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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON 

THE ENCOURAGEMENT, ADVANCEMENT AND FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND HISTORY OF THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES THROUGH CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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£2,532£3,111£-579£586£20,118£5,80922.444135
31/03/22£2,422£2,550£-128£232£21,660£6,53630.83214
31/03/21*£3,357£2,317£1,040£247£21,327£6,77135.13112
31/03/20£2,568£2,255£313£295£17,751£6,08632.430125
31/03/19£2,635£2,360£275£293£18,204£6,78734.529130
31/03/18£2,264£2,047£217£275£17,494£6,51738.2290
31/03/17£3,811£1,816£1,994£326£17,422£6,60243.6280
31/03/16£1,772£2,182£-410£432£14,110£5,61730.9300
31/03/15£1,664£1,921£-258£412£15,444£6,09738.1280
31/03/14£1,560£1,744£-184£364£14,575£5,85540.3220
31/03/13£1,618£1,751£-133£341£14,388£5,87240.2200
31/03/12?£2,563£2,369£194£336£13,411£5,61228.4190
30/09/10£1,350£1,640£-290£271£13,001£5,78342.3190
30/09/09£1,876£2,214£-337£262£12,610£5,69230.9170
30/09/08£1,649£1,962£-313£198£12,685£5,82435.6180
30/09/07£2,280£1,813£467£150£15,231£7,62850.5170
30/09/06£990£1,435£-445£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£1,122£1,320£-198£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£1,096£1,320£-224£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 43.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 49%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 22.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
  • 135 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£116,855
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
DCMS£7,497
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation£5,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£76,555 14/12/2022
Sensing History at the Society of Antiquaries
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-How Do We Learn: Addressing Archaeological Synthesis: seminar
£2,000 07/02/2022
How Do We Learn: Addressing Archaeological Synthesis is one-day seminar organised jointly by the Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL), Historic England and the British Academy. The seminar will ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Society of Antiquaries
£25,000 26/01/2021
Kelmscott Manor Development Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£40,300 30/07/2020
COVID19: Society of Antiquaries of London
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Roman Aldborough: an archaeological survey
£5,497 01/04/2020
The project seeks to provide a new baseline understanding of Aldborough (North Yorks), the
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£5,100 26/11/2019
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Kelmscott and Morris: Past, Present and Future
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£150,000 14/06/2018
Kelmscott Manor House restoration
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000 11/10/2017
Kelmscott and Morris: Past, Present and Future
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£10,000 03/11/2016
Kings, Queens and Collections at the Society of Antiquaries of London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£4,635,200 26/07/2016
Kelmscott and Morris: Past, Present and Future
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£72,000 10/12/2014
Magna Carta Through the Ages
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Society of Antiquaries of London
£62,400 09/07/2014
Enabling the Society of Antiquaries of London to become more publicly accessible
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/14 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/07/1963, number: 207237
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 50 days late,
Main office

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES
BURLINGTON HOUSE
PICCADILLY
LONDON
W1J 0BE

Objectives

THE STUDY OF ANTIQUITY AND THE HISTORY OF FORMER TIMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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