Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 17

LUDLOW AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Ludlow Assembly Rooms is an arts, entertainment and community centre, which provides live shows, films, exhibitions and workshops; room space for meetings, conferences, exhibitions, family celebrations, etc; a cafe bar; a ticketing service for events organised independently; volunteering opportunities, equipment and staff/expertise; marketing advice and information; and a skill building programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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

Established: 32 years

www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

admin@ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

01584879871

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£635	£633	£3	£2	£1,071	£471	8.9	12	120
31/03/22	£586	£404	£182	£3	£1,069	£426	12.7	12	125
31/03/21	£471	£207	£264	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/20	£394	£350	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19	£615	£500	£116	£4	£579	£327	7.8	16	100
31/03/18	£608	£608	£1	£7	£463	£393	7.8	10	0
31/03/17	£811	£596	£215	£40	£463	£408	8.2	10	0
31/03/16	£658	£594	£64	£2	£248	£228	4.6	10	0
31/03/15	£594	£565	£29	£8	£184	£10	0.2	9	0
31/03/14	£571	£580	£-8	£7	£155	£155	3.2	10	0
31/03/13	£589	£588	£0	£7	£163	£164	3.3	10	0
31/03/12	£697	£677	£20	£12	£163	£163	2.9	12	0
31/03/11	£771	£760	£11	£8	£143	£143	2.3	15	0
31/03/10	£676	£725	£-49	£8	£806	£256	4.2	16	0
31/03/09	£508	£538	£-30	£8	£854	£249	5.6	12	0
31/03/08	£574	£602	£-28	£114	£884	£265	5.3	14	0
31/03/07	£488	£521	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£488	£521	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£468	£501	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£481	£528	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 44%
Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Shropshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

12 employees
120 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£15,975	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£97,250	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£130,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£45,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - A Life More Ordinary programme
£8,330	18/05/2018 12	Social activities will be funded to support families and people who are living with dementia or memory loss, helping to improve their wellbeing.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ludlow Assembly Rooms
£100,000	06/04/2016 36	Towards core costs to strengthen the organisation for the future at a time of significant change.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-76

ALISTAIR CHARLES MCGOWAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Entertainer

FIONA MORRELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director

IGOR ANDRONOV Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

JEFFREY IAN WALKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JODIE ISABEL DEAKIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

LAURA JOHNSTON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

LINDSEY MARGARET MUNDY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL JOHN PENN Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Company Director

PAUL WILLIAM REW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

RUTH MARY NAPIER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Consultant

TIMOTHY GEORGE HUGHES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/05/1992, number: 1010883
Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1992, number: 02699283

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LUDLOW MUSIC SOCIETY on 10/12/2021

Main office

Ludlow Assembly Rooms
1 Mill Street
LUDLOW
Shropshire
SY8 1AZ

Objectives

(1) TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF LUDLOW AND THE DISTRICT HEREOF (2) TO PROMOTE A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUDLOW AND THE DISTRICT

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