Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 16

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR WRITING

The main objectives of the National Centre for Writing are to advance the education of the public by the promotion, encouragement and development of creative writing and the appreciation of the written word in all its forms.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are 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

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23		£1,211	£1,601	£-390	£92	£1,820	£1,793	13.4	35	15
31/03/22		£1,507	£1,696	£-190	£66	£2,210	£1,868	13.2	34	0
31/03/21		£1,225	£1,294	£-69	£25	£2,400	£1,840	17.1	35	0
31/03/20		£1,606	£1,343	£263	£61	£2,468	£1,858	16.6	33	15
31/03/19		£2,117	£1,259	£859	£14	£2,205	£282	2.7	19	6
31/03/18		£1,669	£1,322	£348	£44	£1,376	£366	3.3	21	0
31/03/17		£1,475	£1,327	£147	£61	£1,028	£313	2.8	16	0
31/03/16		£1,518	£1,051	£468	£67	£881	£374	4.3	16	0
31/03/15		£1,065	£1,306	£-242	£99	£413	£322	3	13	0
31/03/14		£806	£610	£196	£78	£655	£286	5.6	13	0
31/03/13		£941	£711	£230	£58	£459	£231	3.9	10	0
31/03/12		£559	£726	£-166	£23	£228	£212	3.5	9	0
31/03/11		£498	£523	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£570	£486	£84	£23	£420	£222	5.5	7	0
31/03/09		£544	£464	£81	£24	£246	£176	4.5	6	0
31/03/08		£518	£423	£95	£25	£166	£109	3.1	6	0
31/03/07	*	£487	£453	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£358	£449	£-91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 13.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 19 years

www.nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk

info@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk

01603877177

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

35 employees
15 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£724,510
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£137,531
Wolfson Foundation	£50,000
The Linbury Trust	£29,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Refugees programme - Norwich Centre for Writing
£29,000	13/12/2023	A grant over two years to continue the previous programme supporting refugees newly arrived in Norwich through creative writing over a longer period involving a wider range of participants.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Centre for Writing
£103,486	16/02/2023	Next Chapter - Stepping into Dragon Hall's Story
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Centre for Writing
£50,000	07/12/2022	Conservation and interpretation of Dragon Hall
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£131,545	04/03/2022	The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Centre for Writing
£34,045	17/12/2021	Rooted
DCMS - WCN NPO
£507,576	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 ....more 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 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 and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - NCW: Recovery
£85,389	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-77

CATHERINE MARION LITTLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Housing Director

JARED MCGINNIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Author

ANDREW YUILL Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: HORSTEAD CENTRE,

ALAN WATERS MR (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: City Councillor

ANNI DOMINGO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actress/Director, Other trusteeships: THEATRE PECKHAM, ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE OF THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE,

CAROLINE LOUISE MCCORMICK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

ISOBEL DIXON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Literary Agent

JAMES SLINGER Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor

PROFESSOR SARAH BARROW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Academic

HELEN WILSON ROSEMARY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: NORFOLK MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,

NINA NANNAR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Journalist, Other trusteeship: YOUNG NORFOLK ARTS TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2005, number: 1110725
Registered at Companies House on 27/09/2004, number: 05242876

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR07: 37 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE DESMOND ELLIOTT CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/12/2019

Main office

DRAGON HALL
115-123 KING STREET
NORWICH
NR1 1QE

Objectives

3. THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE: -TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE WRITING AND THE APPRECIATION OF THE WRITTEN WORD IN ALL ITS FORMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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