opportunities for approx. 300 unheard rural young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - TT Connect GRT Covid-19 Activity
£39,550 15/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to extend current COVID-19 emergency support of Travellers Times a printed magazine and wider online platform with a focus on specific Gypsy Roma Traveller related questions. They have been inundated with high levels of ....more
DCMS - Rural Media
£251,036 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 - Surviving COVID and Beyond
£125,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Post-COVID Project Development Support
£62,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - TT Connect
£134,525 20/01/2020
12
This funding is to trial methods to provide Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) communities with the support, skills and confidence to improve the quality of their lives and effectively challenge discrimination and exclusion in everyday life. There will be a ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£60,400 25/04/2019
Big Wig
National Lottery Community Fund - "It's Kushti To Rokker": Mental Health & Education Among Gyspy, Roma an
£44,333 14/12/2018
12
This project will work across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, before being rolled out nationally. Digital arts projects will be provided to people from the Gypsy, Romany and Traveller community. Families will work together to make films ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£748,200 08/03/2017
GREAT PLACE SCHEME: Herefordshire's a Great Place
National Lottery Community Fund - Travellers' Times 2017-20
£499,469 16/11/2016
36
Support, information and training will be offered to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities to address discrimination issues and poor access to services, which prevent them from having a full and equal role in society. The organisation will ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£48,300 25/07/2016
The Ballad of the Travelling People: the Century that changed Gypsy & traveller lives forever
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Rural Media Company
£15,000 22/04/2016
Vehicle for a creative media youth charity in Hereford
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£144,161 02/09/2015
36
Towards the salaries of the editor of the Travellers' Times and the chief executive officer to use media more effectively to improve outcomes for members of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities and to reduce discrimination and prejudice.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£62,600 27/05/2015
Golden Fire – The story of cider in Herefordshire through the people who made it
National Lottery Community Fund - Travellers' Times TV (TT-TV)
£424,927 20/11/2013
36
The aim of the project is to improve access to services and integration with settled communities. Rural Media Company (RMC) enable traveller communities throughout England to access, generate and share information via a newsletter. Public and ....more
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to The Rural Media Company
£14,000 17/02/2013
Production of 4 short films providing insight into fuel poverty, giving examples of practical solutions on how to tackle the issues
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Rural Media Company
£20,000 24/02/2012
the salary of the Chief Executive
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rural Media Charity
£73,917 16/03/2011
Towards the salary of a part-time marketing and development co-ordinator to help the Travellers' Times become less grant dependent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Travelling Voices
£316,695 11/02/2010
47
The project will expand its training to support travelling communities to enable them to tell their stories, educate people about their culture. The project will deliver training in writing, digital photography and voice recording to 12 areas around ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-70
  • DAVID MICHAEL HOLDSWORTH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Journalist
  • ELIZABETH JANE DAGGERS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Specialist Nurse Practitioner
  • JOANNA ELIZABETH DAVIDSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director And Principal
  • MATTHEW CHRISTIAN HAYES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MARTIN JOHN HITCHIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/10/1994, number: 1041335
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/07/1992, number: 02732325
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

RURAL MEDIA CHARITY
PACKERS HOUSE
25 WEST STREET
HEREFORD
HR4 0BX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND MEDIA INCLUDING THE ARTS OF FILM, VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC, DRAMA AND LITERATURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERHIRE, SHROPSHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE AND WARWICKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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