Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

FACT LIVERPOOL 

FACT provides a range of activities including an exhibition programme including installations, screenings, etc by artists working with digital and visual arts media; a collaboration programme working with local communities; a range of moving image and new media resource services that support the arts sector; education and training initiatives for a range of audiences; and a research programme.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,204,381 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 34 years

www.fact.co.uk

info@fact.co.uk

01517074400

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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
31/03/23£1,955£2,055£-100£324£4,204£4,20424.5440
31/03/22£2,024£1,406£618£277£4,305£4,30536.7430
31/03/21£1,708£1,623£85£237£3,951£3822.8383
31/03/20£1,710£1,751£-42£154£3,913£2491.72820
31/03/19£2,723£2,743£-20£229£3,955£1950.933123
31/03/18£2,094£2,179£-85£172£3,974£1200.7330
31/03/17£1,884£1,914£-30£177£4,060£1100.7310
31/03/16£1,990£2,146£-155£123£4,090£330.2330
31/03/15£2,168£2,291£-124£136£4,080£720.4360
31/03/14£2,374£2,447£-73£97£4,203£340.2440
31/03/13£2,168£2,300£-132£119£4,277£190.1480
31/03/12*£2,748£2,588£160£136£4,408£70480
31/03/11£2,301£2,326£-25£212£4,248£-73-0.4480
31/03/10*£2,642£3,141£-499£383£4,273£-226-0.9670
31/03/09£2,506£2,578£-73£453£4,772£2261.1550
31/03/08£2,292£2,412£-120£59£4,991£2001450
31/03/07*£2,374£2,171£203£96£5,111£1991.1450
31/03/06*£1,731£1,670£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,649£1,622£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,532£1,630£-98£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 24.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Manchester City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

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£1,111,703
John Ellerman Foundation£117,000
The Foyle Foundation£60,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£60,000 07/02/2023
towards creating Studio/Lab, digital production studios and workspace for talent development, research and learning
John Ellerman Foundation - Curator in Residence fees, Research Curator fees, Curatorial Intern salaries, overheads (FACT staff time) and project costs (travel, accommodation, research).
£117,000 26/05/2022
Curator in Residence fees, Research Curator fees, Curatorial Intern salaries, overheads (FACT staff time) and project costs (travel, accommodation, research).
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 28/04/2021
FACT is the UK's leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that embraces new technology and explores digital culture. They believe in enriching lives and shaping the future ....more
DCMS - FACT NPO
£1,024,418 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - FACT Liverpool - Culture Recovery Fund
£58,357 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Baring Foundation - Grant to FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology)
£12,155 16/10/2019
'Ageing, Art & Digital: From Engagement to Empowerment' is a conference and workshops presented by FACT and 64 Million Artists, at FACT
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology)
£10,000 26/09/2019
Why can't we do this IRL?
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Resolution
£149,000 05/07/2018
32
This programme will develop FACT’s work within prisons in Liverpool. It aims to widen and deepen cultural engagement and change attitudes within the criminal justice system. Led by artists, it will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Digitally Ageing
£9,540 24/05/2017
12
The funding will be used to recruit and train older people as ‘digital ambassadors’ as well as workshop leaders who will run peer led training for older people in residential care older people. ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT)
£56,900 22/01/2015
Tagging Community Heritage: an alternative digital heritage trail of Liverpool's communities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-78
  • KATIE MOFFAT (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/1990, number: 702781
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/06/1989, number: 02391543
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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: 0 days late, AR10: 5 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

FACT Liverpool
88 Wood Street
LIVERPOOL
L1 4DQ

Objectives

To promote the arts and creative technology and to advance the education in this field for the benefit of the public.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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