Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

    ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY

    To use RWA's outstanding galleries to display world-class art of the past and present, including our Academicians, in exhibitions that are accessible and relevant to communities across the West of England, complimented by learning and outreach activities, both within and beyond our building, aimed at enhancing wellbeing through creativity, especially for those facing significant challenges.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Over half the Board have joined recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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£1,664£1,348£315£127£9,250£1581.428135
    31/03/22?£3,053£553£2,500£51£8,980£2094.514135
    30/06/21£1,552£744£808£80£6,502£18532392
    30/06/20£1,188£995£193£88£5,607£1561.92380
    30/06/19£845£828£17£62£5,428£300.42498
    30/06/18£777£843£-66£86£5,395£40.1240
    30/06/17£797£820£-23£53£5,417£210.3230
    30/06/16£857£818£38£46£5,359£140.2190
    30/06/15£721£694£27£22£5,315£-27-0.5110
    30/06/14£530£613£-83£23£5,274£-106-2.1100
    30/06/13£628£591£37£19£2,463£1,65933.7100
    30/06/12£693£654£39£27£2,361£1,58029110
    30/06/11£546£541£5£54£2,339£1,54034.2100
    30/06/10£531£562£-31£97£2,279£1,49331.980
    30/06/09£1,017£558£458£41£2,250£92719.980
    30/06/08£586£613£-27£197£1,890£1,04720.570
    30/06/07?*£273£316£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/06/05£243£265£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/06/04£233£316£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 3%
    Liabilities/Income: 15%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 2%
    Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.6
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 26 years

    www.rwa.org.uk

    info@rwa.org.uk

    01179735129

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Bristol City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • 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£220,494
    Garfield Weston Foundation£200,000
    Wolfson Foundation£200,000
    Quartet Community Foundation£92,512
    The Foyle Foundation£50,000
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£36,600
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £5,000 31/10/2023
    11
    The project is a programme of creative workshops for over 1,500 children and young people and their families in four areas of deprivation in Bristol; Easton, Redcliffe, Southmead and Hartcliffe.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £500 07/09/2023
    As requested by the donor towards the work of the organisation in its mission "to be somewhere that everyone - from leading artists to first time gallery visitors - feels welcomed, valued and ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £500 29/06/2023
    Towards ‘Scribble & Sketch’ creative sessions for young people
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £4,512 25/04/2023
    For a programme of creative workshops for children and their families in Easton, Redcliffe, Southmead and Hartcliffe.
    Oxfordshire Community Foundation - RWA Outreach
    £10,500 19/12/2022
    Supporting the RWA Outreach Programme.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £1,000 24/08/2022
    Towards the work of the organisation
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £42,000 11/02/2022
    As requested by the donor to transform disabled access to art through the inclusion of a full Changing Places Facility in the Light & Inspiration capital project.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £50,000 28/01/2022
    Light and Inspiration
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £5,000 20/12/2021
    As requested by the donor towards the RWA building appeal.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £1,000 20/12/2021
    As requested by the donor towards the work of the organisation
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £50,000 03/12/2021
    as a further contribution to the Light and Inspiration capital project (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
    £103,900 22/10/2021
    To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £10,000 19/10/2021
    As directed by the donor towards Year 2 of the RWA's Light and Inspiration capital appeal
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £1,000 16/08/2021
    Towards the work of the organisation
    Quartet Community Foundation - Capital appeal
    £1,000 20/07/2021
    As directed by the donor to the Light and Inspiration Capital Project
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £1,000 23/04/2021
    As directed by the donor towards the RWA Light and Inspiration Capital Project
    Quartet Community Foundation - Look, Imagine & Write 2021-2022
    £5,000 09/03/2021
    13
    A project to develop the creative learning of Bristol children who face barriers to self-expression.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £150,000 30/10/2020
    Light and Inspiration
    The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £15,000 24/09/2020
    12
    Light and Inspiration - Essential remedial work to prevent catastrophic collapse and closure
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £36,600 01/09/2020
    COVID19:Royal West of England Academy
    DCMS - RWA Cultural Recovery Fund
    £116,594 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    Quartet Community Foundation - Light and Capital Inspiration Appeal
    £10,000 27/01/2020
    As directed by the donor towards the RWA's Light and Inspiration Capital Appeal towards structural work for the building and the galleries
    Quartet Community Foundation - Scribble and Sketch
    £5,000 27/01/2020
    As directed by the donor towards free morning art and drawing sessions for children of all ages
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £200,000 05/12/2019
    Refurbishment
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £1,552,200 12/06/2019
    Light and Inspiration: Transforming the RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
    National Lottery Community Fund - Scribble and Sketch
    £5,160 04/01/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to provide creative workshops for low income families. The project aims to promote community cohesion through creative activities.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Royal West Of England Academy
    £5,000 10/10/2018
    For the Scribble and Sketch project.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £9,900 11/01/2017
    Putting the RWA in the Picture
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal West of England Academy
    £35,500 11/05/2016
    Muse Your Imagination
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (12)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 11/12 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 36-75
    • ABDULHAMID SHEIKH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Entrepreneur
    • CHARLOTTE PRICE RWA Appointed: 2024
    • FIONA PATRICIA ROBINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Artist
    • GEORGE ROBIN PAGET FERGUSON CBE PPRIBA Appointed: 2024
    • HAMISH RICHARD STUART YOUNG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher And Artist
    • JAMES DOUGLAS RUSSELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Curator And Art Historian
    • JOHN ROWLAND VASEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
    • LOUISE JULIA BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
    • MICHAEL PERRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Risk And Audit Consultancy
    • MIRANDA LOUISE HARRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
    • MOHAMED OSMAN MOHAMMED TAHA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
    • RAYMOND JOHN BROWN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired Chartered Surveyor
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1998, number: 1070163
    • Registered at Companies House on 14/05/1998, number: 03567088
    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
    19 returns made; AR07: 125 days late,
    Main office

    ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
    QUEENS ROAD
    CLIFTON
    BRISTOL
    BS8 1PX

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FINE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE FINE ARTS AND TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP TALENT IN FINE ART.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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