Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

MOTIONHOUSE 

Education of the public by productions and encouragement of the arts. During the year we have delivered touring dance performances within theatres and within public spaces, performances at street festivals, workshops with schools, professional development, adult community classes, holiday projects for children, rental of dance studio to local community group
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£1,263£1,233£30£1£629£6296.1230
31/03/22£1,333£1,300£33£0£599£5905.4200
31/03/21£921£950£-29£0£566£5326.7170
31/03/20£1,353£1,281£72£11£595£4354.1230
31/03/19£1,360£1,162£198£10£523£2332.4198
31/03/18£1,153£1,020£133£18£324£1221.4160
31/03/17£762£778£-15£18£191£1422.2160
31/03/16£816£717£99£12£207£1442.4140
31/03/15£568£615£-47£4£108£651.3120
31/03/14£730£831£-102£34£155£761.1120
31/03/13£656£626£30£26£257£1232.4110
31/03/12£581£529£52£3£227£1122.580
31/03/11£535£506£29£3£175£1222.980
31/03/10£527£615£-88£4£146£661.3110
31/03/09£409£342£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£473£386£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£436£408£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£343£336£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£344£358£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£337£307£30£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 7.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 34 years

www.motionhouse.co.uk

info@motionhouse.co.uk

01926887052

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees

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 - National Portfolio organisations 2018 to 2022
£477,432 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
DCMS - Motionhouse Culture Recovery application
£257,144 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 18/06/2018
Motionhouse Goes WILD!
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards the salaries of two dancers
£28,175 20/07/2017
12
Towards core costs, specifically towards dancers' salaries and the appointment of a new Rehearsal Director at a time of organisational growth.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-82
  • ABIGAIL VINER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Exhibitions, Learning&Creative Programmes
  • MARTIN NWANGWA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Advisor / Account Manager
  • RAKHI RAJANI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate Partner, Innovation & Design
  • SARAH GEE Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Consultant
  • SIMON WALES (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: General Manager, Waddesdon Manor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/1990, number: 328693
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/1990, number: 02515820
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

SPENCER YARD
LEAMINGTON SPA
WARWICKSHIRE
CV31 3SY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE DRAMATIC AND VISUAL ARTS, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), DANCE AND SIMILAR CHOREOGRAPHIC ARTS, DRAMA, MIME, SINGING AND MUSIC BY THEIR PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY AND TRAINING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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