Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

DERBY QUAD LIMITED 

The principal activity of the charity is the promotion of, education in, development of and appreciation of the arts
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 18 years

www.derbyquad.co.uk

info@derbyquad.co.uk

01332285444

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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£2,375£2,722£-347£611£173£930.47730
31/03/22£2,473£2,382£91£517£519£3531.873109
31/03/21*£2,239£1,938£300£321£429£4122.583106
31/03/20£3,012£2,945£67£895£128£1110.58015
31/03/19£3,015£3,046£-31£836£62£390.28180
31/03/18£2,715£2,779£-64£738£93£280.1560
31/03/17£2,515£2,736£-221£702£157£150.1530
31/03/16*£2,790£2,580£210£612£378£1950.9590
31/03/15£2,505£2,639£-133£774£168£160.1530
31/03/14*£2,565£2,803£-239£756£302£100550
31/03/13£2,837£2,853£-16£955£432£140.1500
31/03/12*£2,775£2,649£126£638£433£30710
31/03/11£2,717£2,746£-28£555£321£690.3670
31/03/10£2,194£2,159£35£456£347£430.2450
31/03/09£1,975£1,856£119£378£311£-12-0.1680
31/03/08£1,082£1,010£72£67£187£1521.8380
31/03/07£411£404£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 74%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 54%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derby City, Derbyshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 77 employees
  • 30 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£833,176
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£222,125
National Lottery Heritage Fund£80,753
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - QUAD’s School in Residence Programme
£9,625 18/01/2023
QUAD is an international centre for engagement in contemporary art and film based in Derby. Following a successful pilot of the School in Residence programme from 2018-2020, this grant supports QUAD ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Derby QUAD Ltd
£80,753 14/11/2022
Dancing Through Time: from Pop to Punk in the City of Derby
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - QUAD’s School in Residence Programme
£192,500 16/05/2022
QUAD is an international centre for engagement in contemporary art and film based in Derby. Following a successful pilot of the School in Residence programme from 2018-2020, this grant supports QUAD ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dementia Screenings
£9,600 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to support dementia screenings and sing-alongs for those living with dementia and in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring the community ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Derby QUAD Ltd
£3,700 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund laptops, game log-ins and broadband support for disabled children and young people during Covid 19. This will help reduce isolation, enable friendships to continue and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 28/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 03/04/2020
Uplift
DCMS - Derby QUAD Ltd
£466,176 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - QUAD, Derby
£245,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - QUAD, Derby
£122,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - ALB - BFI - Education
£17,000 01/04/2019
hands-on filmmaking courses for 16-19 year olds, which aim to develop their knowledge and skills required to be part of the future of the UK film industry
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Derby QUAD Ltd
£99,874 28/02/2019
36
This project provides fun and creative arts activities for children with additional support needs or who are experiencing difficulties. The aim is to increase confidence and creative skills, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - QUAD Schools in Residence Programme
£60,000 07/08/2018
23
QUAD is an international centre for engagement in contemporary art and film. Through this programme QUAD will collaborate with five secondary schools to explore how visual and digital literacy can ....more
DCMS - Derby QUAD Ltd
£457,753 01/04/2018
Derby QUAD Ltd
DCMS - Derby QUAD Ltd
£114,438 01/04/2018
To support Derby QUAD Ltd
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Derby QUAD
£45,800 22/06/2016
FORMAT International photography festival exhibition of WW Winter Photography
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Derby Quad Ltd
£195,281 01/11/2012
Towards Shine-a-Light, a large-scale participatory film project for older people that will explore their sub-cultures and will challenge preconceptions of old age.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Derby Quad Ltd
£75,000 25/06/2008
36
Towards Project costs Towards the launch event and the costs of the Format and the Film Commissioning project.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-59
  • LUKE EARLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Clerical Assistant
  • MARK GREGORY (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Council
  • ROBBIE JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2006, number: 1115546
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2005, number: 05465412
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
  • 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
  • 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
17 returns made; AR21: 37 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 113 days late, AR12: 1 days late,
Main office

DERBY QUAD LIMITED
MARKET PLACE
DERBY
DE1 3AS

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF, EDUCATION IN, DEVELOPMENT OF AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, (WITHOUT LIMITATION):3.1.1. PHOTOGRAPHY, TELEVISION, VIDEO AND FILM AND OTHER VISUAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND ARTS; AND3.1.2 DRAMA, MIME, DRAMATIC IMPROVISATION, LITERATURE, ORIGINAL WRITING AND PRESENTATION OF POETRY AND PROSE, DANCE, SONG AND MUSIC GENERALLY, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CRAFTS.FOR THE PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF DERBY AND COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF DERBY AND COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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