Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE WESTMINSTER DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

The promotion & advancement of the education of the public in the cultivation, appreciation & study of the decorative and fine arts by an annual programme of accredited lecturers: Study days: Visits to places of historical & artistic interest: Giving of aid to Young Arts: The time donated by volunteers in the preservation of the artistic heritage of the UK for the benefit of the public.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

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		£17	£18	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£15	£27	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£17	£6	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	*	£26	£28	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/19		£36	£30	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/18		£34	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£34	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£29	£24	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£24	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£20	£17	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£11	£14	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.theartssocietywestminster.org.uk

chairman@theartssocietywestminster.org

07751 173759

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides human resources

Where it operates

City Of Westminster, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR CECILIA EMILY WELLS Appointed: 2021

FRANCES PRYER Appointed: 2016

JENNIFER MARY FELLER Appointed: 2018

KEVIN KIERNAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018

PHILIP HARDWICK Appointed: 2023

LESLEY DIANE THRIFT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE FRIENDS OF THE CITY CHURCHES,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2011, number: 1140639

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR20: 8 days late,

Main office

Flat 606
Mountjoy House
Barbican
London
EC2Y 8BP

Objectives

A. THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS; B. THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND C. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS.

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