Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

MIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE 

Midlands Arts Centre, MAC, exists to make innovative, creative arts activities an important part of people's lives. MAC is the most visited arts centre in the Midlands, with almost 1,000,000 visitors a year who come to MAC to enjoy theatre performances, music, comedy, plays for children, literature and poetry events, courses, family shows, films, dance performances and free exhibitions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 62 years

www.macbirmingham.co.uk

info@macbirmingham.co.uk

01214463200

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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£5,677£5,881£-204£1,744£4,714£1,0302.11966
31/03/22£4,577£4,499£78£996£4,918£5901.62130
31/03/21£4,449£2,978£1,471£26£4,840£4,37817.61541
31/03/20£5,146£5,227£-80£1,171£3,370£422121377
31/03/19£4,884£4,786£99£1,210£3,450£4771.220169
31/03/18£4,883£4,730£153£1,132£3,351£3680.92030
31/03/17£4,821£4,574£247£1,117£3,198£2510.72010
31/03/16£4,709£4,515£193£1,096£2,951£970.31790
31/03/15£4,402£4,374£28£1,101£3,662£7582.1890
31/03/14£4,481£4,094£387£1,013£3,634£7982.3880
31/03/13£4,023£3,852£171£1,249£3,247£4451.4870
31/03/12£3,941£4,061£-120£1,023£3,076£2990.9930
31/03/11£4,218£4,396£-178£914£3,196£6591.8920
31/03/10£3,913£2,587£1,326£6£3,375£9444.4180
31/03/09£3,083£2,632£451£10£2,048£4882.290
06/04/08£4,784£4,571£213£36£1,597£-444-1.21180
01/04/07*£2,887£3,253£-367£32£1,395£701150
02/04/06*£2,852£3,092£-240£0£0£0n/a00
03/04/05£3,109£3,126£-17£0£0£0n/a00
28/03/04£3,999£4,049£-50£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 49.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 22%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 196 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,

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£2,226,504
Garfield Weston Foundation£267,761
Youth Music£225,000
Spirit of 2012£219,999
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Midlands Arts Centre
£0 06/12/2023
Grant of £17,362 towards upgrade front of house lighting to LED. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870).
Youth Music - MAC Makes Music
£225,000 12/10/2022
MAC Makes Music
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£150,000 04/03/2022
The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Midlands Art Centre (MAC)
£35,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£267,761 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Midlands Art Centre (MAC)
£16,917 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - Midlands Arts Centre
£752,746 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 - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928 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 - Culture Recovery Fund MAC 2020/21
£680,668 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£150,520 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - MAC CRF Round 2
£270,574 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Spirit of 2012 - Hidden Voices
£219,999 09/08/2019
Music project for female carers. Majority funded via Tampon Tax Fund with DCMS. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
DCMS - Hidden Voices
£96,534 09/08/2019
In Birmingham, the Hidden Voices programme led by the Midlands Arts Centre aims to provide creative, inclusive, person-centred music making opportunities for female carers within diverse communities ....more
DCMS - Hidden Voices
£96,534 09/08/2019
In Birmingham, the Hidden Voices programme led by the Midlands Arts Centre aims to provide creative, inclusive, person-centred music making opportunities for female carers within diverse communities ....more
Youth Music - MAC Makes Music
£159,723 19/01/2018
MAC Makes Music
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 03/05/2017
Future Resilience
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Midlands Art Centre (MAC)
£101,500 07/10/2015
36
Towards Birmingham Arts Volunteers, developing and supporting a shared resource of arts volunteers and arts volunteer managers to create a cohort of cultural ambassadors for Birmingham.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-72
  • MARY MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • NEIL MCGOWAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • ROS ROBINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Arts Manager / Semi-Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1962, number: 528979
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/03/1962, number: 00718349
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
  • 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: 36 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

MIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE
CANNON HILL PARK
BIRMINGHAM
B12 9QH

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF, EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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