Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

BANKSIDE GALLERY LIMITED 

The charity is home to the Royal Watercolour Society and The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, promotes selling exhibitions, educational courses and workshopsIt welcomes the need to carry out its activities for the benefit of the public, offering free admission to its exhibitions and working to increase its education work in the local community and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£423£414£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£358£336£21n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£333£316£17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£340£415£-75n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£400£370£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£381£354£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£387£381£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£379£382£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£358£382£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£369£364£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£331£359£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£377£329£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£321£323£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£361£314£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£345£322£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£343£322£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£164£191£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£317£321£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£419£416£3£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Established: 38 years

www.banksidegallery.com

info@banksidegallery.com

020 7928 7521

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Southwark,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Bankside Gallery
£5,000 02/06/2021
Towards project costs to modify their website, improve e-newsletter software, and pay additional staff time to collect and upload artwork and data to remain sustainable due to the pandemic.
DCMS - Bankside
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Bankside Gallery
£25,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-63
  • JESS MORLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Associate
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/1985, number: 293194
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/06/1985, number: 01922826
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 14 days late,
Main office

BANKSIDE GALLERY
48 HOPTON STREET
LONDON
SE1 9JH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE VISUAL ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO CHARITABLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE GROUPS HAVING AS THEIR PURPOSE THE FURTHERANCE OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE THEREOF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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