Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HAMPSHIRE CULTURAL TRUST 

The trust champions world-class culture and exists to showcase, connect and empower Hampshire's creative economy. The charity works collaboratively to bring organisations, people and ideas together for greater impact.Our visionWe will strive to be the champion of world-class culture in Hampshire Our missionTo showcase, connect and empower Hampshire?s culture and creative economy
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 10 years

https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/

finance@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk

01962396969

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£8,369£9,026£-657£1,395£2,338£8511.1259312
31/03/22£7,712£7,628£84£701£2,431£1,7022.7189430
31/03/21£5,965£5,546£420£330£2,347£1,7583.8214300
31/03/20£6,881£6,587£293£658£1,927£1,4702.7203400
31/03/19£6,731£6,526£205£148£1,634£1,3712.5205400
31/03/18£8,317£7,839£478£57£1,429£1,1201.72140
31/03/17£7,490£7,264£225£56£951£6881.12140
31/03/16£6,734£6,714£20£0£725£6131.11130
31/03/15£3,453£2,714£739£30£739£5412.41790

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 259 employees
  • 312 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£1,658,742
National Lottery Heritage Fund£1,054,838
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£111,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£95,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£72,393 27/09/2023
#Innovate: Volunteering at Hampshire Cultural Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£246,922 24/03/2023
Gosport Heritage-led Re-generation and Succession Project (GHRASP)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£249,132 24/03/2023
#DYC Data Hunters & Story Gatherers: towards community curatorship
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£25,000 20/12/2022
Explore: Hampshire Cultural Trust
DCMS - Investment funds
£45,000 07/07/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£285,591 16/06/2022
Allen Gallery and Garden
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 06/05/2022
878 AD: An Anglo-Saxon Experience
DCMS - Investment funds
£45,000 06/05/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more
DCMS - Museums and Schools
£64,800 22/03/2022
To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Winchester Publication Anglo-Saxon and medieval pottery
£6,350 11/03/2022
This publication completes the fascicule series. There is no doubt that for a long time people have been anticipating the appearance of pottery reports from Winchester, which remains one of the most ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£60,000 08/02/2022
towards upgrade of Learning facilities as part of the £1.4M redevelopment of Gosport Museum and Art Gallery
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£595,000 26/10/2021
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
National Lottery Community Fund - DIY Craft Packs
£2,657 30/09/2021
The funding will be used to produce and distribute craft packs to people who are socially isolated. The project aims to support the mental wellbeing of older people and other community members.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£99,900 18/06/2021
ICE Heritage
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£7,467 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Winchester Publication Anglo-Saxon and medieval pottery
£27,137 29/03/2021
This publication completes the fascicule series. There is no doubt that for a long time people have been anticipating the appearance of pottery reports from Winchester, which remains one of the most ....more
DCMS - Museums and Schools
£64,800 23/03/2021
To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To ....more
Sport England - TGC CF Small Grants - The Still Going Project
£6,700 12/01/2021
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This project will deliver a 16 week programme of exercise and fitness for inactive women aged 60 plus. The project will involve guided health walks, yoga and stretch sessions and gardening and will ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£41,700 25/08/2020
COVID 19: Hampshire Cultural Trust
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£3,935 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£111,000 15/07/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 22/05/2020
Horizon Futures
DCMS - Museums in Schools 2020/21
£64,800 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 - ALB-Historic England-Winchester Publication 5 Ceramic synthesis
£13,579 01/04/2020
Publication of ceramic material from Winchester
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Winchester Publication 8: Hyde Abbey
£12,277 01/04/2020
Winchester Publication 8: Hyde Abbey. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Heritage Protection Commissions provides funding for strategic research and to build skills and capacity in our historic ....more
DCMS - Hampshire Cultural Trust Culture Recovery Fund
£480,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - HCT Culture Recovery Fund 2
£240,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£34,200 16/01/2020
Industrious Minds
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£35,800 21/01/2019
Culture: Impact
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£10,000 18/12/2018
Asking Andover
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£50,000 14/11/2018
Still Curious: Dementia Friendly Heritage in Christchurch
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£33,400 24/10/2017
The war memorial recreation ground, past, present and future
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£100,000 20/12/2016
Westbury Manor Museum: The Westbury
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£20,000 13/04/2016
The Young Blood Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£30,700 12/04/2016
The Rise and Fall of Basing House
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Horizon 20:20: bringing artists in residence and Arts Awards to Hampshire's PRUs
£350,000 15/03/2016
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Horizon 20:20 aims to change the culture in Hampshire's PRUs so that arts-based learning, including trips to cultural destinations, becomes central to their work. The hope to see an impact on ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£36,000 27/01/2016
Gosport's Hidden High Street
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£40,200 22/10/2014
No Facebook? OMG!
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£446,000 21/05/2013
Inspiring a Culture of Philanthropy
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hampshire Cultural Trust
£49,500 20/05/2013
Entrenched
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78
  • ANNA BLACKMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Montessori Childminder
  • EMMA BACK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2014, number: 1158583
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2014, number: 08986225
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Mrs Victoria Donkin
HAMPSHIRE CULTURAL TRUST
CHILCOMB LANE
WINCHESTER
SO23 8RD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING BY:(I) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(II) PROVIDING COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRES AND COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND(III) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE; AND(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE WIDER AREA OF THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING BY:(I) ACQUIRING, PRESERVING AND EXHIBITING, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, LANDS AND TENEMENTS (INCLUDING BUILDINGS) OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST WITH A VIEW TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH LANDS AND TENEMENTS IN THE HERITAGE OF THE NATION AND THE LOCAL AREA;(II) PRESERVING, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, FURNITURE, PICTURES AND CHATTELS OF ANY DESCRIPTION HAVING NATIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST WITH A VIEW TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH FURNITURE, PICTURES AND CHATTELS IN THE HERITAGE OF THE NATION AND THE LOCAL AREA; AND(III) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMPSHIRE

Data Sources

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