Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE CLAY FOUNDATION

The Clay Foundation deliver: - An extensive public engagement programme working with education and community groups across the city- Commission artists to research and develop new clayworks - Present the successful British Ceramics Biennial festival (2017 onwards)- Attract local, national and international audiences, extending its reach and impact across Stoke-on-Trent and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/03/23£392£401£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£575£608£-33£0£94£230.51214
31/03/21£440£344£96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£624£617£7£0£31£-37-0.7635
31/03/19£411£381£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£518£515£3£0£-6£-43-100
31/03/17*£203£212£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years

www.britishceramicsbiennial.com

info@britishceramicsbiennial.com

01782294634

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stoke-on-trent 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,400
DCMS£33,000
The Rayne Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Learning through clay
£60,400 28/11/2022
The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) develops, sustains and expands innovative ceramics practice and improves lives by delivering an engaging year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education and community projects which feed into a festival ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£15,000 07/04/2022
Towards a one year extension of the ReCast project.
DCMS - Investment Funds
£5,000 20/01/2022
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
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£28,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£54,100 25/10/2019
Generation
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£22,200 16/09/2019
24
Towards artist-facilitated workshops, visits and residencies for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 08/05/2019
Clay Works
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLARE TWOMEY Appointed: 2015
  • CATRIN JONES Appointed: 2021
  • CLAIRE MARIE HICKEY Appointed: 2023
  • DEIRDRE FIGUEIREDO Appointed: 2019
  • HUGH WILLIAMSON SFHEA Appointed: 2022
  • KIRSTY JANE ANDREW Appointed: 2023
  • ROSEMARY GREENLEES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • SARA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2015, number: 1160430
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR18: 134 days late, AR17: 14 days late,
Main office

Staffordshire University
College Road
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST4 2DE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF, AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ART OF CERAMICS, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES OF THE CIO MAY DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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