Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDENING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN MATTERS OF LITERACY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTEREST OF EVERY KIND; TO CONDUCT A LIBRARY IN THE PREMISES AT MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, AND BUY OR HIRE AND LEND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS GENERALLY.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£413	£445	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£351	£443	£-93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	*	£433	£394	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£518	£300	£219	£93	£7,600	£7,303	292.5	6	45
31/12/19		£323	£389	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£196	£59	£138	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14?	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
20/01/13		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 13 years

www.theportico.org.uk

librarian@theportico.org.uk

01612366785

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Art galleries and exhibitions

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£886,101
Garfield Weston Foundation	£55,000
The Foyle Foundation	£43,000
Architectural Heritage Fund	£24,570
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,760
The Grocers' Charity	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£25,000	01/03/2024	towards core costs over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	06/11/2023	Contribution towards Core Costs of The Portico
National Lottery Community Fund - Dining In: Exploring our communities' diverse histories through food
£9,950	19/05/2023	The funding will be used to host a series of food related activities led by local creatives including talks cooking and discussions where under represented members of the community will be brought together to gain a greater understanding of the ....more The funding will be used to host a series of food related activities led by local creatives including talks cooking and discussions where under represented members of the community will be brought together to gain a greater understanding of the diverse cultures surrounding them through food in a culturally sensitive environment with the aim of promoting community togetherness.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library and Newsroom
£96,173	04/05/2023	#DYC People, Purpose and Place in Historic Books - Dynamic Collections
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - The Portico Library
£5,000	28/04/2023	to support 36 workshops for up to 80 new participants for children-in-care and care leavers to improve literacy and communication skills, and to make the library collection accessible for those will low literacy skills.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library and Newsroom
£746,928	30/11/2022	Reuniting the Portico Library, Uniting People
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	22/04/2022	Contribution towards Core Costs of The Portico
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting with Heritage Changing Lives
£9,810	05/11/2021	The funding will be used to create an online and physical exhibition depicting the thoughts and feelings of young people experiencing poor mental health. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to get together and discuss issues ....more The funding will be used to create an online and physical exhibition depicting the thoughts and feelings of young people experiencing poor mental health. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to get together and discuss issues pertaining to them and express themselves through art with the aim of promoting positive mental wellbeing.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£18,000	28/04/2021	to develop the existing outreach programme by opening up digital learning resources in the Collection
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library and Newsroom Ltd
£24,570	08/12/2020	Portico Library
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library
£43,000	04/08/2020	COVID19: The Portico Library
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Portico Library
£5,000	17/06/2020	Engaging with marginalised audiences, e.g. disabled, BAME, people living below the minimum poverty threshold for the appreciation of arts, performances or exhibitions
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library
£87,000	29/06/2018	Creating a resilient and engaged Portico Library and Newsroom
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Portico Library
£8,900	28/03/2018	Sharing The Portico Library’s Hidden Heritage

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77

DR DAVID CHRISTOPHER COOPER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer

DR LOUISA JAYNE YATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Collections And Research

ESTHER OLIVIA LISK-CAREW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Volunteer Manager

HEATHERELISKA GRAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sales Director

JOHN CARPENTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

KAREN CHANCELLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

KATHRYN ANN GRAHAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

KEVIN DALTON-JOHNSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Edi Art Consultant

PAUL DEEHAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Director

RUTH ALLAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2011, number: 1143639
Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2011, number: 07499984

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 8 days late, AR20: 52 days late, AR15: 27 days late, AR14: 68 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE PORTICO LIBRARY TRUST on 30/06/2020

Main office

The Portico Library & Gallery
57 Mosley Street
MANCHESTER
M2 3HY

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE, TO MAINTAIN THE PREMISES IN MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, OR SUCH OTHER PLACE OR PLACES AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AS A LIBRARY, NEWSROOM AND ART GALLERY, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDENING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN MATTERS OF LITERACY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTEREST OF EVERY KIND; TO CONDUCT A LIBRARY IN THE PREMISES AT MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, OR AT SUCH OTHER PLACE OR PLACES AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AND BUY OR HIRE AND LEND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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