Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 11

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE CLAY FOUNDATION

The Clay Foundation deliver: - An extensive public engagement programme working with education and community groups across the city- Commission artists to research and develop new clayworks - Present the successful British Ceramics Biennial festival (2017 onwards)- Attract local, national and international audiences, extending its reach and impact across Stoke-on-Trent and beyond.

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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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

Established: 9 years

www.britishceramicsbiennial.com

info@britishceramicsbiennial.com

01782294634

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£392	£401	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£575	£608	£-33	£0	£94	£23	0.5	12	14
31/03/21		£440	£344	£96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£624	£617	£7	£0	£31	£-37	-0.7	6	35
31/03/19		£411	£381	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£518	£515	£3	£0	£-6	£-43	-1	0	0
31/03/17	*	£203	£212	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Stoke-on-trent City,

Who it helps

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	£60,400
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£54,100
The Rayne Foundation	£37,200
DCMS	£33,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Learning through clay
£60,400	28/11/2022	The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) develops, sustains and expands innovative ceramics practice and improves lives by delivering an engaging year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education ....more The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) develops, sustains and expands innovative ceramics practice and improves lives by delivering an engaging year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education and community projects which feed into a festival of contemporary ceramics that takes place in Stoke-on-Trent. This grant funds BCB to work with Year 7 students from two Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools to develop their skills in working collaboratively with their peers to make and discuss art and creative concepts, using clay as an agent for learning, wellbeing and empowerment.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£15,000	07/04/2022	Towards a one year extension of the ReCast project.
DCMS - Investment Funds
£5,000	20/01/2022	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 ....more 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 to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£28,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£54,100	25/10/2019	Generation
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Clay Foundation
£22,200	16/09/2019 24	Towards artist-facilitated workshops, visits and residencies for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	08/05/2019	Clay Works

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLARE TWOMEY Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: CRAFT POTTERY CHARITABLE TRUST,

CATRIN JONES Appointed: 2021

CLAIRE MARIE HICKEY Appointed: 2023

DEIRDRE FIGUEIREDO Appointed: 2019

HUGH WILLIAMSON SFHEA Appointed: 2022

KIRSTY JANE ANDREW Appointed: 2023

ROSEMARY GREENLEES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director, Other trusteeship: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED,

SARA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2015, number: 1160430

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

8 returns made; AR18: 134 days late, AR17: 14 days late,

Main office

Staffordshire University
College Road
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST4 2DE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF, AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ART OF CERAMICS, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES OF THE CIO MAY DECIDE.

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