Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CASTLEFIELD GALLERY

The charity provides an educational service using contemporary visual arts. It does so by presenting new and thought-provoking exhibitions, events, talks and workshops accessible by the public. Its talent development activities for emerging artists such as mentoring, training and other professional development facilities act to nurture creativity and connect them with audiences.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23£662£788£-125£0£573£2934.5847
31/03/22£772£689£83£0£698£3476.1636
31/03/21£696£535£161£0£615£2926.569
31/03/20£688£723£-35£0£454£1542.6541
31/03/19£954£948£5£0£489£1471.9840
31/03/18£558£570£-12£0£483£1232.670
31/03/17£442£386£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£351£336£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£232£266£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£196£250£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£237£211£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£177£162£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£131£138£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£134£167£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£147£177£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£129£156£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£133£149£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£155£160£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£157£156£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£114£141£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 15.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 40 years

www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk

info@castlefieldgallery.co.uk

01618328034

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£71,288
Brian Mercer Trust£6,500
Manchester City Council£5,000
Fenton Arts Trust£4,460
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Castlefield Gallery
£6,500 11/12/2023
Funding NW painters exhibited in gallery's 40th year celebration exhibition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Castlefield Gallery Limited
£2,500 30/06/2020
Cultural Partnership Agreements. The purpose of this funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester which are delivering the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Castlefield Gallery Limited
£2,500 01/06/2020
Funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
DCMS - Castlefield Gallery | Agency NPO application
£71,288 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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 ....more
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Castlefield Gallery
£4,460 04/02/2020
Support for Bluecoat Castlefield Gallery Fellows – an intensive & bespoke development programme for North-based early career visual artists
Manchester City Council - Grant to Castlefield Gallery Limited
£2,500 01/04/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Castlefield Gallery Limited
£2,500 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Manchester City Council - Grant to Castlefield Gallery Limited
£2,500 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the cultural ambition
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-59
  • ADRIAN SLATCHER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Digital Develpment Officer
  • ALISHA KADRI (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Development Officer
  • CERI SARAH HAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • CHARA LEWIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Lecturer
  • CHRISTINA MARIAMA ATTAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Curator
  • KATE JESSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Curator
  • MARGARET BOURKE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: International Trade Advisor At Dit Nw & Consultant
  • PAUL FLINT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
  • PROFESSOR SANDEEP RANOTE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Medical Doctor (Specialist)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/1984, number: 515571
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1984, number: 01838334
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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; AR09: 12 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR06: 23 days late, AR05: 11 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

2 HEWITT STREET
MANCHESTER
M15 4GB

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING AND PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, TASTE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, AND TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ARTS, THROUGHOUT THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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