Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL TRUST

The trust receives and invests funds in support of the maintenance and preservation of the Royal Albert Hall, a Grade 1 listed building of historic and cultural significance, and of the work of the Hall in seeking to advance education for public benefit by the provision of such instructive activities that relate to the Hall as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/12/23	£2,042	£2,076	£-34	£0	£2,562	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/22	£2,902	£2,095	£807	£1	£2,596	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/21	£4,851	£3,480	£1,371	£1	£1,789	£1,789	6.2	0	0
31/12/20	£3,612	£3,950	£-338	£4	£418	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/19	£2,023	£2,218	£-195	£1	£756	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/18	£2,828	£4,133	£-1,305	£1	£951	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£3,881	£2,673	£1,208	£1	£2,256	£1,088	4.9	0	0
31/12/16	£2,917	£1,929	£988	£1	£1,048	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£4,090	£4,083	£6	£2	£59	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£1,014	£1,016	£-2	£2	£53	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£1,196	£1,214	£-17	£2	£55	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£407	£987	£-580	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	£199	£97	£103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10	£194	£171	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	£234	£949	£-715	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08	£250	£109	£141	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	£297	£262	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	£383	£268	£115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£261	£176	£85	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£540	£415	£125	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 0

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 42 years

www.royalalberthall.com

susang@royalalberthall.com

020 7959 0505

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

City Of Westminster,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Royal Albert Hall London
£25,000	25/09/2023	Archive Rescue and Stabilisation Project
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Royal Albert Hall Trust
£100,000	13/11/2019 12	Royal Albert Hall 150th Anniversary Education & Outreach Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

DR HOSEIN KHAJEH-HOSSEINY Appointed: 2020

IAN MCCULLOCH Appointed: 2016

JAMES MAX Appointed: 2023

MO EL HUSSEINY Appointed: 2020

NIGEL HAMWAY Appointed: 2023

STUART WILLIAM NEWEY Appointed: 2023

THOMAS ALEXANDER VAN STRAUBENZEE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/07/1982, number: 285111

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

ROYAL ALBERT HALL
KENSINGTON GORE
LONDON
SW7 2AP

Objectives

THE MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, RENEWAL, DECORATION AND GENERAL UPKEEP OF THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH INSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES THAT RELATE TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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