Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY 

Public Art Gallery providing outreach and education facilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £33,709,480 available, equivalent to 176 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 20 years

www.pallant.org.uk

info@pallant.org.uk

01243774557

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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£2,613£2,293£320£97£43,536£33,709176.438244
31/03/22£4,458£1,936£2,521£87£43,849£31,643196.136192
31/03/21£5,491£1,596£3,895£66£40,796£30,931232.638192
31/03/20£2,995£2,217£778£96£34,987£26,919145.740250
31/03/19£3,575£2,094£1,481£51£36,656£24,563140.740250
31/03/18£1,983£2,050£-67£32£35,104£23,359136.7380
31/03/17*£2,064£2,150£-86£35£35,409£23,354130.3430
31/03/16£3,104£2,136£968£106£34,418£23,367131.3440
31/03/15£4,196£1,951£2,245£153£34,124£23,117142.2300
31/03/14*£1,775£1,625£150£33£31,477£23,262171.8330
31/03/13£1,905£1,542£364£7£30,820£23,497182.9270
31/03/12£1,541£1,601£-60£6£29,749£23,417175.5250
31/03/11£15,216£1,389£13,827£6£14,135£8,02369.3260
31/03/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/08£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/07£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 176.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
  • 244 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Partners in Art: Reaching Out
£92,910 28/02/2019
36
This project will work with partner organisations, volunteers and local artists. It will train them to give one to one support to enable people to follow their interest in art by making it more ....more
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - The Coach House
£300,000 18/10/2018
23
This is Phase 1 of a larger resilience project. This Phase includes: -A refit of the Studio to make it fit for purpose; -Installation of rolling stacks to double capacity in the Library -A more ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Pallant House Gallery
£48,400 17/04/2018
Improving our organisation through CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Contribution to the setting-up costs of Outside In as an independent organisation
£6,000 01/08/2016
6
Contribution to the setting-up costs of Outside In as an independent organisation. Outside In has been run successfully for the past ten years as a project within Pallant House Gallery.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Pallant House Gallery
£19,000 16/06/2016
Collection storage
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Outside In
£50,000 04/02/2013
Funding for a transitional year for Outside In, to enable Pallant House Gallery to establish a sustainable delivery model for this important national programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-82
  • JOANNA BEER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Lecturer In Education
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2004, number: 1102435
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2004, number: 05045130
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY on 16/06/2020
Main office

8 - 9 NORTH PALLANT
CHICHESTER
WEST SUSSEX
PO19 1TJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO PROMOTE THE VISUAL ARTS AND HISTORY OF ART PRINCIPALLY IN THE CHICHESTER ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR, TO MAINTAIN, PRESERVE, RESTORE AND FURNISH PALLANT HOUSE IN THE CITY OF CHICHESTER AS A PERIOD HOUSE WITHIN WHICH TO EXHIBIT WORKS OF ART OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST FOR VIEWING BY THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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