Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 23

TOWNER

Towner is an award winning art gallery, showcasing artists of national and international significance and presenting works from their acclaimed collection. They place learning and a commitment to access at the very heart of everything they do, delivering a year long programme of exhibitions, learning and participation activities for all ages and all backgrounds.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
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 appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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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		£3,549	£2,379	£1,170	£174	£4,964	£4,280	21.6	53	50
31/03/22		£2,593	£1,831	£762	£162	£3,794	£2,973	19.5	49	43
31/03/21		£1,864	£1,336	£529	£133	£3,032	£2,768	24.9	46	45
31/03/20		£2,107	£1,846	£261	£145	£2,504	£2,333	15.2	46	40
31/03/19		£1,670	£1,442	£228	£0	£2,243	£1,017	8.5	40	40
31/03/18	*	£2,740	£1,593	£1,147	£0	£2,015	£1,001	7.5	40	0
31/03/17	*	£1,828	£1,417	£411	£4	£868	£595	5	40	0
31/03/16		£1,399	£1,252	£148	£80	£463	£290	2.8	40	0
31/03/15		£1,237	£922	£315	£70	£315	£190	2.5	20	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 21.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7

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Established: 10 years

www.townereastbourne.org.uk

towner@townereastbourne.org.uk

01323 434670

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

53 employees
50 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

Wolfson Foundation	£75,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£45,000
The Foyle Foundation	£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Towner Art Gallery
£40,000	20/10/2022	Funding was provided to develop their existing Arts in Mind (AiM) project for adults and towards a new project for young adults (15-18 yrs) with the YMCA.
Wates Foundation - NWF Oct 22_ Community Art Groups
£7,000	12/10/2022	Funding towards Soft Structures: the adult strand of the new community outreach programme for Shinewater and Seaside, two of Eastbourne's most disadvantaged communities. In partnership with 3VA, a ....more Funding towards Soft Structures: the adult strand of the new community outreach programme for Shinewater and Seaside, two of Eastbourne's most disadvantaged communities. In partnership with 3VA, a voluntary organisation supporting volunteer and social action, we will offer creative making-based workshops every two weeks from this autumn in both Shinewater and Seaside for two adult community groups and resident artists to co-create new work together. Exploration and making, testing and reflection will be at the heart of the creative process, with the two appointed artists using the knowledge and interests of the group as material for future activities. Through their conversations and experiences of working with different materials, the participants may choose to work in film, sculpture, paint, animation, performance, murals, textiles or other formats. By developing intuition and materials knowledge, working collaboratively and having fun, participants will explore their sense of place and develop their own artist practice. They will learn new skills, grow in confidence and experience the benefits of creativity and creative thinking in life.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Towner
£2,000	29/04/2022	2% of the running costs for an art gallery delivering outreach activities in Eastbourne.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Towner Eastbourne
£2,500	04/11/2020	12% as running costs for an art gallery delivering outreach activities in Eastbourne.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Towner Art Gallery
£5,000	22/06/2020	Founded as an ‘art gallery for the people’ of Eastbourne in 1922, Towner presents world-class temporary and collection-based exhibitions and creative learning activities for 150,000 visitors ....more Founded as an ‘art gallery for the people’ of Eastbourne in 1922, Towner presents world-class temporary and collection-based exhibitions and creative learning activities for 150,000 visitors annually. Funding will support the Towner project supporting vulnerable households and families in Eastbourne's poorest wards, by providing art materials and activities distributed via the foodbank and the Enthum Foundation.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Towner Art Gallery
£75,000	11/06/2020	Redevelopment of ground floor
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	01/05/2020	Creative Programme
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000	04/02/2020	towards remodeling and refurbishing the ground floor
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	21/11/2017	Towner Art Gallery Learning Programme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-85

CATHERINE SUSAN WOOD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Programme, Tate Modern

GYR KING Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Publisher, Other trusteeships: THE GREAT DIXTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GREAT DIXTER CHARITABLE TRUST,

JOSHUA THOMAS ADERELE BABARINDE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Councillor

MARGARET BANNISTER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Councillor

DAVID DIMBLEBY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Broadcaster

DINAH CASSON CBE RDI Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ARTS TRUST,

DR FLORA DENNIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Lecturer University Of Sussex

JENNY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Arts Manager

JOSEPH LONG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/2014, number: 1156762
Registered at Companies House on 05/12/2013, number: 08803625

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
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
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

9 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 52 days late,

Main office

Towner Art Gallery
Devonshire Park
College Road
EASTBOURNE
BN21 4JJ

Objectives

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:- ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR ART GALLERY; AND/OR- WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS BY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TOWNER IN EASTBOURNE; AND/OR- ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF THE ARTS THROUGH TOWNER?S ART COLLECTION; AND/OR- PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANALOGOUS TO ANY OF THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE ?OBJECTS?).

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