Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LUX

The promotion of artists' moving image work through distribution, exhibition, publishing and research. To promote, maintain, improve and advance education in the arts, particularly the arts of film and video making and other moving image arts for the public benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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*£869£766£103£0£577£2844.4122
31/03/22£840£741£100£0£473£3054.9102
31/03/21£682£691£-8£0£374£2213.8120
31/03/20£731£722£9£0£382£1813100
31/03/19£819£649£170£0£373£1743.2124
31/03/18£581£610£-29£0£201£1372.7120
31/03/17£665£682£-17£0£230£1392.4110
31/03/16£546£540£6£0£247£1713.880
31/03/15£525£487£38£5£240£1804.480
31/03/14£480£505£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£517£506£11£5£227£1553.770
31/03/12*£496£456£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£450£422£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£392£403£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£465£459£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£375£363£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£437£462£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£398£414£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£375£304£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£332£332£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.lux.org.uk

charity@lux.org.uk

02031412960

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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
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art - Publication Grant
£2,000 10/11/2022
Support towards the publication Artists’ Moving Image in Scotland (working title)
DCMS - LUX
£205,841 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 - LUX
£70,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to LUX
£30,000 13/07/2015
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Towards development of artists working with the moving image in Scotland.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALIA SYED Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artist
  • CATHARINE DES FORGES Appointed: 2024
  • COLM PATRICK GOU-LIN PEARE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: -
  • HARRY FISHER-JONES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • JOANNA FRAGA MAMEDE Appointed: 2022
  • SO MAYER Appointed: 2021
  • XAVIER ALEXANDRE PILLAI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Curator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2002, number: 1094936
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/04/2002, number: 04421812
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 16 days late, AR12: 22 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

L U X
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
LONDON
N19 5JF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS PARTICULARLY IN THE ARTS OF FILM AND VIDEO MAKING AND OTHER MOVING IMAGE ARTS INCLUDING OPERATING A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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