Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
    • Grant maker support: +7

    WOKING MUSEUM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE 

    The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking is one of the most exciting cultural spaces in the South East.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 25 years

    www.thelightbox.org.uk

    info@thelightbox.org.uk

    01483737800

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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£777£957£-180£125£359£3524.415100
    31/03/22£875£1,016£-141£128£539£511620100
    31/03/21*£983£758£224£56£651£6249.921100
    31/03/20£901£879£22£131£408£3725.121150
    31/03/19£820£859£-39£137£358£3034.221120
    31/03/18£890£892£-2£148£370£2923.9200
    31/03/17£802£899£-96£161£344£2913.9190
    31/03/16£921£963£-42£211£441£4205.2200
    31/03/15£839£931£-92£31£483£4165.4200
    31/03/14£850£1,035£-185£85£5,799£5,71066.2180
    31/03/13£787£914£-127£52£5,984£1211.6180
    31/03/12£736£878£-142£108£6,111£6,07183170
    31/03/11£688£851£-162£105£6,253£6,24288170
    31/03/10£805£813£-8£96£6,416£6,36693.9180
    31/03/09*£1,583£817£766£97£6,451£6,39493.9170
    31/03/08£2,805£778£2,028£135£5,658£5,64687.1140
    31/03/07£3,121£383£2,738£127£3,630£932.980
    31/03/06£659£284£374£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£516£493£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£514£452£62£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.6%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 64%
    Liabilities/Income: 83%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.5
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    Who works here?
    • 15 employees
    • 100 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Surrey,

    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£102,950
    Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,800
    Community Foundation for Surrey£8,800
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting young carers to improve their wellbeing
    £9,800 11/03/2022
    The funding will be used to deliver creative arts and crafts workshops for young carers in the Woking area. The project aims to provide a respite from caring duties enabling young carers to engage ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Lightbox
    £1,768 23/10/2021
    Our aim is to run activities to improve the mental, social, physical, and emotional wellbeing of the community through arts and heritage.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
    £50,000 25/09/2020
    The Caring Museum
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £6,950 09/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 04/06/2020
    5
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
    £4,000 17/04/2020
    Costs to deliver arts-based support to existing elderly, isolated and vulnerable clients during the Coronavirus pandemic
    DCMS - The Lightbox
    £64,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - The Lightbox
    £32,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Art in Mind
    £4,800 31/05/2019
    11
    Art workshops for people living with dementia and their carers.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Lightbox
    £9,200 21/02/2017
    Celebrating 10 years of community heritage
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support of community engagement work
    £70,000 25/04/2016
    24
    A grant to secure the legacy of the Our Museum initiative and help to strengthen and widen both the community ownership and access to the gallery.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Museum transition grant
    £20,000 03/09/2015
    6
    6-month transition period as a development of the Our Museum programme, to run from October 2015 to the end of March 2016.
    Nesta - ACE0337
    £42,858 29/10/2014
    Digital R&D Fund programme grant to The Woking Museum and Arts and Crafts Grant Ref ACE0337
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Lightbox
    £10,000 19/08/2014
    The Horse at War 1914-18
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Museum
    £149,625 16/01/2012
    A grant to The Lightbox for Our Museum
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 8/9 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 55-83
    • CHRIS LACEY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
    • JOHN SIEBERT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Executive
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1999, number: 1073543
    • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/1998, number: 03598733
    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
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • 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; AR21: 56 days late, AR09: 17 days late,
    Main office

    THE LIGHTBOX
    CHOBHAM ROAD
    WOKING
    GU21 4AA

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN LOCAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE WOKING, SURREY

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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