Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

GLASGOW PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Established: 34 years

www.streetlevelphotoworks.org

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£54,022	£98,786	£117,448	£139,082		£171,849
Donations & Legacies	£197,715	£198,455	£196,462	£263,992		£199,032
Other Income	£1,752	£1,946
Investment Income
Total income	£253,489	£299,187	£313,910	£403,074	£401,884	£370,881
Charitable activities spending	£216,524	£254,254	£250,892	£182,399		£299,501
Fundraising costs	20%	17%	16%	13%	15%	15%
Other spending
Total spending	£267,699	£305,425	£300,038	£233,466	£343,889	£356,447
Surplus/deficit	-£14,210	-£6,238	£13,872	£169,608	£57,995	£14,434

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
Scottish Government - Street Level Photoworks
£15,246	30/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Glasgow City Council - Street Level Photoworks
£38,000	21/03/2019	Glasgow's leading photography gallery and workshop organisation. Workshops, exhibitions and extensive outreach and education.
Glasgow City Council - Street Level Photoworks
£38,000	31/05/2018	Glasgow's leading photography gallery and workshop organisation. Workshops, exhibitions and extensive outreach and education.
National Lottery Community Fund - Red Road Community Studio
£10,000	07/07/2011 12	This group will organise and deliver a new programme of creative photography and animation opportunities for all current and ex-residents of the Red Road Housing Estate. This grant will be used to ....more This group will organise and deliver a new programme of creative photography and animation opportunities for all current and ex-residents of the Red Road Housing Estate. This grant will be used to pay for a sessional co-ordinator/lead photography artsworker, lead animator fees, a photography assistant for workshops, a photography assistant for the portrait archive, refreshments during workshops and events, workshop materials, and trips.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)

Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 38-72

HARVEY, Arabella Jane
Appointed: 2007
Occupation: Curator

HEATLEY, Stuart Robert
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Managing Director

HENDERSON, Robert John
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Director

HENDERSON, Vikki Sara
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Solicitor

RAMSAY, Morag
Appointed: 2011
Occupation: Teacher

SHAH, Arpita
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Photographer

STEWART, Claire
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Photography Lecturer

YEAMAN, Zandra
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Curator

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 09/11/1989, number: SC016470
Registered at Companies House on 03/10/1988, number: SC113667

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 59 days late,

Main office

Glasgow Photography Group, t/a Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD

Objectives

(i) (a) To promote a public understanding and appreciation of photography as an art and a means of communication with particular emphasis on the inherent potentials of this medium amongst the public. (b) To establish a public centre and gallery for the presentation and understanding of photography. (c) To organise and conduct public exhibitions of photography. (d) To acquire and collect, for the public benefit, examples of photography of artistic and historic interest and to make available, as a public resource, photographs, photographic literature, books, slides etc. (e) To conduct and educational programme by means of lectures, seminars, research, practical workshop sessions and publications. (f) To create a research Fellowship in photography. (g) To provide facilities, instruction, information and advice to the public, local schools, community groups, galleries, museums etc. (h) To provide a meeting place and focus for all who practise, study or have interests in the art of photography.

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