Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -4
Accounts overdue -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY LTD

The Photographers Gallery Limited is a registered charity whose objects are to further advance photography as an art form, promote public knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the medium and organise public exhibitions and projects to these ends. The Photographers Gallery is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually 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:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £12,881,314 available, equivalent to 44 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Established: 53 years

www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk

andrew.gault@tpg.org.uk

02070879318

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/22		£3,531	£3,486	£44	£29	£12,881	£12,881	44.3	44
31/03/21		£3,735	£2,932	£804	£18	£12,068	£12,068	49.4	39
31/03/20		£3,502	£3,716	£-214	£57	£11,455	£11,455	37	41
31/03/19		£3,689	£3,755	£-66	£43	£11,311	£11,311	36.1	44
31/03/18		£3,570	£3,526	£44	£1,463	£10,125	£10,125	34.5	43
31/03/17		£3,558	£3,667	£-109	£1,576	£10,081	£10,079	33	41
31/03/16	*	£3,447	£3,527	£-80	£48	£10,190	£10,163	34.6	46
31/03/15		£3,118	£3,150	£-32	£75	£10,390	£10,381	39.5	45
31/03/14	*	£3,118	£3,150	£-32	£1,293	£6,296	£6,046	23	44
31/03/13		£3,459	£4,056	£-597	£1,272	£6,318	£6,071	18	42
31/03/12	*	£4,023	£2,864	£1,160	£536	£6,925	£6,676	28	21
31/03/11		£3,470	£2,660	£810	£884	£5,766	£5,571	25.1	25
31/03/10	*	£2,739	£2,814	£-75	£1,032	£4,955	£4,860	20.7	28
31/03/09		£2,381	£2,808	£-427	£984	£5,020	£4,812	20.6	28
31/03/08	*	£2,929	£3,223	£-294	£1,228	£5,458	£4,622	17.2	27
31/03/07	*	£2,443	£2,788	£-345	£1,640	£5,752	£4,101	17.7	27
31/03/06	*	£2,153	£2,513	£-359	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£3,648	£1,562	£2,086	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£1,147	£1,215	£-68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 44.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

44 employees

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	£1,346,959
Wolfson Foundation	£150,000
John Lyon's Charity	£70,200
Vision Foundation	£5,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Photographers' Gallery, The
£4,000	19/05/2023	Travel support for a representative of Daido Moriyama to travel from Japan to the UK for the upcoming major retrospective exhibition of the acclaimed photographer, as well as exhibition ....more Travel support for a representative of Daido Moriyama to travel from Japan to the UK for the upcoming major retrospective exhibition of the acclaimed photographer, as well as exhibition transportation costs. Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective will be open to the public at The Photographers’ Gallery, 6 October 2023 to 11 February 2024.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Photographers' Gallery
£120,000	09/12/2020	WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Vision Foundation - Slow Looking sessions
£5,800	19/05/2020	"Slow Looking" sessions on Zoom led by audio-describers. Although open for all, they are particularly designed for people who are blind and visually-impaired. Over one hour, participants ....more "Slow Looking" sessions on Zoom led by audio-describers. Although open for all, they are particularly designed for people who are blind and visually-impaired. Over one hour, participants unpack and discuss three photographs by one artist. 10 sessions for up to 30 people each. (Covid-19 response grant)
DCMS - The Photographers' Gallery
£918,867	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 - TPG Recovery Fund 2nd round.
£356,420	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£71,672	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Photographers' Gallery
£30,000	05/12/2019	Wolfson Gallery LED lighting
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Photographers' Gallery
£70,200	13/11/2019 36	Photography EPQ
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Photographers' Gallery
£5,000	05/11/2019	Folio Fridays: The Photographers’ Gallery’s monthly portfolio reviews that support emerging photographers to develop their practice.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Photographers' Gallery
£9,800	09/05/2018	Soho Then
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Photographers' Gallery
£28,125	23/05/2016 24	Towards the salary of a digital projects assistant to consolidate and develop the gallery’s digital programme.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Photographers' Gallery
£90,000	16/03/2011	Towards the salary of a part-time digital curator and a contribution to the digital programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-51

ELSPETH WALKER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Artist

JOE PHELAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Journalist

KAY WATSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Curator

MICHELLE SUSANNE SHUTTLEWORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

MONTANA LEIGH-HALL Appointed: 2021

POLLY BARNES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/06/1971, number: 262548
Registered at Companies House on 05/08/1970, number: 00986208

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 125 days late, AR07: 203 days late, AR06: 13 days late, AR05: 44 days late, AR04: 102 days late,

Main office

The Photographers Gallery Ltd
16 Ramillies Street
LONDON
W1F 7LW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART-FORM AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND USES OF IT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: * PROGRAMMING EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS THAT EXPLORE THE HISTORY, PRACTICE AND EVOLUTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIUM AND ITS VALUE TO SOCIETY; * IDENTIFYING AND EXHIBITING THE WORK OF NEW AND ESTABLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS AND NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY THAT RESPONDS TO THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE MEDIUM; * ORGANISING TALKS AND EVENTS, COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TO SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE, EXCHANGE AND APPRECIATION; * PRESERVING THE CHARITY'S ASSETS INCLUDING ITS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND MAKING THEM PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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