Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

ARNOLFINI GALLERY CIO 

The education of the public through the promotion and presentation of contemporary art, through exhibition, performance, dance, film, literature, poetry and music supported by an extensive education programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,758,211 available, equivalent to 37 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 58 years

www.arnolfini.org.uk

info@arnolfini.org.uk

01179172300

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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
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£1,553£1,554£-1£262£7,268£4,75836.7333
31/07/22£1,444£1,313£131£270£7,307£4,74143.3463
31/07/21£1,271£842£429£123£7,296£4,57965.3620
31/07/20?£1,438£1,229£209£0£6,364£3,94338.5380
31/03/19£1,391£1,485£-93£809£6,194£3,81430.8340
31/03/18£2,172£2,079£93£994£6,073£3,75121.7270
31/03/17£2,121£2,402£-281£1,227£6,079£3,59217.9530
31/03/16*£2,086£2,711£-625£1,114£6,169£-210-0.9600
31/03/15£2,286£2,546£-260£733£6,795£4262480
31/03/14£2,224£3,026£-803£591£8,002£2481510
31/03/13£1,978£2,421£-444£24£9,901£6543.2360
31/03/12*£2,281£2,635£-353£29£10,307£6923.2370
31/03/11*£2,105£2,385£-280£16£10,661£6693.4370
31/03/10£2,101£2,365£-264£124£10,926£5302.7350
31/03/09£2,079£2,454£-375£158£11,146£3241.6440
31/03/08£2,386£2,996£-610£417£11,522£2731.1540
31/03/07*£1,992£2,413£-421£63£12,141£4712.3400
31/03/06*£3,338£2,407£931£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,574£1,266£1,308£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£2,639£1,317£1,322£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 36.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 33 employees
  • 3 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Arnolfini, Culture Recovery Fund
£163,149 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-AHRC Contested heritage symposium
£5,908 01/04/2018
An academic/professional audience symposium looking at the themes of contested heritage, memorialisation and loss or disposal. Alongside there will be a small creative/cultural programme looking at ....more
DCMS - Bristol Visual Arts Review: Arnolfini/UWE New Legal Entity
£20,280 01/04/2018
Bristol Visual Arts Review: Arnolfini/UWE New Legal Entity
DCMS - Maintaining Arnolfini
£180,000 01/04/2018
I am writing to offer you a grant of up to £180 000 towards I am writing to offer you a grant of up to £180 000 towards a programme of exhibitions projects and events for the period April to ....more
DCMS - Maintaining Arnolfini
£180,000 01/04/2018
Maintaining Arnolfini
DCMS - Maintaining Arnolfini 2
£90,000 01/04/2018
Maintaining Arnolfini 2
DCMS - Maintaining Arnolfini 4
£90,000 01/04/2018
Maintaining Arnolfini 4
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Arnolfini
£57,300 14/06/2017
Enjoy Yourself – Arnolfini’s Social History: Surveying a History of Engagement
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Towards Relevance and Creative Citizenship
£60,000 06/03/2017
18
Arnolfini will provide two Artist Fellowships for community-based emerging artists to deliver a yearlong artist led action research and co-creation programme with participants from two community ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/1966, number: 311504
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 22 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

ARNOLFINI GALLERY CIO
NARROW QUAY
BRISTOL
BS1 4QA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL BY ENCOURAGING THE PRACTICE AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN GENERAL BUT WITH PARTICULAR REGARDS TO PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PRINT MAKING AND OTHER LIKE PURSUITS.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM PARTICULARLY IN BRISTOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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