Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

BATH FESTIVALS

Promotion of the arts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £358,517 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 35 years

www.bathfestivals.org.uk

info@bathfestivals.org.uk

01225 614180

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	*	£931	£946	£-15	£37	£-322	£-359	-4.5	11	2,000
31/12/21		£1,094	£1,030	£64	£39	£-307	£-352	-4.1	12	151
31/12/20		£589	£525	£64	£47	£-370	£-429	-9.8	12	50
31/12/19		£1,256	£1,457	£-202	£37	£-436	£-460	-3.8	10	250
31/12/18?	*	£1,458	£1,694	£-236	£38	£2	£-19	-0.1	11	250
31/03/17		£1,062	£1,065	£-3	£59	£107	£66	0.7	23	0
31/03/16		£1,204	£1,204	£0	£9	£110	£69	0.7	13	0
31/03/15	*	£1,031	£1,055	£-24	£101	£110	£87	1	17	0
31/03/14		£1,281	£1,223	£58	£118	£133	£54	0.5	17	0
31/03/13		£1,309	£1,281	£28	£90	£75	£51	0.5	14	0
31/03/12		£1,204	£1,262	£-58	£90	£47	£14	0.1	14	0
31/03/11		£1,303	£1,319	£-15	£9	£105	£82	0.7	14	0
31/03/10		£1,226	£1,257	£-31	£8	£120	£120	1.1	14	0
31/03/09		£1,154	£1,197	£-42	£9	£152	£152	1.5	14	0
31/03/08		£1,138	£1,019	£119	£9	£194	£140	1.7	12	0
31/03/07		£1,259	£1,265	£-6	£7	£75	£75	0.7	15	0
31/03/06	*	£1,256	£1,211	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,255	£1,164	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,060	£1,057	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 371%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 112%
Reserves/Spending: -4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

11 employees
2,000 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£100,000	10/11/2021	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
Youth Music - Routes through Music
£83,143	24/04/2020	Routes through Music
DCMS - Recovery for 2021
£100,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Bath Festivals 2021
£50,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Bath Festivals
£34,375	27/03/2018 36	Young Producer/Young Artist Residency - Covid-19 flexibility agreed

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-81

JACQUELINE CUSACK Appointed: 2022

RICHARD CLAVELL STANLEY HALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

TESSA ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2023

ALISTAIR GRAHAM SINGLETON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor

CHRISTOPER DAVID ROGERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

DENISE ROGERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

JOHN DAVID CULLUM (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Non Executive Director

VICTORIA ELAINE SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH,

HELEN DONOVAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Manager, Other trusteeship: BATH RECREATION LIMITED,

RICHARD TIMMIS TURNER, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE ASHLA CHARITABLE TRUST,

SURESH PRABHA ARIARATNAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Literary And Talent Agent, Other trusteeships: THE TRUSSELL TRUST, LITERATURE WORKS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/1989, number: 801617
Registered at Companies House on 18/11/1988, number: 02319269

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 99 days late, AR18: 27 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 2 days late,

Main office

1a Forum Buildings
St James Parade
Bath
BA1 1UG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCING, MIME, PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND THE GRAPHIC ARTS AND LITERATURE AND POETRY, AND TO EXTEND AND INCREASE THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE AVON

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