Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED

Pushing the boundaries of theatre, dance, film, music and visual art, at the heart of the City - welcome to the Barbican Centre.

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 well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 38 years

www.barbican.org.uk

development@barbican.org.uk

02073822397

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£1,441	£1,498	£-57	£195	£625	£205	1.6
31/03/22		£1,617	£1,137	£480	£217	£682	£102	1.1
31/03/21		£1,119	£1,080	£39	£258	£202	£122	1.4
31/03/20		£1,265	£1,172	£93	£235	£163	£123	1.3
31/03/19		£1,593	£1,571	£22	£292	£70	£64	0.5
31/03/18		£1,190	£1,207	£-16	£169	£48	£43	0.4
31/03/17		£1,136	£1,112	£24	£200	£65	£60	0.6
31/03/16		£1,328	£1,379	£-51	£240	£40	£30	0.3
31/03/15		£1,132	£1,077	£54	£223	£92	£83	0.9
31/03/14	*	£1,068	£1,301	£-233	£199	£37	£28	0.3
31/03/13		£1,142	£894	£248	£179	£270	£20	0.3
31/03/12		£2,371	£2,362	£9	£119	£22	£20	0.1
31/03/11	*	£311	£327	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/10	*	£267	£317	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/09		£168	£97	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/08	*	£142	£159	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/07	*	£132	£116	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/06		£66	£61	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/05		£42	£42	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/03/04		£56	£55	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 30.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£40,000	10/01/2022	to support specified work
DCMS - Business Sustainability Grant
£88,559	16/12/2020	To support independent cinemas during covid
DCMS - Safety Grant
£4,191	25/11/2020	To support independent cinemas during covid
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Barbican Centre Trust Ltd
£300,000	05/07/2018 36	Towards improving access to arts and progression routes through a collaborative working model tested in three regions of England.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Barbican Centre Trust Limited
£65,400	03/07/2018	Laying the Foundations - the Barbican Guildhall Archive
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Barbican Centre Trust Limited
£48,200	10/01/2018	Change Makers - the first Abbess
Quartet Community Foundation - Barbican Box initiative
£6,000	02/10/2017	As requested by the donor towards providing a school with the Barbican Box programme, which includes teacher training and support from artist mentors.
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Barbican Centre Trust Ltd
£500,000	27/10/2015	To produce recommendations for new Centre for Music
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - ArtWorks London legacy activity 2015/16 and 2016/17.
£20,000	26/03/2015 24	A grant to Barbican Centre Trust for ArtWorks London legacy activity 2015/16 and 2016/17.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - ArtWorks Fellowship
£25,000	04/03/2015 17	To build on the pilot of a bespoke professional development model for established artists undertaken as part of their funded work through our special initiative to demonstrate that the concept of ....more To build on the pilot of a bespoke professional development model for established artists undertaken as part of their funded work through our special initiative to demonstrate that the concept of lifelong learning can be both sustainable and economical.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Barbican Centre Trust Ltd
£210,000	20/06/2013	Towards the development of a partnership between the Barbican's creative learning division and six East London music education hubs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-66

ANN KENRICK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Consultant

CAROLINE PHILLIPPA DONALD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed

CLAIRE SPENCER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

DAVID KAPUR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

FARMIDA BI CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2021

KENDALL LANGFORD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

ROBERT ALAN GLICK OBE Appointed: 2021

SIAN ELERI WESTERMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Investor

SIR WILLIAM ANTHONY BOWATER RUSSELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

SUSAN STEPHANIE SCHILLING CAMU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist Management

THOMAS RICHARD PAUL BLOXHAM MBE Appointed: 2021

THOMAS SLEIGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Manager

TONY CHAMBERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Creative Director/Journalist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/05/1986, number: 294282
Registered at Companies House on 21/11/1985, number: 01962950

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 11 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 20 days late,

Main office

Barbican Centre
Barbican Arts and Conferences
Silk Street
Barbican
LONDON
EC2Y 8DS

Objectives

To support, promote and encourage people in London, the United Kingdom and globally to discover and appreciate the arts through:(i) artistic, cultural and educational activities generally;(ii) artistic, cultural and educational programmes and activities run by the Barbican Centre; and (iii) the maintenance and development of the Barbican Centre as a centre of the arts, culture and education, in each case to the extent that such support, promotion and encouragement is of a charitable nature.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LONDON

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