Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 17

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

Established: 20 years

www.royaldrawingschool.org

admin@royaldrawingschool.org

02076138568

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/08/22	£3,170	£3,161	£8	£331	£17,538	£3,550	13.5	51
31/08/21	£2,567	£3,252	£-685	£211	£18,395	£2,951	10.9	46
31/08/20	£2,486	£3,109	£-624	£296	£13,805	£2,909	11.2	60
31/08/19	£3,450	£3,389	£61	£364	£13,898	£2,905	10.3	68
31/08/18	£3,119	£3,185	£-66	£236	£14,278	£2,908	11	64
31/08/17	£2,188	£3,195	£-1,007	£252	£12,543	£2,898	10.9	23
31/08/16	£2,773	£2,741	£32	£285	£12,104	£2,746	12	20
31/08/15	£3,904	£2,932	£972	£170	£10,981	£2,850	11.7	17
31/08/14	£8,983	£2,225	£6,759	£239	£9,491	£2,038	11	12
31/08/13?	£2,452	£2,717	£-265	£220	£2,711	£2,701	11.9	12
31/03/12	£1,569	£1,624	£-55	£110	£559	£532	3.9	11
31/03/11	£1,645	£1,192	£454	£54	£614	£569	5.7	10
31/03/10	£1,250	£1,147	£103	£75	£160	£121	1.3	11
31/03/09	£1,114	£1,157	£-43	£112	£57	£57	0.6	34
31/03/08	£982	£1,010	£-28	£134	£100	£100	1.2	33
31/03/07	£893	£880	£13	£89	£128	£124	1.7	26
31/03/06	£737	£693	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	£612	£588	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 13.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

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 works here?

51 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

Rothschild Foundation	£303,676
Garfield Weston Foundation	£225,000
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.
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	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: 37-77

FOPE ADELOWO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Private Equity Investor

DR MARY WELLESLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Writer

ELIZABETH SORENSEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Partner - Portobello Behavioural Health

GLENDA ADRIANNE BAILEY OBE DBE Appointed: 2020

MARIAM FAZAL FARUQI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

HON DAVID MAURICE BENJAMIN MACMILLAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Publisher

MATTHEW RICE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Designer

NICHOLAS JOHN VETCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Chairman Property And Self Storage, Other trusteeship: ASHFORD TRUST,

PROFESSOR EILEEN HOGAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artist

SIR CHARLES ROBERT SAUMAREZ SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: THE GARDEN MUSEUM, THE WATERCOLOUR WORLD, CASTLE HOWARD FOUNDATION,

TIMOTHY AIDAN JOHN KNOX Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of The Royal Collection, Other trusteeship: MODERN ART PRESS,

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

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

18 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.

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