Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

FLATPACK PROJECTS

Flatpack aims to promote appreciation of and education in the arts and their associated technologies, especially but not exclusively those of the cinema, film and other forms of moving images, through the production and performance of festivals, workshops, seminars, projects, events, online resources, new media and in any other ways as we may decide from time to time.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/08/23£549£547£2£2£181£1814569
31/08/22£820£787£33£7£178£1782.7572
31/08/21£338£316£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£318£307£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£454£445£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£438£427£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£393£376£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£375£299£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 9 years

www.flatpackfestival.org.uk

info@flatpackfestival.org.uk

0121 771 1509

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Flatpack Projects
£4,750 24/11/2023
Travel support by performance duo Usaginingen to perform the UK premiere of their new work 'Black kite: Pulsation of souls', and to deliver a keynote talk and a masterclass focusing on audiovisual performance art at Flatpack Festival in Birmingham, ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - touch screen
£7,250 06/07/2021
Towards the cost of further development and remounting of a sensory film and theatre digital performance ‘Touch Screen’ for children with SEN and complex disabilities, and their carers.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Flatpack Projects
£60,400 12/02/2018
My '68

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • DAN LAWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • EDWINA QUANSAH Appointed: 2022
  • JAKE GRIMLEY Appointed: 2015
  • KATIE LUCAS Appointed: 2023
  • LEIGHANN THOMAS Appointed: 2017
  • PHILIP FOXWOOD Appointed: 2023
  • RACHEL CARTER Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2015, number: 1162754
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 304 Zellig Building
The Custard Factory
Gibb Street
BIRMINGHAM
B9 4AU

Objectives

(1)TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE CINEMA, FILM AND OTHER FORMS OF MOVING IMAGES, THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PROJECTS, EVENTS, ONLINE RESOURCES, NEW MEDIA AND IN ANY OTHER WAYS AS THE CIO MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.(2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AESTHETICS, PRACTICE AND THEORY OF ARTS, CINEMA, FILM AND OTHER MOVING IMAGES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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