RUSSELL-COTES ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM

Registered charity 306288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

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Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £14,713, while the charity relies on donated services from BCP Council to achieve breakeven. The document notes that this support policy is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: breakeven via donated services (held: £15k)

“Historically the Council, in its role as local authority and corporate trustee, has provided donated services each year sufficient for the trust to achieve breakeven. This is currently the policy that is expected to continue” — page 9

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hixsons. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£346k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

BCP Council · trustee of 7 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bournemouth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.5m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/03/2023	£1.3m	£1.8m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£871k	£864k

Common questions

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/05/2018	£29k	"Raising Resilience at the Russell Cotes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/05/2016	£44k	"For the Love of Russell-Cotes: building audiences for the future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£10k	"Russell-Cotes: Fundraising for the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/02/1997	£2.1m	"Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth - Improvements"