Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE GEORGIAN GROUP 

The Georgian Group exists to protect and preserve Georgian buildings, to stimulate public knowledge of Georgian architecture and to promote appreciation fot he classical tradition. It runs a casework programme in England and Wales, fulfilling a statutory duty to advise planning authorities on applications ton demolish or alter listed Georgian buildings, and runs activities for members.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £5,071,701 available, equivalent to 93 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/22£542£657£-115£80£5,424£5,07292.776
31/12/21£453£599£-146n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20£654£752£-98£153£5,686£5,31084.796
31/12/19£698£746£-48£183£5,617£5,24284.396
31/12/18£631£832£-201£210£5,212£4,85370104
31/12/17£649£748£-98£223£5,670£5,20083.580
31/12/16£827£767£60£232£5,546£5,07879.560
31/12/15£904£890£14£232£5,211£4,78264.560
31/12/14£1,152£777£375£48£5,286£4,8547560
31/12/13£1,297£773£524£87£4,696£4,50869.970
31/12/12£2,435£707£1,727£137£4,042£3,79964.470
31/12/11£749£677£72£154£2,313£2,10937.480
31/12/10£607£607£0£103£2,248£2,0214090
31/12/09£576£511£65£60£2,198£2495.880
31/12/08*£648£536£112£68£2,065£1,82740.9100
31/12/07£557£594£-37£72£2,133£1,82836.980
31/12/06*£352£400£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£499£465£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£550£445£104£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 45.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 92.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 62 years

www.georgiangroup.org.uk

office@georgiangroup.org.uk

02075298920

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 6 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Georgian Group
£10,000 25/02/2022
Statutory casework- Responding to Listed Building Consent or similar notifications, providing pre-application planning advice- Providing professional advice to conservation officers, LPAs and other ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Georgian Group
£42,256 25/02/2022
Fulfilment of the group's role as a statutory consultee in the English planning system for listed building consent applications involving fabric from circa 1700-1840.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Georgian Group
£41,427 01/04/2020
Fulfilment of the group's role as a statutory consultee in the English planning system for listed building consent applications involving fabric from circa 1700-1840.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Georgian Group
£40,615 01/04/2019
Fulfilment of the group's role as a statutory consultee in the English planning system for listed building consent applications involving fabric from circa 1700-1840.
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Statutory Casework- Georgian Group
£40,615 01/04/2018
Fulfilment of the group's role as a statutory consultee in the English planning system for listed building consent applications involving fabric from circa 1700-1840.
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£40,615 21/03/2017
Fulfillment of the Group's role as a Statutory consultee in the English planning system for Listed Building Consent Applications involving fabric from c.1700?1840.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 209934
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 11 days late, AR06: 50 days late, AR04: 15 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ST JOHN'S CHURCH HANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST on 27/11/2023
Main office

THE GEORGIAN GROUP
6 FITZROY SQUARE
LONDON
W1T 5DX

Objectives

(1) TO SAVE FROM DESTRUCTION OR DISFIGUREMENT GEORGIAN BUILDINGS, WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A GROUP, MONUMENTS, PARKS AND GARDENS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST AND, WHERE NECESSARY, ENCOURAGE THEIR APPROPRIATE REPAIR OR RESTORATION AND THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR SETTING. (2) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING; OF GEORGIAN TASTE AS DISPLAYED IN THE APPLIED ARTS DESIGN AND CRAFTMANSHIP, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LATER PERIODS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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