Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

FARNHAM MALTINGS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 

Farnham Maltings is a cultural organisation that exists to encourage the people of Farnham and further afield to participate in, shape and understand the world in which we live. We organise our work in pursuit of our ambition to ensure that Farnham remains a happy, safe and creative community capable of supporting an organisation that enriches the cultural offer for the region.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 54 years

www.farnhammaltings.com

info@farnhammaltings.com

01252745444

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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*£2,770£2,911£-141£0£3,313£1,4766.17330
31/03/22*£2,748£2,322£425£0£3,447£1,6118.37025
31/03/21£2,380£1,870£510£0£2,988£1,5109.77225
31/03/20*£2,912£3,012£-100£0£2,433£1,502610035
31/03/19£2,948£2,746£202£2£2,543£1,9688.690110
31/03/18£3,027£3,035£-8£0£2,333£1,7566.9820
31/03/17£2,861£2,981£-121£0£2,322£1,6566.7350
31/03/16£3,093£2,571£522£0£2,442£1,6807.8350
31/03/15£2,738£2,490£248£5£1,921£1,6227.8350
31/03/14£2,602£2,278£324£6£1,673£1,3827.3350
31/03/13£2,059£1,986£73£6£1,348£1,2877.8370
31/03/12£1,553£1,533£20£5£1,275£1,1388.9340
31/03/11£1,487£1,462£25£7£1,256£1,0378.5350
31/03/10£1,285£1,368£-83£7£1,231£1,0389.1300
31/03/09£1,237£1,126£111£6£1,314£1,09311.6260
31/03/08£1,219£1,108£112£7£1,203£98510.7250
31/03/07£1,040£1,092£-51£14£1,091£93210.2290
31/03/06£1,335£1,487£-152£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£964£707£257£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£550£583£-33£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 45%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 73 employees
  • 30 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£301,881
Esmee Fairbairn£43,510
Community Foundation for Surrey£26,100
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Farnham Maltings Association Ltd
£6,410 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 20/05/2022
Engaging The Whole Town
Community Foundation for Surrey - Farnham Men in Sheds
£7,100 25/01/2022
29
Funding towards the essential running costs of a men’s shed project, based in Farnham.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Digital Systems Manager Post
£15,000 28/07/2021
12
Funding towards the salary cost for a Digital Systems Manager at a creative arts centre based in Farnham.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Farnham Maltings Association Ltd
£37,100 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Food and Essentials
£4,000 03/04/2020
Funding toward a helpline and meals-on-wheels delivery services available in Farnham, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928 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 - UK Connects
£25,000 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 - Farnham Maltings Recovery
£165,912 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Farnham Maltings Recovery 21
£82,041 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Farnham Maltings Association Ltd
£339,575 05/07/2018
60
Towards a programme that tests and creates new theatre in new places and forms, created with and for working-class and marginalised communities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Singing for the Mind
£2,519 25/05/2018
3
A new weekly and inclusive musical group for people living with dementia and their carers, in Godalming.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Spark Project 2018
£4,305 17/10/2017
7
Support towards the running of Spark Youth Festival - enabling young carers and vulnerable young people to participate
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Farnham Maltings Association Ltd
£10,000 28/09/2015
Two Minutes of Silence
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£2,000 08/11/2014
Core costs community arts
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Farnham Maltings Association Ltd
£252,827 20/06/2013
Towards a programme run by the House touring network that will invest in artists and venues, build audiences and support sustainability in the theatre sector.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-76
  • MICHAEL MAHER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • MUAZ NOTIAR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/1970, number: 305034
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/05/1969, number: 00954753
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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; AR23: 15 days late, AR22: 3 days late, AR20: 81 days late, AR04: 109 days late,
Main office

The Farnham Maltings Ass'n Ltd
Bridge Square
FARNHAM
Surrey
GU9 7QR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-1) TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY CENTRES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF FARNHAM AFORESAID AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS AND LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.2) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE MUSICAL, VISUAL, DRAMATIC, CINEMATIC AND APPLIED ARTS.3) GENERALLY TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, UNDERTAKE OR CARRY ON OR ASSIST THE PROMOTION, UNDERTAKING OR CARRYING ON OF SUCH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND PURPOSES AS MAY PROMOTE THE ARTS AND STRENGTHEN THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FARNHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

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