Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -5

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

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 17

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
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 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

Established: 29 years

www.manchesterartgallery.org

jo.beggs@manchester.gov.uk

07917553040

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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
31/03/23		£1,287	£1,294	£-7	£1,007	£1,480	£1,092	10.1	40
31/03/22		£1,395	£958	£437	£700	£1,488	£976	12.2	35
31/03/21		£1,388	£628	£760	£540	£1,051	£411	7.9	26
31/03/20		£1,248	£1,169	£79	£941	£291	£153	1.6	33
31/03/19		£1,104	£1,063	£40	£837	£212	£156	1.8	29
31/03/18		£200	£297	£-97	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£366	£367	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£388	£422	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£474	£363	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£247	£244	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£252	£589	£-337	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£314	£282	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£336	£456	£-120	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10		£203	£235	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09		£154	£160	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08		£342	£132	£210	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07	*	£186	£187	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06		£315	£308	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£565	£57	£508	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£214	£43	£171	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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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 ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

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 works here?

40 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£458,000
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 ....more 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 team at Manchester Art Gallery to continue with their ambitious transformation of Platt Hall from a subsidiary building of their main gallery site into community resource for local neighbourhoods, exploring participatory decision making, interrogating collections policy and practice and broadening the Gallery's understanding of its civic role.
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-66

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, Other trusteeship: THE MILLENNIUM QUARTER TRUST LIMITED,

RICHARD GUY PULFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director

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

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