Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 8

Low unrestricted reserves: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS

The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) connects, supports and represents independent museums in the UK. We are a membership organisation with approximately 1200 organisational and individual members.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

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
31/12/23		£1,923	£1,273	£649	£0	£1,072	£290	2.7	7	0
31/12/22		£894	£983	£-90	£0	£423	£276	3.4	7	0
31/12/21		£993	£987	£6	£0	£513	£330	4	5	0
31/12/20		£961	£900	£61	£0	£507	£267	3.6	6	0
31/12/19		£901	£1,059	£-158	£0	£446	£217	2.5	5	0
31/12/18		£989	£881	£108	£0	£605	£178	2.4	5	0
31/12/17		£1,001	£830	£172	£0	£510	£88	1.3	6	0
31/12/16		£886	£1,438	£-552	£0	£338	£115	1	6	0
31/12/15		£1,031	£774	£257	£10	£889	£102	1.6	4	0
31/12/14		£1,010	£828	£182	£8	£632	£80	1.2	2	0
31/12/13		£442	£404	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£308	£251	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£222	£220	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£192	£246	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£272	£248	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£297	£222	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£189	£173	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£139	£73	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	*	£139	£73	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	*	£47	£50	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 27%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 7.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 24 years
(46 years as a company)

www.aim-museums.co.uk

aimadmin@aim-museums.co.uk

01495774127

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Art galleries and exhibitions

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

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	£1,255,520
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£786,900
The Pilgrim Trust	£414,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Investment funds
£950,000	09/01/2023	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 access to a remarkable range of ....more 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 access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£414,000	13/12/2022 36	AIM Pilgrim Conservation Grants to support small museums across the UK
DCMS - AIM
£305,520	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 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 where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£786,900	03/03/2020	New Stories, New Audiences
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£405,000	29/05/2019 48	Collections Care Audit, Collections Care and Conservation Grants Scheme 2020-23
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£10,000	14/11/2018 13	AIM Collections Care Audit Grants - Scheme 1 Addition
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£75,500	10/05/2017 12	Towards the continuation of the Sustainability Grants Scheme, which aims to improve the long-term resilience of small and medium sized independent museums.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£365,000	24/04/2014	Towards a grant scheme that supports the sustainability of small and medium-sized independent museums through income-generation and organisational resilience.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Association of Independent Museums
£266,000	30/09/2010 36	Towards Delegated Grant-Making Towards the continuation of the Sustainability Grants Scheme, and a contribution to core costs.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-68

ALEXANDER MICHAEL RATCLIFFE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

ANDREW LOVETT (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Museum Director

CHARLOTTE LOUISE MORGAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Collaborative Programmes Manager

CHRISTINE BERNATH Appointed: 2023

DR CAMILLA MARY STEWART Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Commercial Programmes

DR LAURA FRANCES CROSSLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Arts And Museums Consultant

ELIZABETH VICTORIA POWER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Museum Director

EMILY RUTH HOPE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Visitor Welcome And Retail (Gift Shop) Team Leader

MHAIRI JANE CROSS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

NATHANIEL TIMOTHY HEPBURN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Museum Director

PHILIP GRAHAM DOLLING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Executive Producer

RHIANNON GODDARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Museum Professional

SAJIDA CARR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Operations And Development

SARAH DUTHIE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/08/2000, number: 1082215
Registered at Companies House on 01/02/1978, number: 01350939

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
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; AR05: 141 days late, AR04: 127 days late,

Main office

ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS
AIM Office
National Waterways Museum
Ellesmere Port
CH65 4FW

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN PROVIDED BY INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS. IN RESPECT OF THIS THE COMPANY DEFINES INDEPENDENCE AS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN DECISIONS, BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM, AND FOR NOT BEING SUBJECT TO ANOTHER’S AUTHORITY, NOR DEPENDENT ON ANOTHER FOR YOUR EXISTENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN

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