Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 13

Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 19

NOTTINGHAM STUDIOS LTD

Primary is an artist-led space that exists to support creative research and to develop new ways of engaging audiences. Offering dedicated artists studios alongside more flexible spaces, both within and outside the building, where artists from around the world can meet and work in the heart of Nottingham.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 15 years
(17 years as a company)

www.weareprimary.org

admin@weareprimary.org

01159244493

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£381	£313	£68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	£565	£267	£297	£0	£766	£607	27.2	7	5
31/03/21	£596	£219	£378	£0	£469	£360	19.7	6	4
31/03/20	£250	£243	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19	£255	£214	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18	£147	£169	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£168	£137	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£106	£105	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£100	£124	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£74	£85	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£63	£70	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£118	£80	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£11	£21	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Nottingham City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£340,000
DCMS	£270,682
Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
The Foyle Foundation	£35,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£30,000
Architectural Heritage Fund	£19,440

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Primary studios redevelopment and core support
£240,000	17/07/2023	Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation providing affordable work space and studios for artists, community engagement projects and a public programme of exhibitions and events. This grant ....more Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation providing affordable work space and studios for artists, community engagement projects and a public programme of exhibitions and events. This grant provides core funding to help Primary maximise their potential, collaboration and build on opportunities for Primary studio's creative community through their newly redeveloped site.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	01/07/2022	Primary - Transforming our Facilities
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£35,000	21/04/2022	towards upgrades to two galleries and digital equipment (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	17/03/2021 12	Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation based in Nottingham that provides affordable workspace and studios for artists, delivers community engagement projects and a public programme of ....more Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation based in Nottingham that provides affordable workspace and studios for artists, delivers community engagement projects and a public programme of exhibitions and events. They support collaborative creative research, encouraging participation in artistic production. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Primary
£20,000	15/12/2020 12	Towards unrestricted core costs to underpin Making Place, an approach to creative community participation that involves people in making decisions about their local neighbourhood.
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Nottingham Studios Ltd
£19,440	08/12/2020	Primary
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	20/05/2020 4	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Primary
£10,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - NPO Application
£66,196	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£148,876	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Primary - Operating Model
£55,610	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Exploring co-creation through residencies and public programmes
£60,000	08/07/2019 23	To explore how artist residences and regular public events, co-created with local people and community organisations, can increase participation and support social change.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Me a Colour
£10,000	12/06/2018 12	This funding will be used to create a community garden, aiming to bring the local community together to build stronger relationships.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Primary
£60,000	20/03/2017 36	Towards core costs and Making Place - a programme that will involve local people in considering how public space is used in their neighbourhood.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Primary
£19,000	07/07/2014	Towards costs associated with developing the engagement programme.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-73

ALISON LLOYD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Phd Scholar, Artist & Arts Administrator

DR CHRISTINE ANNE STEVENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist & Psychotherapist

FRANK JAMES ABBOTT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Artist

IAIN ALEXANDER COCKHILL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor/Company Director

MICHAEL JAMES MARSDEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: University Dean

MICHAEL ST JOHN FORBES (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Artist/Curator

NICK SLATER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director, Lu Arts

REBECCA JANE BLACKWOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

SHOBNA BAZZAZZ Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor

WILLIAM HARVEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed - Architectural Designer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2009, number: 1132064
Registered at Companies House on 12/09/2006, number: 05933158

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

Primary
33 Seely Road
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 1NU

Objectives

THE-COMPANY'S OBJECTS (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VISUAL ARTS, PUBLIC ART, ART IN THE PUBLIC REALM, DIGITAL ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, LIVE ART, SONIC ART, VIDEO ART AND ANY OTHER ART FORM OR STYLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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