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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL

To facilitate and promote the practice of drawing from observation; we believe that this is crucial for all aspects of visual learning, thinking and practice. We aim to fill a gap left by the steady erosion of observational drawing from the study of art in higher education and in schools by offering tuition and resources to art students, artists, children and the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/08/23£3,648£3,792£-144£406£17,741£3,70811.7430
31/08/22£3,170£3,161£8£331£17,538£3,55013.5510
31/08/21£2,567£3,252£-685£211£18,395£2,95110.9460
31/08/20£2,486£3,109£-624£296£13,805£2,90911.2600
31/08/19£3,450£3,389£61£364£13,898£2,90510.3680
31/08/18£3,119£3,185£-66£236£14,278£2,90811640
31/08/17£2,188£3,195£-1,007£252£12,543£2,89810.9230
31/08/16£2,773£2,741£32£285£12,104£2,74612200
31/08/15£3,904£2,932£972£170£10,981£2,85011.7170
31/08/14£8,983£2,225£6,759£239£9,491£2,03811120
31/08/13?£2,452£2,717£-265£220£2,711£2,70111.9120
31/03/12£1,569£1,624£-55£110£559£5323.9110
31/03/11£1,645£1,192£454£54£614£5695.7100
31/03/10£1,250£1,147£103£75£160£1211.3110
31/03/09£1,114£1,157£-43£112£57£570.6340
31/03/08£982£1,010£-28£134£100£1001.2330
31/03/07£893£880£13£89£128£1241.7260
31/03/06£737£693£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£612£588£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.royaldrawingschool.org

admin@royaldrawingschool.org

02076138568

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£325,000
Rothschild Foundation£303,676
Tedworth Charitable Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Royal Drawing School
£2,096 22/09/2023
Young artists programme
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Royal Drawing School
£1,580 28/06/2023
Funding for Royal Drawing School student visit to Waddesdon for Catherine Goodman exhibition.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 15/05/2023
The Drawing Year
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Royal Drawing School
£300,000 06/12/2022
The Living Library: a digital archive and teaching resource
Tedworth Charitable Trust - One full scholarship for one year
£15,000 23/03/2022
One full scholarship for one year
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£225,000 21/02/2020
36
Foundation Year Scholarship Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-78
  • DR MARY WELLESLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Writer
  • ELIZABETH SORENSEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Partner - Portobello Behavioural Health
  • FOPE ADELOWO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Private Equity Investor
  • GLENDA ADRIANNE BAILEY OBE DBE Appointed: 2020
  • HON DAVID MAURICE BENJAMIN MACMILLAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Publisher
  • MARIAM FAZAL FARUQI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MATTHEW RICE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Designer
  • NICHOLAS JOHN VETCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Chairman Property And Self Storage
  • PROFESSOR EILEEN HOGAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artist
  • SIR CHARLES ROBERT SAUMAREZ SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • TIMOTHY AIDAN JOHN KNOX Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of The Royal Collection
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2004, number: 1101538
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2003, number: 04971133
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
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

19-22 CHARLOTTE ROAD
LONDON
EC2A 3SG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF DRAWING, PAINTING, FINE ART, SCULPTURE, PRINT MAKING, FASHION AND DESIGN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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