Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 15

AMBERSIDE TRUST

To secure the future of the Amber film & photography Collection by: maintaining its integrity and addressing conservation needs; supporting Side Gallery & Cinema, where the work can be seen; extending access through touring and online work; building awareness of its story; and enabling the new work (acquisition,production & educational activity) which will take this living archive forward

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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 and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

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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		£25	£15	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£45	£59	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£43	£26	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£43	£38	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£35	£38	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£10	£6	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£11	£10	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

ambersidetrust@amber-online.com

0191 232 2000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Newcastle Upon Tyne 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

Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£44,480
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£42,000
The National Archives	£35,000
The Shears Foundation	£5,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Amberside Trust
£0	05/07/2023	Cataloguing grant of £35,000 awarded towards 'Preserved in Amber'. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871)
The Shears Foundation - Amberside Trust
£5,500	12/01/2023	The Primary Source Project: Shipbuilding on the the Tyne
The National Archives - Amberside Trust
£35,000	01/07/2022	Cataloguing Grants is a partnership funding scheme between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.The Cataloguing Grants programme provides grants of up to £45,000 for ....more Cataloguing Grants is a partnership funding scheme between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.The Cataloguing Grants programme provides grants of up to £45,000 for the cataloguing of archives, to ensure that significant archive collections, representing the lives and perspectives of all people across the UK, are made accessible to the public for research and enjoyment.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to AmberSide Trust
£9,480	24/06/2021	Core costs for April 2021/March 2022 for work in Newcastle (uplift)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to AmberSide Trust
£30,000	24/06/2021	Core costs for April 2021/March 2022 for work in Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Outreach and Public Programme Year 3
£32,000	02/04/2020	Outreach and Public Programme Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - expanding a 50 year engagement with Byker by working with the community to explore, create and exhibit both new and archival work
£10,000	02/04/2020	expanding a 50 year engagement with Byker by working with the community to explore, create and exhibit both new and archival work
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Photography project highlighting the impact of food poverty and the resilience of families South of the Tyne experiencing it.
£5,000	05/07/2019	Photography project highlighting the impact of food poverty and the resilience of families South of the Tyne experiencing it.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Outreach and Public Programme Year 2
£32,000	01/04/2019	Outreach and Public Programme Year 2
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Outreach and Public Programme Year 1
£32,000	04/01/2018	Outreach and Public Programme Year 1

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR MARTYN HUDSON (Chair) Appointed: 2023

DR PHILIPPA JANE OLDFIELD Appointed: 2023

ELIZABETH ANNE REES Appointed: 2021

IAIN WATSON Appointed: 2021

JENNIFER HINVES Appointed: 2018

LAURA LAFFLER Appointed: 2021

PHYLLIDA MARY BRIDGET SHAW Appointed: 2021

RICHARD GRASSICK Appointed: 2024

SIMONE JIMENA RUDOLPHI Appointed: 2023

MICK HENRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Leader Of Gateshead Council, Other trusteeship: NORTH EAST THEATRE TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2015, number: 1160760

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR21: 34 days late,

Main office

AmberSide Trust
5-9 Side
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3JE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY, BY:- THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF SIDE GALLERY & CINEMA, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND THE AMBER FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION (THE COLLECTION);- THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COLLECTION;- THE COMMISSIONING AND ACQUISITION OF NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND AUDIO VISUAL WORK, THE PROGRAMMING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL WORK. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, THE COLLECTION REFERS TO A BODY OF WORK WHICH HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE PRODUCTION, EXHIBITION, TOURING AND COLLECTING ACTIVITY OF AMBER ASSOCIATES AND AMBER FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE CIC. THE WORK IS FOCUSED ON THE LIVES AND LANDSCAPES OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WORKING CLASS, INDUSTRIAL AND POST INDUSTRIAL, RURAL, REFUGEE, MARGINALISED, ITINERANT AND SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHANGE OR THREAT TO THEIR CULTURE OR WAY OF LIFE, IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY.

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