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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ROYAL PAVILION AND MUSEUMS TRUST 

The Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust aims to deliver a World class museum and heritage service for the city of Brighton and Hove which will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally for excellence, quality and the educational experience for its visitors.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • 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 age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £929,229 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
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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£7,479£8,781£-1,302£522£-289£-929-1.323467
31/03/22£6,668£8,031£-1,363£326£1,014£3300.525234
31/03/21£5,898£3,521£2,376£97£2,376£1,8826.420811
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 111%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 322%
Reserves/Spending: -1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 4 years

https://brightonmuseums.org.uk

info@rpmt.org.uk

03000 290 900

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 234 employees
  • 67 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£2,953,085
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£1,560
Wolfson Foundation£0
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust (t/a Brighton and Hove Museums)
£0 08/12/2023
Grant of £3,000 awarded through Scoping Grant programme. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871).
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£1,463,769 09/02/2022
This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance ....more
DCMS - DMMF - Visit Brighton
£30,000 31/01/2022
To support the recovery of the English tourism industry by encouraging a pre-nester audience to increase their consideration for an England short city break this spring and early summer, by ....more
DCMS - DMMF - Visit Brighton
£68,760 31/01/2022
To support the recovery of the English tourism industry by encouraging a pre-nester audience to increase their consideration for an England short city break this spring and early summer, by ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Bathing Water Signage FY2021-64
£1,560 01/04/2021
The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - Grants programme
£43,400 30/03/2021
Financial support for cultural organisations that were financially stable before Covid-19, but were at imminent risk of failure.
DCMS - Heritage Centre Stage: Reawakening Brighton’s Royal Estate – Phase One
£500,000 15/12/2020
Heritage Centre Stage: Reawakening Brighton’s Royal Estate – Phase One
DCMS - NPO application
£349,253 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: 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 ....more
DCMS - South East Museum Development Programme
£127,903 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: 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 ....more
DCMS - Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
£370,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-71
  • BRAD IRWIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of International Partnerships
  • SHAUN ROMAIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Cultural Business Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2019, number: 1186986
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/2019, number: 11774969
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
4-5 Pavilion Buildings
Brighton
BN1 1EE

Objectives

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF, INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN, THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND SCIENCE, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:(A) MANAGING, OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE ROYAL PAVILION MUSEUMS AND THEIR PERMANENT COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING BY ACQUIRING SUITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE COLLECTIONS;(B) PRESERVING AND SAFEGUARDING THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS OF THE ROYAL PAVILION MUSEUMS; AND(C) PROVIDING FOR, OR SUPPORTING, THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, REFURBISHMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF OTHER EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS OF COLLECTIONS IN THE BRIGHTON AND HOVE AREA; AND2.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), IN RELATION TO HERITAGE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS; AND2.1.3 THE MAINTENANCE AND PROVISION OF LAND AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.2.2. THE ‘ROYAL PAVILION MUSEUMS’ SHALL MEAN THE ROYAL PAVILION GARDENS, BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY, PRESTON MANOR, HOVE MUSEUM, AND BOOTH MUSEUM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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