## FRIENDS OF THE BARGELLO “FOB” Charity Number 1166475 Trustees’ Annual Report for the period ending 5[th] April 2024 The Charity has had a challenging year as the Museo Nazionale del Bargello has been without a director since January 2024. The Museum is currently joining forces with another Florentine Museum, The Accademia, and the post for the director of both museums is still unfulfilled, with acting directors currently in place and Senior Curators carrying on the good work. This is a situation mirrored all over Italy as the 8 year tenures of museum directors came to an end and new positions need to be filled. Notwithstanding this, the FOB has continued to attract funding. Unrestricted funds of £41,033 and restricted funds of £22,334 were donated to the FOB. The charity has very low committed costs which mainly relate to fundraising via events, administrative support, web development and other professional fees. The year saw the large and important catalogue of the museum’s entire Maiolica collection finally being published by Allemandi paid for entirely by FOB restricted and unrestricted funding used for its completion. This is a major achievement as the updating and the production of the collection catalogues is a main part of our mission. This publication will be presented during the Florence Biennale in September 2024. The Wood Sculpture catalogue is nearer to completion, and we have restricted funds put aside for the translator fees and publication costs by Brepols. We are aiming for publication in late 2025/early 2026. The glass catalogue is slowly being written, and we expect an update later this year. We have funds restricted funds held back which will likely be used to fund the refurbishment of the Salone di Donatello which is currently being overhauled and redecorated paid for by the Italian state and we anticipate that the FOB’s involvement will be for a new base for Donatello’s bronze figure of David (one of the main highlights), new didactic labels and panels and a possible contribution to the restoration of the marble floor. In June 2023 we were able to offer a group of members and donors a private tour of the exhibition at Strawberry Hill, called Treasures from Faraway, Medieval and Renaissance Objects from the Schroder collection. This was at no cost to the FOB. In May 2023 we hosted a breakfast for donors and members at the Victoria & Albert Museum with a private tour of the Donatello exhibition which had been in Florence and Berlin, prior to London. This was at low cost to the FOB but was greatly appreciated by our members. Two dinners for patron members were held at the Bargello in September and October 2023. These dinners are held in the Museum courtyard and hire fees are waived for significant donors who pay for all other expenses. The dinners, of which the FOB is allowed three per year, have proved to be successful fundraising tools and help to nurture future relationships as well as enhancing the experience of the museum for current generous donors. While we await the position of the new director to be filled, we continue our work of raising awareness of the museum’s collection of exceptional, world class works of art, ensuring that current and future donors know that it is a museum of significant importance that needs support. We have been able to inform people of the work we have already achieved with the photographic archive, the new lighting in the Salone di Donatello, the climate controlled new case for the Pénicaud enamels, and the publication of the magnificent Maiolica catalogue. We are continuing to develop a project for an exhibition of Henry Moore sculpture at the museum, the possible commissioning of a catalogue of the jewelry collection and the search for a donor to catalogue the textiles currently held in the museum storage. _The Friends of the Bargello Registered address: Northwood House, 138 Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2QW_ **Friends of the Bargello 1166475 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 4/6/2023 4/5/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**41,033**
Interest Received
**91**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,124**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 41,124**
**A3 Payments**
Bank Fees
**266**
Consultingand office expenses
**17,364**
Fulfillingcharitable objectives
**9,312**
Legal andprofessional
**-**
Foreign Exchange costs
**-**
Utilised Restricted Funds
**-**
Fundraising
**417**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 27,359**
**Loan**
**26,250**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 26,250**
**_Total payments_ 53,609**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 12,485**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**47,331**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,218**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 36,064**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**22,334**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,334**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,334**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,110**
**-**
**-**
**28,110**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,110**
**- 5,776**
**- 47,331**
**73,952**
**20,845**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**63,367**
**91**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,458**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,458**
**266**
**17,364**
**9,312**
**-**
**-**
**28,110**
**417**
**-**
**-**
**55,469**
**26,250**
**-**
**26,250**
**81,719**
**- 18,261**
**-**
**75,170**
**56,909**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**63,367**|**40,983**| ||||**91**|**105**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**63,458**|**41,088**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**63,458**|**41,088**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**266**|**115**| ||||**17,364**|**16,406**| ||||**9,312**|**8,246**| ||||**-**|**7,200**| ||||**-**|**256**| ||||**28,110**|**44,719**| ||||**417**|**2,583**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**55,469**|**79,525**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**26,250**|**-**| ||||**-**|| ||||**26,250**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**81,719**|**79,525**| |||||| ||**- 5,776**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 18,261**|**- 38,437**| ||**- 47,331**||**-**|**-**| ||**73,952**||**75,170**|**113,607**| ||**20,845**||**56,909**|**75,170**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Loan
Signature
_Andrew Russell_
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**36,064**
**20,845**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,064**
**20,845**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
**103,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Andrew Russell
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||_Andrew Russell_|Andrew Russell|2/4/2025| ||||| (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examine￿$ Report Report to the trustees Friends of The Bargello On accounts for the year ended 5. April 2024 Charity no lif any) 1166475 Set out on pages 1 to2 jfÈir&mbèi to IDclu