Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +12

    ALCHEMY FILM AND ARTS  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Established: 13 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Charitable activities
    Donations & Legacies £354,090
    Other Income
    Investment Income
    Total income £177,900 £143,381 £182,718 £152,100 £472,621 £362,589
    Charitable activities spending £390,700 £349,325
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £173,335 £150,475 £136,438 £176,845 £390,700 £349,325
    Surplus/deficit £4,565 -£7,094 £46,280 -£24,745 £81,921 £13,264
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Scottish Borders

    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
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£182,000
    William Grant Foundation£79,273
    Robertson Trust£24,000
    Esmee Fairbairn£14,750
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    William Grant Foundation - Assistant Producer role
    £49,273 02/11/2023
    Unrestricted funding over 2 years but made in response to a request for support for an Assistant Producer role. This role will assist with producing and_x000D_coordinating all aspects of Alchemy's ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Alchemy Film & Arts
    £182,000 30/05/2023
    Hawick In Common
    Women's Fund for Scotland - Film Town Team
    £3,000 13/02/2023
    To create a bespoke supported network and mentored course for local young women to learn autonomous and collaborative digital and creative skills to platform their voices and enhance their employment ....more
    William Grant Foundation - The Teviot, The Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil
    £30,000 04/02/2021
    24
    A two-year contribution towards a programme of film-maker residencies in Hawick, engaging the local community and resulting in moving-image art that is informed by and reflective of the local context ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alchemy Film & Arts
    £14,750 05/05/2020
    6
    towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
    Robertson Trust - The salary of the Creative Communities Coordinator and associated project delivery costs
    £24,000 30/05/2019
    The salary of the Creative Communities Coordinator and associated project delivery costs
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alchemy Film & Arts
    £88,500 05/12/2018
    36
    Towards a community engagement coordinator post and creative learning programme, providing opportunities for local people to get involved in community filmmaking and develop their skills and ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 07/03/2011, number: SC042142
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on the 04 August 2017 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Alchemy Film and Arts Ltd SC452485).
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    C/O Deans Chartered Accountants, 27 North Bridge Street, Hawick, Scottish Borders, TD9 9BD

    Objectives

    4 The organisation's purposes are to champion the development of the arts, predominantly but not exclusively in the Scottish Borders and beyond. We aim to engage the people of the Scottish Borders, in particular its young people, visitors to the region and its creative residents in high quality arts experiences, thus generating creative, cultural and economic benefit for the region. We aim to stimulate local talent, social and community cohesion, and engage people with the unique Borders landscape and heritage, thus enriching their quality of life, and in furtherance of those objects: 4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science in the Scottish Borders, predominantly but not exclusively, particularly by the practice, knowledge, understanding and appreciation of visual arts, music, literature, performance, film and crafts (hereinafter known as the arts) and not excluding other art forms as may be relevant. 4.2 To advance education through the arts and to promote, maintain and improve education through the arts. 4.3 To promote equality and diversity through the arts, and to increase the accessibility of the arts to the public throughout the region by providing facilities for the presentation and practice of the arts.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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