Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

IKON GALLERY LIMITED 

Organise and present exhibitions of contemporary art and artists' projects in the gallery and off-site.Organise and present a range of education activities and projects for the public in the galleries and off site in conjunction with other partners.Operate a bookshop focusing on arts publications and cafe for visitors to the gallery.Produce a range of publications for sale to the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender 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

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£2,143£2,296£-153£326£4,503£1,2846.7240
31/03/22£1,832£1,987£-155£261£4,686£1,3398.1240
31/03/21£1,713£1,342£371£184£4,799£1,19010.6220
31/03/20£1,893£1,764£129£186£4,332£6484.4240
31/03/19£1,649£1,725£-76£100£4,244£7415.2240
31/03/18£1,590£1,735£-145£93£4,320£6844.7220
31/03/17£1,407£1,770£-363£143£4,463£6574.5230
31/03/16£2,137£1,829£307£348£4,749£5773.8230
31/03/15£1,523£1,895£-372£282£4,442£-15-0.1260
31/03/14*£1,699£1,681£19£332£4,814£200.1200
31/03/13*£2,315£1,804£511£442£4,795£00200
31/03/12*£1,841£1,966£-125£549£4,284£-51-0.3250
31/03/11*£2,083£2,365£-282£689£4,408£-46-0.2250
31/03/10£2,083£2,225£-141£555£4,544£-31-0.2380
31/03/09£1,920£2,052£-132£375£4,686£-9-0.1270
31/03/08£1,702£1,903£-201£398£4,818£20250
31/03/07£1,764£1,813£-49£298£5,019£830.5250
31/03/06£1,524£1,483£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,398£1,557£-159£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,203£1,279£-76£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 57 years
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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
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 24 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
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Ikon Gallery
£3,250 20/05/2022
Travel Support and contribution to the catalogue accompanying the first major solo exhibition of work by a Japanese Ainu artist and musician, comprising video, installation and sculptural work which ....more
DCMS - Ikon Gallery 2018 - 2022
£1,028,307 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 ....more
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£107,657 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Ikon Gallery
£129,473 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Birmingham City Council - Ikon Gallery
£60,000 01/04/2016
IKON GALLERY; Arts and culture;

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • JAMES LEO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • LIAM SMYTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant
  • SAMUEL JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Museums And Galleries
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/1967, number: 528892
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1967, number: 00902136
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 8 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 12 days late,
Main office

IKON GALLERY
1 OOZELLS SQUARE
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2HS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE CITIES AND BOROUGHS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS, BY ENCOURAGING THE PRACTICE AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTS IN GENERAL BUT WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO CONTEMPORARY PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND OTHER VISUAL ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

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Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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