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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST

Advancement of education in British and foreign history of the arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£1,287£1,294£-7£1,007£1,480£1,09210.1400
31/03/22£1,395£958£437£700£1,488£97612.2350
?31/03/21£1,388£628£760£540£1,051£4117.9260
31/03/20£1,248£1,169£79£941£291£1531.6330
31/03/19£1,104£1,063£40£837£212£1561.8290
31/03/18£200£297£-97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£366£367£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£388£422£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£474£363£110n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£247£244£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£252£589£-337n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£314£282£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£336£456£-120n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£203£235£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£154£160£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£342£132£210n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£186£187£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£315£308£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£565£57£508n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£214£43£171n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 427.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 77.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.manchesterartgallery.org

jo.beggs@manchester.gov.uk

07917553040

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£400,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£123,700
The Foyle Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Platt Hall redevelopment second phase
£400,000 17/07/2023
Manchester Art Gallery is an inclusive cultural space for the people of Manchester and the wider world, opening minds to the essential role of creativity in the making of a healthy society and contributing to social change. This grant will allow the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester City Galleries Trust
£113,900 11/04/2023
#DYC Taking Stock: Re-thinking Manchester's Civic Collections
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£40,000 28/04/2021
towards the Redisplay Project (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Art Gallery
£9,800 18/12/2019
Trading Stations: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives - Engagement
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Platt Hall: A community-generated museum
£58,000 08/07/2019
18
To deepen understanding of local needs, test events co-created with community partners and inform the programme of Platt Hall, a community-generated museum.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester City Art Galleries
£99,700 29/05/2018
Developing, digitising and interpreting the Archive of the Manchester Arena Spontaneous memorials
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - NPO 2018-22: Band 3
£1,597,659 01/04/2018
11
National portfolio organisation- are leaders in their areas, with a collective responsibility to protect and develop our national arts and cultural ecology.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Major Partner Museums
£1,597,659 01/04/2017
11
Major Partner Museums- building the resilience of museums
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Art Gallery
£98,100 03/03/2016
National Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme; Experience Field
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Art Gallery
£307,300 30/09/2014
From Catwalk to High Street
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Art Gallery
£40,000 30/04/2013
Nature in the City: Thomas Horsfall's Gift to Manchester Art Gallery
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-78
  • ANDREW GRAHAM PALMER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • JAMES ROBERT MYCOCK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Creator
  • JO BEGGS Appointed: 2023
  • JOHN MATTHEW WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Manager
  • ROGER FRANCIS STEPHENSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Architect
  • STUART PAUL WOOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • VIKTORIA BARILLOVA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
  • ZOE CLAIRE DUNBAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraiser
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1995, number: 1048581
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/05/1995, number: 03053689
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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: 1 days late, AR05: 0 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY
MOSLEY STREET
MANCHESTER
M2 3JL

Objectives

FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE CITIZENS AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER IN PARTICULAR AND OF OTHER CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UNTIES KINGDOM IN GENERAL IN BRITISH AND FOREIGN HISTORY OF ARTS AND FOR THE BENEFITS OF SCHOLARS IN THE UNIVERSITIES AND OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN RESEARCHERS IN HISTORY OF ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF MANCHESTER AND UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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