Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 6

WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

The Charitable organisation main objectives are:The provision and maintenance of an art gallery for exhibition to the public of modern and historical fine art; modern and historical design and applied art; and work done by school children and local communities.Promoting and encouraging the education of the public in the arts both in the Gallery and elsewhere.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 61 years

www.whitechapelgallery.org

directorsassistant@whitechapelgallery.org

02075227888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£4,109	£5,269	£-1,161	£778	£16,825	£6,728	15.3	102	1
31/03/22		£4,496	£4,723	£-227	£658	£18,125	£7,891	20	101	0
31/03/21		£5,115	£3,938	£1,177	£592	£18,198	£7,045	21.5	77	0
31/03/20		£4,239	£4,759	£-520	£648	£16,794	£5,392	13.6	119	0
31/03/19	*	£4,495	£4,912	£-417	£681	£17,487	£5,818	14.2	68	12
31/03/18		£4,299	£4,458	£-159	£1,078	£17,875	£6,085	16.4	68	0
31/03/17		£4,165	£4,575	£-410	£614	£18,021	£6,011	15.8	64	0
31/03/16		£3,937	£4,688	£-751	£566	£18,168	£6,091	15.6	68	0
31/03/15	*	£4,164	£5,059	£-895	£1,122	£17,533	£6,091	14.4	58	0
02/04/14		£4,097	£4,638	£-540	£1,075	£18,142	£5,890	15.2	60	0
31/03/13	*	£4,463	£4,893	£-430	£1,088	£18,528	£6,238	15.3	65	0
31/03/12		£3,919	£4,449	£-530	£1,064	£18,743	£6,671	18	63	0
31/03/11	*	£4,273	£3,983	£291	£1,004	£19,118	£6,789	20.5	52	0
31/03/10		£5,085	£4,126	£959	£1,244	£16,144	£6,953	20.2	45	0
31/03/09		£2,151	£2,094	£57	£1,547	£15,129	£6,692	38.3	34	0
31/03/08		£4,686	£2,056	£2,630	£1,468	£10,647	£6,766	39.5	31	0
31/03/07		£6,084	£2,486	£3,598	£903	£8,061	£6,592	31.8	30	0
31/03/06		£2,638	£2,897	£-259	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£2,343	£2,572	£-230	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£1,584	£1,661	£-77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 15.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

102 employees
1 volunteer

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	£2,303,037
The Foyle Foundation	£100,000
City Bridge Trust	£22,600
The Grocers' Charity	£6,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£100,000	29/11/2022	towards essential roof works to the main exhibition spaces
DCMS - Whitechapel Gallery
£18,563	25/01/2021	Survey of roof, removal/renovation of windows, repairs.
DCMS - Whitechapel Gallery
£6,187	25/01/2021	Survey of roof, removal/renovation of windows, repairs.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Whitechapel Gallery
£22,600	14/06/2020	£22,600 towards remaining costs of your project as outlined in your application
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Whitechapel Art Gallery
£1,500	04/06/2020	Opportunities, education and skills development of creative talent for artists with financing challenges or disability support requirements
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-2022
£1,537,955	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 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 the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Whitechapel Gallery
£534,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund Round 2
£206,332	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Whitechapel Gallery
£5,000	18/03/2020	Opportunities, education and skills development of creative talent for artists with financing challenges or disability support requirements
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Voices that Matter: Women, Art, Collaboration
£60,000	13/03/2019 24	To co-develop a creative Women's Forum to embed the voices of local Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and community support organisations in the gallery’s programme.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Whitechapel Art Gallery
£10,000	08/12/2016	Audio-visual equipment
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Whitechapel Gallery
£276,800	21/05/2013	Skills for the Future: Whitechapel Gallery: Heritage Traineeship Programme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

WHITECHAPEL GALLERY TRUSTEE LIMITED

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/02/1963, number: 312162
Registered at Companies House on 20/10/2000, number: 04093862

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

20 returns made; AR19: 301 days late, AR15: 77 days late, AR13: 27 days late, AR11: 12 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

77-82 WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET
WHITECHAPEL
E1 7QX

Objectives

1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ART GALLERY FOR EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF: (A) MODERN AND HISTORICAL FINE ART (B) MODERN AND HISTORICAL DESIGN AND APPLIED ART (C) WORK DOME BY SCHOOL CHILDREN OR STUDENTS OR BY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE ART GALLERY. 2. PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BOTH IN THE ART GALLERY AND ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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