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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 23 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending


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Established: 32 years
(123 years as a company)

www.rcs.ac.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
Charitable activities £10,625,000 £11,431,000 £11,845,000 £11,015,000 £11,815,000 £12,298,000
Donations & Legacies £12,928,000 £12,715,000 £13,284,000 £14,216,000 £15,002,000
Other Income
Investment Income £83,000 £130,000 £206,000 £199,000 £219,000 £349,000
Total income £23,669,000 £24,283,000 £25,346,000 £25,431,000 £26,248,000 £27,650,000
Charitable activities spending £23,017,000 £23,534,000 £24,964,000 £24,999,000 £27,740,000 £27,554,000
Fundraising costs 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Other spending £69,000 £70,000 £66,000 £19,000
Total spending £23,196,000 £23,750,000 £25,196,000 £25,192,000 £27,933,000 £27,759,000
Surplus/deficit £473,000 £533,000 £150,000 £239,000 -£1,685,000 -£109,000
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£4,000 18/12/2023
Annual scholarship payment from the Mary Janet King Fund for the following scholars: Alberto Alonso, Dida Condria, Yuhan Huang and Mujie Yan.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£1,000 03/07/2023
Donation from Kuenssberg Family Fund - Term 3 payment for Post-Graduate Scholarship for Musical Theatre
Foundation Scotland - 2022/23 scholarships
£4,000 19/12/2022
2022/23 piano scholarships from the Mary Janet King Fund for the following students: Dida Condria, Yuhan Huang, Diego Rodriguez and Valerie.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£4,000 08/12/2021
Piano scholarships for the following students: Dida Condria, Diego Rodriguez Hart, Jiayang Song and Jiuge Xu.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£5,000 14/12/2020
donor advised - scholarships for the following students: George Hillier ? BMus, Viola Performance, Year 1, Yuehao Xu ? MA, Piano Performance, Year 1, Yura Zaiki ? MMus, Piano Performance, Year 2, ....more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£9,250 01/09/2020
36
3 year BA in Musical Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£18,500 01/09/2019
36
3 year BA in Musical Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£27,750 01/09/2018
36
3 year BA in Musical Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£27,750 01/09/2017
36
3 year BA in Musical Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
£27,000 01/09/2016
36
3 year BA in Musical Theatre
Robertson Trust - The Creative Campus
£230,000 30/04/2016
The Creative Campus
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (23)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 20/23 persons

Age Range of Directors: 23-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC015855
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/12/1900, number: SC004703
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB

Objectives

The objects for which the Company (also hereinafter called 'the Institution') is established are to conduct the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, whether in Glasgow or elsewhere, as a national and international academy and conservatoire for, inter alia, music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts, to advance learning, knowledge and excellence, by teaching, research, performance and study, in particular, but without limitation, in the fields of music, dance, film, television and the dramatic arts and related fields, to provide instruction in such branches of learning as the Company may think fit and to make provision for research and performance and for the dissemination of knowledge in such manner as the Company may determine, and to act as a cultural centre and artistic stimulus for the community at large and in furtherance thereof.

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Scottish Charity Regulator
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