Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Volatile income: -3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 14

GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE SOCIETY

Gainsborough's House aim is to promote the wider knowledge, apprecaition and enjoyment of the art of Thomas Gainsborough within the context of the eighteenth century and the inspiration of the Suffolk landscape and to preserve and enhance Gainsborough's House and its collections for the benefit of present and future generations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile 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
31/03/23	£1,975	£2,206	£-231	£204	£11,541	£984	5.4	19	250
31/03/22	£3,676	£3,262	£414	£59	£11,026	£8,738	32.1	9	200
31/03/21	£3,105	£2,751	£354	£38	£11,596	£9,397	41	13	200
31/03/20	£1,388	£1,355	£33	£117	£11,098	£9,168	81.2	13	200
31/03/19	£2,028	£984	£1,044	£159	£11,172	£9,165	111.8	15	200
31/03/18	£1,962	£1,156	£806	£224	£10,101	£9,147	95	17	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 9%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.6

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 8 years

www.gainsborough.org

terry@gainsborough.org

01787372958

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
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

DCMS	£325,719
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£245,000
The Foyle Foundation	£70,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000	30/04/2024	towards the core costs over the next 12 months of the learning programme and team
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gainsborough's House Society
£245,000	15/12/2023	Gainsborough's House: Facing the Future
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£175,733	21/02/2022	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£50,000	11/02/2021	towards the capital project shortfall caused by an increase in costs due to COVID-19 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£28,822	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Gainsborough's House: Creating and Securing Regeneration through Culture
£121,164	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000	11/09/2019 24	Gainsborough's House Revenue Support
DCMS - Saving the Joseph Mahoon Double-Manual Harpsichord for the Nation
£38,500	23/07/2019	Saving the Joseph Mahoon Double-Manual Harpsichord for the Nation
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
£100,000	04/12/2017	Drawings Gallery in redeveloped museum
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Gainsborough's House
£49,954	07/11/2017 36	Five apprenticeships
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gainsborough's House Society
£550,000	20/03/2017	Gainsborough’s Legacy: Securing Gainsborough’s House and the heritage of Thomas Gainsborough for future generations
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gainsborough's House Society
£5,346,900	27/09/2016	Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-76

ARABELLA SARAH CHANDOS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CALVIN WINNER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

MARK HARRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

PROFESSOR SIMON DOUGLAS OFIELD-KERR (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director And Company Secretary

SUZANNE JANE MARRIOTT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor And Notary Public

WILFRED JOHN WEEKS OBE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Public Affairs Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2016, number: 1170048
Registered at Companies House on 06/10/2016, number: 10413978

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ORWELL DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY on 13/05/2024

Main office

GAINSBOROUGH HOUSE SOCIETY
GAINSBOROUGHS HOUSE
46-47 GAINSBOROUGH STREET
SUDBURY
CO10 2EU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE:1. FOR PRESERVING GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE AS A MEMORIAL TO THE PAINTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH RA;2. FOR ADAPTING GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE AS AN ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM WITH SPACE FOR MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS OR OTHERWISE;3. FOR COLLECTING WORKS BY THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH RA AND ARTEFACTS RELATED TO HIM AND WORKS BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES, EAST ANGLIAN ARTISTS AND OTHERWISE (THE “COLLECTION”);4. FOR FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ARTS BY WAY OF LECTURE CLASSES RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT BY THE GOVERNORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE SEX POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.

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