Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Income diversified: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 24

OPEN CITY

To champion the value of well designed place and space in making a liveable and vibrant city and the role everyone play within it

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Income generation is well diversified
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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?		£1,163	£1,071	£92	£50	£397	£372	4.2	14	650
31/12/21		£898	£784	£114	£75	£305	£275	4.2	14	850
31/12/20		£765	£728	£36	£101	£191	£191	3.1	12	854
31/12/19		£638	£763	£-125	£21	£154	£154	2.4	9	7,090
31/12/18	*	£747	£775	£-28	£35	£279	£279	4.3	8	1,700
31/12/17		£793	£774	£19	£2	£306	£306	4.7	10	0
31/12/16		£777	£704	£73	£5	£288	£282	4.8	10	0
31/12/15		£636	£584	£52	£26	£215	£215	4.4	7	0
31/12/14		£600	£537	£63	£54	£163	£163	3.6	7	0
31/12/13	*	£561	£564	£-3	£88	£100	£100	2.1	7	0
31/12/12		£443	£658	£-215	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£773	£746	£27	£70	£319	£192	3.1	12	0
31/12/10	*	£705	£754	£-50	£74	£292	£292	4.6	14	0
31/12/09		£742	£748	£-6	£75	£341	£341	5.5	14	0
31/12/08?		£898	£980	£-82	£67	£347	£347	4.3	15	0
31/01/07		£966	£942	£24	£98	£147	£147	1.9	7	0
31/01/06		£918	£929	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/05		£645	£553	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/04	*	£464	£447	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 26 years
(28 years as a company)

www.open-city.org.uk

hello@open-city.org.uk

02030067008

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

14 employees
650 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£202,693
City Bridge Trust	£104,600
Greater London Authority	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - Community Conversation for the Memorial for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
£1,000	12/07/2023	This funding will cover a maximum of £1000 towards the costs of hosting a community conversation with your members, networks and participants on the new memorial for the victims of the transatlantic ....more This funding will cover a maximum of £1000 towards the costs of hosting a community conversation with your members, networks and participants on the new memorial for the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, during July 2023
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Open City Architecture
£63,400	09/02/2023 24	£63,400 over two years (£27,200; £36,200) to train 35 young people from under-represented backgrounds as City Curators, including contribution to OCA’s staff time, overheads, curatorial pay, and ....more £63,400 over two years (£27,200; £36,200) to train 35 young people from under-represented backgrounds as City Curators, including contribution to OCA’s staff time, overheads, curatorial pay, and project resources.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Open City Architecture
£41,200	05/06/2020	£41,200 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - Open City Recovery Strategy
£202,693	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-74

DAV BANSAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect

ANNA LIU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect

CAROLYN LARKIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Relations

DEBORAH DENNER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee/Director

EDWARD FRANCIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Partnerships

JAYDEN ALI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee/Director

PETER BURY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

POOJA AGRAWAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Architect

SARA HABANANANDA BAILEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee/Director

SELINA MASON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Master Planning

ELEANOR DODD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee/Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/1998, number: 1072104
Registered at Companies House on 15/02/1996, number: 03159878

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 78 days late, AR13: 3 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR04: 16 days late,

Main office

Unit 2
C1 Design District
1a Cripps Yard

Objectives

To foster public appreciation of and advance public education in architecture.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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