Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Deficit latest year: -2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 0

OCTOBER GALLERY TRUST

The October Gallery is an arts complex dedicated to the appreciation of the transvangarde - the cross-cultural avant garde. The Gallery hosts exhibitions of art from around the world, talks on art and science, poetry readings, theatre and dance performances. Support is from sales of art, rental of the Gallery's unique facilities, grants, donations, staff, volunteers and friends.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£1,343	£1,665	£-321	£199	£1,458	£1,458	10.5	16	17
31/12/22		£1,454	£1,467	£-12	£170	£1,779	£1,779	14.6	16	20
31/12/21		£1,669	£1,384	£284	£202	£1,792	£1,792	15.5	15	15
31/12/20		£1,490	£1,156	£334	£174	£1,507	£1,507	15.6	15	5
31/12/19		£1,492	£1,426	£65	£184	£1,173	£1,173	9.9	15	16
31/12/18		£1,380	£1,143	£237	£167	£1,108	£1,107	11.6	19	0
31/12/17		£1,018	£1,229	£-211	£142	£871	£870	8.5	17	0
31/12/16		£1,077	£959	£118	£157	£1,082	£1,081	13.5	16	0
31/12/15		£1,144	£1,043	£102	£149	£964	£963	11.1	14	0
31/12/14		£540	£978	£-437	£170	£862	£861	10.6	11	0
31/12/13		£1,305	£1,093	£212	£163	£1,299	£1,299	14.3	17	0
31/12/12	*	£1,170	£875	£295	£52	£1,087	£1,083	14.9	11	0
31/12/11		£792	£775	£17	£118	£792	£790	12.2	9	0
31/12/10		£905	£1,058	£-153	£36	£775	£774	8.8	9	0
31/12/09	*	£1,545	£1,286	£259	£38	£928	£927	8.7	10	0
31/12/08	*	£1,505	£1,273	£232	£57	£690	£667	6.3	9	0
31/12/07	*	£1,147	£964	£184	£36	£458	£412	5.1	10	0
31/12/06	*	£416	£281	£136	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	*	£299	£297	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	*	£312	£323	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 102%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 39 years

www.octobergallery.co.uk

gallery@octobergallery.co.uk

02072427367

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to October Gallery
£9,000	14/09/2020 6	COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Digital transformation of school offer
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to October Gallery
£60,000	13/11/2019 36	Beacon School Programme
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards family learning workshops at HMP Holloway/HMP Pentonville
£1,500	09/02/2015	Towards family learning workshops at HMP Holloway and HMP Pentonville.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

CHRISTOPHER JAMES SPRING Appointed: 2018

DEBORAH SNYDER

IAN GOODFELLOW (Chair)

JOHN ALLEN

MARIE HARDING

SUSSAN BABAIE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/1986, number: 327032

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
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; AR12: 5 days late, AR09: 114 days late, AR08: 64 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 20 days late, AR05: 85 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

24 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET
LONDON
WC1N 3AL

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CULTURES FOREIGN AS WELL AS THOSE INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE PROMOTION OF INTERCULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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