Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WATTS GALLERY TRUST 

Watts Gallery Trust is an independent charity with many opportunities to get involved, as a Friend, Volunteer, Patron or Donor. We rely on this generosity to give Watts Gallery - Artists' Village and its unique Collection a future that is as valuable and inspirational as its past.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 57 years

www.wattsgallery.org.uk

info@wattsgallery.org.uk

01483810235

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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£2,562£3,150£-588£976£38,874£1,4775.68150
31/03/22£2,660£3,246£-585£905£39,709£1,6826.27850
31/03/21£2,951£2,881£70£646£40,110£2,0158.47350
31/03/20£3,422£3,141£280£913£39,287£1,4285.572300
31/03/19£3,179£2,907£272£885£40,020£1,3855.768300
31/03/18£2,358£2,792£-433£836£39,761£1,3165.7580
31/03/17£3,651£2,536£1,115£782£40,199£1,3406.3600
31/03/16£3,254£2,673£580£777£38,391£1,2435.6610
31/03/15£3,910£2,524£1,386£743£37,905£1,3126.2300
31/03/14£2,488£2,145£342£710£35,592£1,2617.1270
31/03/13£1,855£1,395£460£138£35,196£1,27110.9260
31/03/12£2,133£1,479£654£78£34,410£1,27510.3160
31/03/11£2,162£655£1,508£90£33,862£1,25223140
31/03/10£2,162£655£1,508£85£8,446£1,22022.4110
31/03/09£4,059£755£3,304£121£6,460£1,24519.880
31/03/08£1,273£1,007£266£159£3,343£1,16713.970
31/03/07*£869£427£442£154£3,172£1,17032.960
05/04/06*£999£483£516£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£326£314£12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£186£120£66£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 82.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 81 employees
  • 50 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£243,000
Wolfson Foundation£110,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£32,897
Hazelhurst Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - 'Art for All': Project Costs for Art Workshops Supporting the Wellbeing of Vulnerable Young People
£9,783 25/07/2022
Funding for project costs for art workshops supporting the wellbeing of vulnerable young people
Community Foundation for Surrey - Art for All Learning Programme: The Hive
£7,807 29/11/2021
0
Funding toward an intergenerational art workshop, by an art gallery, working in a hub based in Westborough.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Art for All Learning Programme for Disadvantaged Young People
£2,500 04/11/2021
0
Funding toward the salary cost of a ‘Community Programme Curator’ for an art gallery, based in Compton.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Watts Gallery
£110,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Community Foundation for Surrey - Park Barn Centre – workshops and learning activities
£7,807 05/11/2020
5
Creative workshops and activities for older people and families.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Watts Gallery Trust
£243,000 24/08/2020
COVID 19 Watts Gallery Trust
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£25,000 03/03/2020
Grant for Big Issues Project 19/20
Community Foundation for Surrey - Art for All Learning Programme for Disadvantaged Young People
£5,000 21/01/2020
2
A variety of art workshops available for NEET young people throughout Surrey with the focus of getting them back into education, training or employed, while giving them the opportunity to earn a ....more
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£5,142 15/03/2019
Big Issues community art project
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nominated Grant - Watts Gallery Learning Program
£7,358 15/01/2019
12
Watts Gallery Learning Program.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£18,284 13/01/2019
Grant for Big Give campaign and report launch
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Watts Gallery
£50,000 05/12/2018
Chapel restoration
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - NPO 2018-22: Band 1
£100,000 01/04/2018
11
National portfolio organisation- are leaders in their areas, with a collective responsibility to protect and develop our national arts and cultural ecology.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£20,000 26/03/2018
Art for All community programme
The EQ Foundation - Grant to WATTS GALLERY
£7,500 15/12/2017
Via Big Give
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nominated Grant - Watts Gallery Learning Program
£12,500 16/11/2017
Watts Gallery Learning Program.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,000 21/10/2017
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,290 07/07/2017
Art for All community programme
Community Foundation for Surrey - Cast of a sculpture 'Physical Energy'
£2,500 06/07/2017
A cast of the monumental equestrian sculpture Physical Energy by G F Watts to mark the Watts Bicentenary in 2017.
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salary of Curator of Landscape
£46,000 30/03/2017
24
the salary of a new Curator of Landscape to develop and implement a coherent vision for the different sites comprising the Artists' Village
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£12,500 30/01/2017
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£30,000 15/12/2016
Art for All community programme
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Watts Gallery
£75,100 31/10/2016
12
10 conservation apprenticeships
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£12,500 25/01/2016
Art for All community programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Watts Gallery Trust
£59,300 21/12/2015
Watts Gallery to Artists’ Village: preserving heritage, meeting the needs of visitors and increasing sustainability
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£10,000 14/09/2015
Art for All community programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Watts Gallery Trust
£66,000 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' salary of the Community Youth Support Assistant and running costs of an arts based rehabilitation programme for young offenders or those at risk of offending in London and the ....more
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£14,400 21/01/2015
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£10,000 03/12/2014
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£101,500 02/07/2014
Limnerslease Artist's House Appeal
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Watts Gallery Trust
£39,300 20/06/2014
Watts in the Red Robe: Bringing Home The Artist's Last Remaining Self Portrait
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£2,000 13/05/2014
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£10,000 23/12/2013
Art for All community programme
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,000 12/10/2013
Core cost grant
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Watts Gallery Trust
£500,000 21/05/2013
Catalyst Endowment: Watts Gallery
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Watts Gallery
£100,000 24/08/2011
Towards the salary of the marketing manager and associated costs.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Watts Gallery
£117,000 25/09/2008
24
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the marketing manager and core costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1967, number: 313612
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2007, number: 06147572
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 76 days late, AR06: 22 days late, AR05: 31 days late,
Main office

Watts Gallery
Down Lane
Compton
GUILDFORD
GU3 1DQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATTS ART GALLERY;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ART;3.TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE WATTS ART GALLERY, ITS GROUNDS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH GEORGE FREDERIC AND MARY WATTS AS BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST (THE “OBJECTS”).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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