Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

MK GALLERY

To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education and understanding of the public, particularly through the production and presentation of and engagement with the arts, visual culture and related areas of creative practice, and to formulate, prepare and establish projects and schemes therefore provided that all objects of the Gallery shall be of a charitable nature.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23£1,569£2,217£-647£167£12,270£11,98764.941246
31/03/22£2,119£2,393£-274£172£12,816£12,41662.342200
31/03/21£1,668£1,603£65£27£12,980£12,75695.541150
31/03/20£2,036£2,423£-387£166£12,807£12,13160.141146
31/03/19£3,441£1,312£2,129£22£13,113£12,494114.328117
31/03/18£4,177£1,033£3,144£44£10,994£6,41274.5250
31/03/17£2,029£841£1,188£8£7,850£4,61765.9200
31/03/16£2,234£877£1,357£34£6,662£4,30158.8160
31/03/15£1,155£959£196£46£5,409£4,54156.8130
31/03/14£1,301£964£337£50£4,995£4,51156.1150
31/03/13£1,054£1,061£-7£80£4,608£4,54151.4130
31/03/12*£4,756£943£3,813£25£4,350£4,30354.8130
31/03/11£1,119£822£297£30£591£5518170
31/03/10£1,110£1,111£-1£41£294£2582.8110
31/03/09£1,028£1,464£-437£46£296£2392220
31/03/08£1,297£1,611£-314£38£733£6795.1220
31/03/07£1,418£1,309£109£43£1,047£8397.7170
31/03/06£1,256£1,147£109n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,022£911£111n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£974£794£180n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 64.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years
(35 years as a company)

www.mkgallery.org

info@mkgallery.org

01908558314

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£765,360
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£428,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£310,000
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
BBC Children in Need£30,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 19/09/2023
24
Connecting Communities
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art - Event Support Grants
£1,500 16/03/2023
Support towards the event Conference on ‘Entangled Histories: South Asian Miniatures and Britain’
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Inclusive Practice in the Arts
£18,500 18/01/2023
MK Gallery is a public venue and educational charity, presenting British and international contemporary art exhibitions alongside events, films, learning and community programmes. This grant supports ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to MK Gallery
£50,000 07/12/2022
Installation of green roof
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MK Gallery
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Inclusive Practice in the Arts: Phase 2
£370,000 08/03/2021
MK Gallery will further develop its inclusive practice by expanding provison for families with children with complex needs, introducing personalised progression routes for participants and supporting ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£270,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MK Gallery
£30,000 19/12/2020
This project will provide fortnightly after-school sessions for children and young people with mental health challenges. Children and young people will improve their wellbeing, peer relationships and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/12/2020
3
MK Gallery is a public venue, presenting British and international contemporary art exhibitions alongside events, films, learning and community programmes. It is also an educational charity, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 14/05/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - MK Gallery
£390,360 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 - MK Gallery
£250,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - MK Gallery
£125,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MK Gallery
£30,000 13/11/2017
36
This project will provide a programme of creative sessions over the Summer holiday for young people with emotional and mental health issues to help build their self-confidence, develop positive ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Inclusive Practice in the Arts
£128,000 08/05/2017
33
Inclusive Practice in the Arts proposes developing the expertise, confidence and capacity of the MK Gallery learning team and associate artists to deliver a stimulating, challenging and enjoyable ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-77
  • ANTHONY SPIRA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Gallery Director
  • ASASE CHIKE TANOH AMOAH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Av Producer
  • DAVID HOPKINS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Councillor
  • DAVID KING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • ELIZABETH PATRICIA GIFFORD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • FIDELE MUTWARASIBO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Sociologist
  • FRANCIS NIELSEN Appointed: 2024
  • NATALIE ELLEN DROUGHT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer
  • NEIL SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • RANJIT SINGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • ROBIN MARTIN BRADBURN CLLR Appointed: 2022
  • ROSELYN MASCARENHAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth Worker
  • SARAH WESTACOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Commissioning Manager
  • SHANIKA CAITLIN MAHENDRAN CLLR Appointed: 2022
  • SUNITA YEOMANS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Graphic Designer
  • SUSAN MARGRET CARBERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/12/1996, number: 1059678
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/09/1989, number: 02422890
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
  • 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: 30 days late,
Main office

MK Gallery
3 Theatre Walk
MILTON KEYNES
MK9 3PX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS, VISUAL CULTURE AND RELATED AREAS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH PROJECTS AND SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE. TO PRESENT, PROMOTE, ORGANISE, PROVIDE, MANAGE AND PRODUCE A BALANCED PROGRAMME OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITY AND ENDEAVOUR, WHETHER ON ANY PREMISES OF THE COMPANY OR ELSEWHERE, AS ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, VISUAL CULTURE AND RELATED AREAS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE MILTON KEYNES AND REGION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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