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CONTENTS
Overview from The Chair of Trustees and The Director
Collection, Exhibitions & Displays
Achievements & Impact
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Financial Review
Looking Ahead: The Future Plan
Structure, Governance and Management
Statement on the Responsibilities of Trustees
Independent Auditor’s Report to the members of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Financial Statements & Notes
Painting Loans & Conservation Projects
Immunity from Seizure Report
Staff outreach (external talks, lecture, publications, and media appearances)
With thanks
Our Lenders, and Exhibition Supporters
The Dulwich Picture Gallery Team
Overview from The Chair of Trustees and The Director
This report covers a year of continued ambition and tenacity at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Within the post-pandemic context, we seek to learn what audience trends will be ahead with an understanding that the cultural landscape in general has changed. To combat this, we think outside the box with our marketing campaigns and innovative programming to ensure no opportunities are missed. We work consistently to secure fundraised, commercial, and ticketed income while ensuring that we produce and deliver a distinctive programme to attract visitors, to build on our established international reputation for excellence and to serve our local communities.
The Gallery’s artistic activity during this period continued to push boundaries and was critically well received. A stand-out review in the Observer noted that our exhibition Reframed: The Woman in the Window (guest curated by Dr Jennifer Sliwka) was “...a lesson to larger museums everywhere – as to amount to a reframing, in itself, of what an exhibition can be”.
True Crime: The Case of Philips Wouwerman in Gallery XII was similarly gamechanging, demonstrating Dulwich Picture Gallery’s ‘Unlocking Paintings’ approach to the Collection in engaging new ways and setting the tone for experimental displays ahead. The Collection continues to perform as a significant ambassador for the Gallery, with significant loans of Dulwich paintings to national and international exhibitions including a special loan of five masterpieces to the Royal Lazienki Museum, Warsaw to celebrate the Gallery’s unique, historical Polish links.
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds ( guest curated by Kathleen Soriano) attracted positive press coverage. 40% of visitors during the run of this exhibition were new to the Gallery and a marked increase in attendance from 18-30-yearolds. To create stability, we extended the length of our exhibitions to ensure as many people as possible were able to attend and to make the most of the related Learning programmes. In order to continue to broaden access and participation, we made a conscious decision not to increase tickets prices, despite the financial challenges, and we continue to offer concessions and free access to under-18s those in need, half-price tickets for 18-30-year-olds, and free Collection access during exhibition change-over days.
Steadily, in line with post-pandemic guidelines, we re-introduced in-real-life talks, events and activities, and 100 schools (80% state school attendance; 20% independent schools) from our three priority boroughs of Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark returned to take up our high-quality sessions for all year groups from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Year 13.
Our community-led research projects and partnerships flourished, from the ‘Together Through Art’ training and development programme for young people living with mental health difficulties, to our ground-breaking work supporting older adults living with dementia and their carers, our inclusive volunteering programme for teenagers, and our exciting partnership delivering the creative strategy at the Tessa Jowell Health Centre, NHS:
“All of the pieces commissioned are inspirational and give a sense of calmness and involvement. These works... have really assisted with cementing a positive patient journey.”
A highlight of the year was the return of our free family festivals with a ‘Festival of Happiness’ on 30 July 2022 led by contemporary artist Stuart Semple and featuring the world premiere of the immersive performance piece ‘Something Else’. Thanks to special funding, in memory of Ingrid Beazley, this event also enabled free access for all to the Collection and Reframed: The Woman in the Window . This festival involved children and adults alike with creative, imaginative play across the Gallery gardens, enabling us to gather feedback and information about outdoor programming to inform our projects ahead.
Last year, we launched a new strategic priority for Dulwich Picture Gallery, based on five years of research, testing and development. The Gallery’s new approach aims to ensure that by 2027 Dulwich Picture Gallery will be financially stable and will maximise the creative potential that our unique building and setting offer to achieve our vision to be an inspirational cultural destination for everybody to ‘find themselves in art’.
Under the umbrellas of ‘Open Art’ and the ‘Future Plan’, these innovations have been cemented through pre-planning-applications and extensive public and local stakeholder consultation. Following a tender process, we appointed Carmody Groarke as architects, working alongside Kim Wilkie, land artist, and specialist consultants to advise on all aspects including environmental sustainability, biodiversity, and educational play, prior to submitting the final planning application to Southwark Council in spring/summer 2023. These plans are inspired by the quality and innovation that have defined Dulwich Picture Gallery since it first opened its doors in 1817 and will secure the relevance and reach of what Time Out readers voted “London’s most-loved art gallery”.
Professor Evelyn Welch MBE, Chair of Trustees Jennifer Scott, Director
A visitor inside Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty
– 15 September 2021 18 April 2022
‘The most sublime show of the year ’ The Guardian HHHHH
This was the first major UK exhibition of woodcut prints by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). Recognised among the most important American Abstract artists of the 20th century, and widely credited for her pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Colour Field painting, Frankenthaler experimented tirelessly throughout her six-decade long career. The exhibition was curated by Jane Findlay and marked a special collaboration with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. It revealed Frankenthaler as a creative force, and a trailblazer of printmaking, who endlessly pushed the possibilities of the medium. The exhibition was well attended and received excellent reviews in the press.
Ticketed visits : 52,441 Total participation across the season: 55,968
Reframed: The Woman in the Window
– 4 May 2022 4 September 2022
“Enthralling, imaginative and constantly surprising” The Observer HHHHH
The Gallery’s Summer exhibition was the first to explore the engaging, enigmatic, and often provocative motif of the ‘woman in the window’ tracing its origins to ancient Mycenae across 3000 years of art to the 21st Century. The exhibition, curated by Dr Jennifer Sliwka took the subject of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Girl at a Window by Rembrandt as inspiration, situating this masterpiece within a broader context, connecting it for the first time to the long visual history to which it belongs.
From Ancient Greece, to the contemporary artworld, the exhibition traversed cultures and continents to explore artists’ use of the motif, whether preaching religious piety or challenging the male gaze.
Ticketed visits: 29,147 Total participation across the season: 34,440
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds
– 21 September 2022 12 March 2023
“Mystical and magical” Evening Standard HHHHH
In September 2022, the Gallery opened M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds , the first major UK exhibition of work by the Lithuanian artist and celebrated composer. Building on its reputation for introducing lesser-known artists to UK audiences, the Gallery brought together over 100 works by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), widely credited as Lithuania’s greatest artist.
The exhibition revealed how Čiurlionis used structure and colour to create works that sit between mythology and reality. It highlighted the breadth of his interests, with a focus on humankind’s relationship to the universe, and examined the themes and motifs that aligned his art to European Symbolism. The exhibition was curated by Kathleen Soriano, an independent curator and broadcaster with all works on loan from the M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Ticketed visits: 33,870 Total participation across the season: 38,660
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism
– 31 March 2023 10 September 2023
“A dazzling unique vision” The Times HHHHH
Finally, just in time to see out the financial year and to herald the spring, we welcomed Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism , the first major UK exhibition of the renowned Impressionist since 1950. In partnership with the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, it brought together 40 of Morisot’s most important paintings and drawings from international collections, many never seen before in the UK. The artist was revealed as a trailblazer with this exhibition uncovering a previously untold connection between her work and eighteenth-century culture, with around 20 works for comparison.
A founding member of the Impressionist group, Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) defied social norms to become one of the movement’s most influential figures. The exhibition was co-curated in London by Dr Lois Oliver and subsequently in Paris by Dr Marianne Mathieu. It presented a bold new presentation of Morisot’s story, tracing the roots of her inspiration and the originality of her artistic vision.
Ticketed visits: 72,366 Total participation across the season:
Above: a visitor inside Reframed: the Woman in the Window
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Above: a visitor inside M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds , Below: a shot from our film with art historian and influencer Katy Hessel inside Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism
Displays
True Crime: The Case of Philips Wouwerman
- 23 April 2022 21 August 2022
Curated by Helen Hillyard, True Crime: The Case of Philips Wouwerman explored the meeting of true crime and art history. According to eighteenth-century gossip, the Dutch painter Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668) was a plagiarist. It was said that the painter stole the drawings of the dead artist Pieter van Laer and subsequently used them for his own works. Wouwerman went on to become one of the most successful artists of his generation creating over 600 paintings.
Featuring works by Wouwerman and Van Laer, as well as expert testimony from the past and present, True Crime: The Case of Philips Wouwerman presented the evidence and asked the visitor to decide: what is the line between imitation and appropriation, inspiration and crime? Was Philips Wouwerman guilty or not guilty?
Anthony Daley: Son of Rubens
- 27 August 2022 2 April 2023
“A masterful modernisation. So many such displays, trying to give old art a contemporary update, end up being lame. However, this one really works.” The Telegraph HHHH
Abstract Expressionist painter Anthony Daley presented a new body of work, which explored his career-long fascination with the work of 17th century Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens was famed for his mastery of colour and texture through the medium of paint. Inspired by the Gallery’s collection, Daley revealed how the art of the past continues to offer fresh source material. Anthony Daley: Son of Rubens was curated by Lisa Anderson, Managing Director of the Black Cultural Archives.
Collection
New long-term loans-in.
The Gallery has welcomed two important new long-term loans into the collection: Peter Paul Rubens’s Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens (c. 1620) and Gerrit Dou’s An Old Man Lighting his Pipe in his Study (1630s).
Both works have greatly enriched the Gallery’s significant holdings of Netherlandish artworks, highlighting different aspects of the artist’s practice. Peter Paul Rubens’ Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens is also included in the forthcoming Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibition Rubens & Women (27 September 2023 - 28 January 2024).
Achievements & Impact
In 2022/23 Dulwich Picture Gallery curated an innovative and inclusive public programme enabling audiences to engage with the Gallery’s collection and exhibitions through meaningful encounters with art. Our projects ran on site, digitally, and across South London.
Key projects:
The Past for the Present
This year we embarked on The Past for the Present, a community-led research project, which aims to discover new ways for Old Master paintings to connect and speak to contemporary society. By training the local community in paid researcher roles and working with them to run research sessions we are able to better understand and amplify local, diverse voices. The research findings will be used to develop a series of commissions to put the findings into action, presenting new insights into key themes that have been unexplored in our collection.
We have now completed our first year of the project. Working with action-based research specialists Shortwork we recruited and trained nine community researchers who interviewed 19 community groups and over 220 individuals in Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham. The Community Researchers collated and shared the research findings in a celebration event in February to community and sector stakeholders.
In year two the findings will be used to develop three areas of programming including a new Gallery 12 display, pop-up talks and tours and digital content.
Tessa Jowell Health Centre
In 2020 we were commissioned to lead a multi-year innovative arts programme for the Tessa Jowell Health Centre, Southwark. The partnership has included art commissions to enhance the health facility’s healing environment, a training programme for staff and a free cross-arts social-prescribing programme, which signposts patients to arts and wellbeing initiatives we broker with local partners.
This year we delivered the final two commissions; a sculpture for which we worked specifically with the mental health services and a new dance performance and film delivered in partnership with Siobhan Davies Studios and created by service users living with chronic pain conditions. Our Creative Mondays social prescribing programme included mindful drawing, deep listening and yoga and movement activities and attended by 423 participants.
Together Through Art
The Together through Art (TTA) programme supports young people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and aims to reduce the stigma which surrounds mental health.
Working in partnership with the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) Mental Health Trust Recovery College in 2022 the Gallery piloted a paid training and development programme for 5 local young people aged 18-25 who have lived experience of accessing child or adult mental health services. The project aimed to equip the participants with tools and experiences to share how they had used creativity in their lives to support their wellbeing to help children and young people in our priority boroughs.
One participant said that they wanted to be involved in the project as ‘I want to further develop my established connection between art and mental health. As an artist and someone who has experienced challenges with my own mental wellbeing, I think that it is important for me to gain as much information as possible to create spaces where healing can be possible through creativity.’
Each participant took part in a paid 6-month paid training and development programme delivered by the Gallery and the SLaM Recovery College to become Creative Peer Facilitators (CPF’s). Working alongside the Gallery’s artist team, CPF’s used the co-production model to co-design and co-deliver bespoke creativity and wellbeing workshops for over 500 children and young people in Primary and Secondary Schools in our priority boroughs.
The workshops used artworks in the Gallery’s collection as a starting point to explore creative resilience, mindfulness and cultural capital with the students.
Another Perspective?
“[the labels] gave a more human approach to the interpretation of the artwork and allowed room for debate and your own thoughts about pieces which may differ to the original description.”
A visitor to the exhibition
The Another Perspective project invited members from our local community to take part in recorded discussions to explore what the artworks in our exhibition Reframed: The Women in the Window meant to them.
Seven local organisations including school, youth and intergenerational groups were invited to take part. Each group engaged in a Creative Conversations using the creative conversation technique Visual Thinking Strategies Each conversation was recorded and transcribed and key extracts from the conversation were chosen to appear as additional labels and audio guide stops. The exhibition also featured a brand-new commission created by animation artist Eve Travers, titled The Frame it was inspired by and features extracts from the conversations recorded with community groups. The film underscores the way that we all interpret the ‘women in the window’ motif in our own way.
Collection: IntoArt
This year, Dulwich Picture Gallery partnered with IntoArt, an art studio based in Peckham working inclusively with people with learning disabilities, to support 24 artists to engage and respond to the Gallery’s collection to develop their artistic practice. This ongoing partnership will result in a display as part of the Gallery’s ‘Unlocking Paintings’ strand, to take place in 2025.
Above: Rafael Klein’s sculpture at Tessa Jowell Health Centre; Below: volunteers at the Celebration event for The Past for the Present project (Left and Right)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As the world’s first purpose-built art gallery, we recognise our responsibility to provide meaningful and relevant experiences for everyone. The Gallery’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group consists of representatives from all departments at the Gallery. They’ve been working together since 2021 to create a positive action plan which we are implementing across the Gallery.
This underlines the Gallery’s commitment to the continual work required to be an inclusive organisation, through increasing the diversity of our programme, audiences and staff. The plan takes a holistic look at all our activities and practices and is about how we can work collectively to tackle intersectional inequality through clear accountable actions. It covers a range of areas including audience development, programming, access, workforce, volunteering and governance and recognises that it is a shared responsibility across the team.
Our aims:
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Champion diversity, inclusion and equality throughout the organisation.
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Improve representation and inclusion within our audiences, communications, programme and work & volunteer force.
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Support our strategic organisational goal to be an inspirational cultural destination for everybody.
Our key goals and areas of focus are:
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Audience Development:
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Our audience is more reflective of the cultural diversity of our local boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham (Priority Boroughs)
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Programming:
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To ensure that our programming is relevant to our identified local audiences.
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• Building:
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Reduce barriers to participation from physical location and building. Ensure Gallery is accessible and inclusive to all.
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Workforce, Governance and Volunteering:
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Reflect the diversity of our community in our workforce, volunteers and Trustees and to create a safe and welcoming organisation
Everyone has an understanding of Access & Diversity
Activity this year included
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Funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for a community-led action research project which aims to discover new ways for Old Master paintings to connect and speak to contemporary society.
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Co-mentorship with Bold Tendencies on the I Create artist research and development fund for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic artists in Southwark. It has been developed as part of Southwark Stands Together, Southwark Council’s commitment to tackling racial inequality.
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Launching Unlocking Paintings (2022-24), a series of displays that will present new perspectives on the Gallery’s collection
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A review of our recruitment process across the organisation covering workforce, governance and volunteering roles to ensure they are fully inclusive and shared as widely as possible.
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Developing focused working groups to explore key topics and act as ambassadors across the Gallery. These include LGBTQI+, Neurodiversity and Access.
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Growing our percentages of visitors in the Under 30s audience segment to an average of 12.5% against a target of 10%.
Above: a mindfulness workshop as part of the Reframing Mental Health event held at the Gallery in February 2023; Below: Anthony Daley discusses his work with school students
Financial Review
RESULTS
2022/23 was the Gallery’s first full year of being open since the pandemic. The impacts of the pandemic were still being felt with visitor numbers remaining depressed compared to pre-pandemic figures. In earlier pandemic affected years the Gallery had benefited from government support via the Cultural Recovery Fund. This has now ended, whilst we continue to recovery. The Gallery also received a legacy in the prior year which improved results. Expenditure increased largely due to inflation, and we face higher operating costs than some other artforms due to the historic nature of our site and the need to protect our collection. These factors have contributed to a net deficit before investment losses of £1,009k (2022: £815k surplus). However, the Gallery continues on its journey to a stable financial footing, which is the aim by 2027. Our future plans are explained later in this report.
As well as an operating deficit, the groups total funds were further impacted by the volatile investment performance. The portfolio dropped in value during 22/23 by £2m compared to a rise of £1m in the prior year. It should be noted that the Trustees take a long-term view of investments, and these are changes in the market value of our investments and as such are unrealised.
| Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Year Ended 31 March 2022 |
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| Total Income | £2,987k | £4,295k |
| Total Expenditure | (£3,996k) | (£3,480k) |
| Net (deficit)/surplus before investment(losses)/gains |
(£1,009k) | £815k |
| Net unrealised (losses)/gains on investments |
(£2,057k) | £1,081k |
| Net (deficit)/surplus after investment(losses)/gains |
(£3,066k) | £1,896k |
BUSINESS MODEL and ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS
The Gallery operates a complex business model, aiming to deliver well both now and into the future. Whilst there are considerable assets on the Gallery’s balance sheet, the majority of this is tied up in our endowment funds, held as investments.
Our financial planning and management has to combine day to day operation financial management, monitoring investment performance with management of available cash reserves.
Whilst limited in how we can use our endowments, the basic principle being that the capital value has to be maintained, the Gallery moved to using the total return approach to its permanent endowment investments in March 2014. This allows us to use the increase in the value of its permanent endowment investments as income, whether this be in the form of interest and dividends, or capital gains. Compared to the standard approach, which only allows the investment income to be used, this brings greater flexibility in balancing the needs of the Gallery now and in the future.
The Trustees’ policy for investments has been to set a target for the total return (net of fees) of 3.5% above inflation, allowing the Gallery to withdraw 3.5% of the value of the portfolio to contribute to its running costs each year. At a meeting of the Trustees on the 26 May 2023, it was agreed that this approach should continue.
As mentioned above investment markets have been volatile with the Gallery recording unrealised investment losses of just over £2 million. Whilst dividends and interest have increased slightly year on year £765k (2022: £675k), the losses, plus investment manager fees, exceed these, significantly reducing the amount of the unapplied total return available to be allocated/drawn down to the income fund. The full investment note can be found in note 9 to the accounts, the analysis of the unapplied total return movement has been pulled out below. This shows that the unapplied total return is effectively overdrawn due to the nature of the extreme losses experienced in year. The total return regulations do allow for this situation, although this overdrawn sum will need to be recouped and the total amount is subject to a cap. The Gallery is currently below this.
The current expectation is that improvement in market performance should mean that this position reverses. The Trustees are keeping both this policy and the investment performance under active review to ensure this happens or to take alternative mitigating action.
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| Unapplied total return @ 1 April 2022 | 1,765 |
| Investment return: income: dividend & interest | 765 |
| Investment return: realised/unrealised gains (losses) | (1,800) |
| Investment management fees | (105) |
| Unapplied total return before allocation to income fund | 625 |
| Allocated to income funds | (1,050) |
| Unapplied total return @ 31 March 2023 | (425) |
RESERVES POLICY
The Gallery’s reserves policy reflects the organisation’s commitment to strike a balance between two main objectives. Firstly, the need for financial stability, and secondly, to secure the Gallery’s future by building on its endowment fund to generate a greater income to support its charitable aims.
The current policy is in line with the operational guidance CC19 (Charities & Reserves) issued by the Charity Commission, and confirmed the following objectives:
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To establish an Operating Fund reserve to maintain financial stability on an ongoing basis in the event of a shortfall in income or unexpected operating expenditure; standing at £353k at 31 March 2023 (2022: £867k)
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To build the Expendable Endowment Fund to secure the future of the Gallery. The Gallery has a policy to transfer all unrestricted legacy gifts over £50K to the Endowment; standing at £1,134k at 31 March 2023; (2022: £1,187k)
A Designated fund of £1,000k has been established for the delivery of the Future Plan project, to ensure the financial stability of the Gallery going forward. This project will enable the Gallery to increase its income streams and mitigate the risks of reduced income and increased spend in other areas.
Our free reserves comprise the total unrestricted funds, not tied up in tangible fixed assets that are freely available. This is our operating fund standing at £353k at 31 March 2023 (£867k 2022). The Trustees aim to build up and maintain a minimum level of free reserves, with the aim of holding a balance of three month’s Gallery operational expenditure plus DPGE salaries.
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| Total unrestricted funds | 4,115 |
| Less: Designated funds – buildings & equipment Designated Future Plan Designated Open Art |
(2,731) (1,000) (31) |
| Free reserves | 353 |
GOING CONCERN
The Trustees have reviewed cash flows for the next 12 months and budgets for the next 3 years and considered the total return approach to investments with a policy to drawdown 3.5% of the value of the investments per annum. This equates to £950k for the year 2023-24. In addition, the group has built up expendable endowments of £1,815K which can be drawn down if necessary.
The Trustees have reasonable expectation that DPG has adequate resources to pay its debts as they fall due and to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future – a minimum of at least 12 months from signing these financial statements.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Trustees have responsibility for ensuring effective risk management processes are in place across the charity.
The major risks to the charity’s business, finances and reputation, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been put in place to mitigate those risks. The principal risks affecting the Group and charity are the dependence on fundraising for donations and sponsorship, and the popularity of the public programme which generates admissions and retail income. The main strategy for managing these risks is by regular review of forward financial projections for future years and formal Trustee approval for the programme strategy. A full risk register has been compiled and is held at the Gallery’s offices. This is reviewed by the Trustees on a quarterly basis.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Gallery’s innovative plans will fully integrate the existing gardens with the Gallery, opening up previously inaccessible land with an interactive sculpture garden and a new building for families.
Planning permission was received in July 2023 to transform the site and three acres of green space. A brand new, free to access outdoor gallery will extend the visitor experience into the gardens while a new building and extension will reveal new views of the site and provide much needed facilities for families, with a focus on art and creative play.
The ambitious plans will maximise the Gallery’s unique potential - its building, art, gardens, people and location - for future generations. To deliver this vision, the Gallery has appointed award-winning architects Carmody Groarke alongside leading landscape artist Kim Wilkie.
The proposed developments comprise a series of permanent enhancements across the site including innovative landscaping of the Gallery’s currently under-utilised field to transform it into the Lovington Sculpture Meadow; a series of interactive artworks in the Gallery’s gardens; improved facilities for schools and families; and a new building to house creative play and activities for families.
This will provide an additional income for the Gallery, increase visitors and secondary spend, to stabilise the finances. Fundraising is underway for the project with the ambition to start work in early 2024.
By 2027 Dulwich Picture Gallery aims to be:
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Financially stable
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An inspirational cultural destination for everybody – unlocking personal perspectives through the art of the past and present.
Over the next three years, we will maximise our spaces to ensure we embody our vision: to be an inspirational cultural destination for everybody. Our plan is inspired by the quality and innovation that have defined Dulwich Picture Gallery since it first opened its doors in 1817 and will seek to unlock the creative potential that our unique building and setting offer, while remaining true to the principles of our founders. We look forward to delivering an ambitious artistic programme across both our indoor and outdoor spaces.
A thriving artistic programme to inspire everyone
Rubens & Women , will open in Autum 2023. A major exhibition of the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) will unite a diverse range of paintings and drawings from throughout the artist’s career. The exhibition will be the first to challenge the popular assumption that the artist painted only one type of woman, providing instead a more nuanced view of the varied and important place occupied by women, both real and imagined, in his world.
Alongside Rubens we will present Bold Spirits , a new body of work by the renowned artist Sara Shamma. The paintings in this display will respond to the Gallery’s historic collection with a focus on paintings of women. Shamma’s new works channel the spirits of these female figures while also connecting them to episodes from her own life, retelling their stories for contemporary viewers.
Soulscapes will reveal how contemporary landscape art celebrates and reveals our relationship with nature. The exhibition will focus on artists from the African diaspora on four key themes: belonging, memory, pleasure and healing.
Unlocking Paintings
Over the past five years, we have seen substantial change in the way we present our collection, championing the Old Masters through displays and interpretation that draws out its contemporary relevance. Following the acclaimed Journeys display, we have continued to present new responses to the collection, starting with a bold re-examination of the Dutch painter Philips Wouwerman and closely followed by a powerful new display by Deptfordbased abstract expressionist painter, Anthony Daley.
Structure, Governance and Management
GOVERNING DOCUMENT
Dulwich Picture Gallery (“DPG” or “The Gallery”) was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 25 October 2016, company registration number 10445344, and registered as a charity on 25 January 2017, charity registration number 1171287. The incorporated Dulwich Picture Gallery commenced activities on 1 April 2017.
On 22 March 2017 the existing charity’s Trustees passed a resolution to rename the unincorporated charity as Dulwich Picture Gallery, to amend the Scheme to retain the underlying permanent endowment assets and to appoint the new charitable company as sole trustee of the existing charity. As a result, all other assets, undertakings, liabilities and benefits, including the shares in the Framework Agreement with Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Ltd, were transferred to the new charitable company, all with effect from 1 April 2017.
The new charitable company also held a meeting on 22 March 2017 and passed resolutions to accept the transfers from the existing charity. The Charity Commission gave its consent to the process, approved the new scheme, and has approved a uniting direction providing that the accounts of the two charities can be reported as one.
The Articles of Association (the governing document of the new charitable company) replicate the provisions of the previous schemes established under the original structure.
CHARITABLE OBJECTS
The Gallery’s charitable objects, as stated in its governing document, are “to further the education of the public in the appreciation of the fine arts by preserving and maintaining the Gallery and the Collection as an independent gallery for the exhibition of works of fine art to the public and for charitable educational purposes connected therewith”.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
The Trustees regularly review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity, with a new vision, mission and values implemented in the current year to ensure the charity’s aims, objectives and activities remain focused on its stated purposes.
The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.
GOVERNANCE
The Gallery continues to maintain good governance practices in line with the Charity Governance Code and has created a checklist (updated annually) to ensure best practice as proportionate to the Gallery’s circumstances. In recent years, the implementation of specialist sub-committees has improved Board effectiveness and prioritisation.
THE BOARD
The Board of Trustees is to consist of at least six persons appointed by the nominations committee at a special meeting or as a separate agenda item at an ordinary Board meeting.
In seeking new Trustees, the Board analyses the skills and experience of existing members and aims to cover identified gaps and to achieve an appropriate balance. Potential Trustees meet the Nominations Committee and Director before being proposed to the full Board. The Trustees have established the following standing sub-committees: the Finance & Audit Committee, Nominations Committee, Estates & Audiences Committee, Development Committee and Collection & Programme Committee. The Trustees have approved a Governance Manual and terms of reference for sub-committees so that it is clear which decisions are reserved to the Board, which to its sub-committees, and which are delegated to the Director and staff.
In essence, the Board of Trustees is responsible for the Gallery’s strategic direction and delegate the Gallery’s Management to the Senior Leadership Team under the leadership of the Director. Among matters reserved to the Trustees are: appointment of Directorate level staff, approval of the Gallery’s budget and financial statements, approval of exhibitions policy and individual loans from the collection, and approval of any significant changes in operations.
TRUSTEE INDUCTION & TRAINING
On appointment, new Trustees receive a package of material including details of the Charity’s constitution, copies of recent accounts and minutes of recent Board meetings. They are then invited to an induction session at the Gallery, typically lasting for half a day, at which they are able to meet the staff and to spend time with the Directorate and Heads of Department to gain an understanding of the Gallery’s operations. Further training for Trustees is arranged as needed.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Ltd (DPGE) is a company limited by shares, with 100% of the share capital being held by Dulwich Picture Gallery. The Board of Directors of DPGE includes two external members as well as two Gallery Trustees, Director and Deputy Director. DPGE runs the Gallery shop, is responsible for the commercial hire of Gallery space, and for handling the outsourced catering contract for the Gallery café.
FRIENDS OF DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY MERGER
Since 31 March 2021 the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery (charity number 803727) merged with Dulwich Picture Gallery. The membership scheme continues and is managed within the Gallery’s Development department.
STATEMENT ON FUNDRAISING
Section 162a of the Charities Act 2011 requires charities to make a statement regarding fundraising activities. The legislation defines fundraising as “soliciting or otherwise procuring money or other property for charitable purposes.” Such amounts receivable are presented in our accounts as “voluntary income” and include legacies and grants.
In relation to the above we confirm that all solicitations are managed internally, without involvement of commercial participators, external professional fund-raisers or third parties (other than the occasional use of freelance contractors as an alternative to paid employees). The day-to- day management of all income generation is delegated to the executive team, who are accountable to the Trustees.
In general, fundraising approaches are made to those already engaged in the gallery’s work. Our terms of employment require all staff to behave reasonably at all times towards all parties including training on protection of vulnerable people for relevant staff.Dulwich Picture Gallery is a member of the Fundraising Regulator and complies with all relevant codes of practice and requires its freelance contractors to do the same. We have received no complaints in relation to fundraising activities.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery Team
As of 31 March 2023
DIRECTORATE (KEY MANAGEMENT TEAM)
Jennifer Scott – Director
Chantelle Culshaw – Deputy Director
The remuneration of the Directorate (Key Management Team), is reviewed and approved by the Finance and Audit Committee with due consideration of performance and applicable benchmarks as appropriate.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Louisa Bee – Head of Communications & Visitor Experience Brian Dorgan – Head of Finance Jane Findlay – Head of Programme & Engagement Helen Hillyard - Curator Sophie James – Head of Commercial Sophie Schneider – Head of Operations & Future Plan Project Manager Felicity Sutherland – Head of Development
STATEMENT ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES
The Trustees (who are also directors of Dulwich Picture Gallery for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report including the strategic report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and group and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company or group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
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State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the Trustees are aware:
There is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s auditor is unaware. The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31 March 2023 was 10. The Trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.
AUDITORS
Sayer Vincent LLP are the appointed charitable company’s auditor and has expressed its willingness to continue in that capacity.
This Report of the Board of Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery was approved at its meeting on 20 September 2023 by the Board of Dulwich Picture Gallery having been appointed as sole trustee of the Trust with effect from 1 April 2017 and signed on its behalf by:
Professor Evelyn Welch MBE Chair of the Board of Trustees
Sian Williams Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Dulwich Picture Gallery (the ‘parent charitable company’) and its subsidiary (the ‘group’) for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the consolidated statement of financial activities, the group and parent charitable company balance sheets, the consolidated statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the financial statements:
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Give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and of the parent charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of the group’s incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended
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Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
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Accounting Practice
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Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the group financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and parent charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on Dulwich Picture Gallery’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other Information
The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, including the strategic report, other than the group financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the group financial statements does not cover the other information, and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the group financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the group financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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The information given in the trustees’ annual report, including the strategic report, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements
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The trustees’ annual report, including the strategic report, has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent charitable company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ annual report, including the strategic report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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Adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent charitable company, or
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returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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The parent charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting
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records and returns; or
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Certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities set out in the trustees’ annual report, the trustees (who are also the directors of the parent charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the group’s and the parent charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the group or the parent charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed auditor under the Companies Act 2006 and section 151 of the Charites Act 2011 and report in accordance with those Acts.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are set out below.
Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:
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We enquired of management, which included obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation, concerning the group’s policies and procedures relating to:
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Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
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Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud;
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The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.
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We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
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We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the group operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a material effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the group from our professional and sector experience.
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We communicated applicable laws and regulations throughout the audit team and remained
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alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.
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We reviewed any reports made to regulators.
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We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and tested these to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
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In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the
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appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments, assessed whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias and tested significant transactions that are unusual or those outside the normal course of business.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Judith Miller (Senior statutory auditor) Date: 18 December 2023 for and on behalf of Sayer Vincent LLP, Statutory Auditor Invicta House, 108-114 Golden Lane, LONDON, EC1Y 0TL
Sayer Vincent LLP is eligible to act as auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006
Financial Statements and Notes
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
GROUP STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
(incorporating the income and expenditure account)
| Year ended 31 March 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 727 163 - 890 - - - - - - - - 610 - - 610 613 - - 613 52 - 822 874 2,002 163 822 2,987 (1,050) - (113) (1,163) (2,292) (541) - (2,833) (3,342) (541) (113) (3,996) (1,340) (378) 709 (1,009) (123) - (1,934) (2,057) (1,463) (378) (1,225) (3,066) 819 231 (1,050) - (644) (147) (2,275) (3,066) 4,759 192 27,341 32,292 4,115 45 25,066 29,226 |
Year ended 31 March 2022 Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total |
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| funds funds funds funds |
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| £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 |
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| 646 59 1,187 1,892 |
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| 332 - - 332 |
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| 133 - - 133 |
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| 636 - - 636 |
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| 597 - - 597 |
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| 12 - 693 705 |
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| 2,356 59 1,880 4,295 |
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| (847) - (119) (966) |
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| (2,095) (419) - (2,514) |
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| (2,942) (419) (119) (3,480) |
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| (586) (360) 1,761 815 |
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| 19 - 1,062 1,081 |
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| (567) (360) 2,823 1,896 |
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| 1,292 233 (1,525) - |
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| 725 (127) 1,298 1,896 |
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| 4,034 319 26,043 30,396 |
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| 4,759 192 27,341 32,292 |
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
BALANCE SHEETS (Group & Gallery)
| Company Registration Number: 10445344 Note Fixed Assets: Tangible assets 8 Investments 9 TOTAL Fixed Assets Current Assets: Stocks Debtors: Amount falling due within one year 10 Cash at bank and in hand TOTAL Current Assets Liabilities: Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 11 Net current assets TOTAL assets less current liabilities TOTAL net assets The funds of the Group: Endowmentfunds 14/15 Restricted capital funds 14/15 Restricted income funds 14/15 Unrestricted funds: Operating fund 14/15 Designated: - Future Plan 14/15 - Future Plan asset work in progress 14/15 - Open Art asset work in progress 14/15 - Buildings & Equipment 14/15 TOTAL unrestricted funds TOTAL funds |
As at 31 March 2023 Group Gallery £'000 £'000 2,953 2,950 26,069 26,069 29,022 29,019 63 - 434 522 329 196 826 718 (622) (524) 204 194 29,226 29,213 29,226 29,213 25,066 25,066 - - 45 45 353 340 809 809 191 191 31 31 2,731 2,731 4,115 4,102 29,226 29,213 |
As at 31 March 2022 |
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| Group Gallery |
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| £'000 £'000 |
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| 2,892 2,888 |
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| 29,072 29,072 |
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| 31,964 31,960 |
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| 541 620 |
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| 307 214 |
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| 888 834 |
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| (560) (522) |
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| 328 312 |
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| 32,292 32,272 |
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| 32,292 32,272 |
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| 27,341 27,341 |
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| - - |
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| 192 192 |
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| 867 847 |
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| 1,000 1,000 |
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| 2,892 2,892 |
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| 4,759 4,739 |
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| 32,292 32,272 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 20 September 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
Evelyn Welch (Chair - Board of Trustees)
Sian Williams (Chair - Finance & Audit Committee)
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| GROUP STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Cash flows from operating activities: Note Net cash used in operating activities (a) Cash flows from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments Purchase of property, plant and equipment 8 Purchase of investments 9 Proceeds from sale of investments 9 Net movement in investment non-market transactions 9 Net cashprovided by investing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period (b) (a) Reconciliation of net (expenditure) / income to net cash flow from operating activities Net (expenditure)/income for the reporting period (as per Statement of Financial Activities) Depreciation and amortisation charge 8 Unrealised losses/(gains) on investments 9 Dividends, interest and rent from investments (Increase) / decrease in stocks (Increase) / decrease in debtors 10 Increase/ (decrease)in creditors 11 Net cash provided used in operating activities (b) Analysis of cash and cash equivalents Cash at bank and in hand Cash held in investmentportfolio TOTAL cash and cash equivalents |
As at 31 2023 £'000 (1,517) 874 (282) (10,217) 6,722 3,376 473 (1,044) 2,354 1,310 £'000 (3,066) 220 2,057 (874) (23) 107 62 (1,517) £'000 329 981 1,310 |
March 2022 £'000 786 705 (52) (3,404) 2,408 527 |
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| 184 | ||
| 970 1,384 2,354 |
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| £'000 1,896 243 (1,081) (705) 2 619 (188) |
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| 786 £'000 307 2,047 |
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| 2,354 |
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A Statutory information
Dulwich Picture Gallery is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is incorporated in the UK and registered in England and Wales. The registered office address is Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD.
B Statement of compliance
Dulwich Picture Gallery meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
C Basis of preparation & consolidation
These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly-owned subsidiary Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited on a line by line basis. Transactions and balances between the charity and its subsidiary have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements. Balances between the two entities are disclosed in the notes of the charity's balance sheet.
A separate statement of financial activities, or income and expenditure account, for the charity itself is not presented because the charity has taken advantage of the exemptions afforded by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.
D Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the Trustees consider to be appropriate in the context of the Group's ability to meet its obligations as they fall due in the period of twelve months following the date of approval of these financial statements. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity and the group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Key judgements that the charity has made which have a significant effect on the accounts include income from legacies being recognised in financial statements when the likelihood of the gift becomes probable.
The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
E Income & endowments
All income and endowments are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the Gallery has legal entitlement, any performance condition attached to the income has been met, there is reasonable probability over receipt and the amount of the income can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
(i) Donations and legacies
Donations and legacies comprises income from donations, grants, patrons, legacies and sponsorship income.
Sponsorship income represents income received in support of specific activities/projects. Income is recognised at the point where the goods/services in relation to the activities/projects are delivered.
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item or received the service, any conditions associated with the donation have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), volunteer time is not recognised (please refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution). On receipt, donated gifts, professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt. Gifts in kind, where material, are included within 'Donations and Legacies' and under the appropriate expenditure heading, depending on the nature of the gift.
Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
E (i) Donations and legacies (continued)
For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the amount receivable can be measured with reasonable accuracy and the receipt is probable, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is a treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.
Income received in advance of the provision of a specified service, or where there are donor imposed conditions that require the resource to be expended in a future accounting year, is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.
(ii) Charitable activities
Charitable activities comprises admission income to the Gallery's permanent collection, programmed exhibitions, events and catalogue sales. These are recognised in the financial year in which the exhibition/event takes place.
(iii) Other trading activities
Other trading activities comprises income generated by Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited from trading activities and rental income. Income is recognised on a receivable basis.
(iv) Investment Income
Investment income comprises income generated by the Group's investment portfolio and interest income received from funds held in deposit. Income is recognised on a receivable basis.
(v) Total Return policy
Trustees adopt a total return approach, under which the target is to achieve total return (net of fees) of 3.5% above CPI inflation, allowing the Gallery to withdraw 3.5% of the value of the portfolio (at the preceding January) to either income funds or trust for investment to contribute to its running costs each year. The rise in inflation from a particular date is transferred from the total return to the trust for investment to ensure that the original gifts retain their values in real term. The 'particular date' referred to is the date of the last allocation to the trust for investment. Additional withdrawals may be made from the accumulated unapplied total return at the trustees discretion.
Investment income is allocated to the endowment funds when receivable. Withdrawals from the endowment funds are shown as transfers between funds.
F Expenditure
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:
(i) Raising donations and legacies
Expenditure on raising donations and legacies represent the costs of securing voluntary contributions, sponsorship income, other associated operational and support costs in relation to fundraising activities.
(ii) Other trading activities
Expenditure relating to the Group's commercial trading activities.
(iii) Charitable activities
Charitable activities costs include all expenditure incurred to further the purpose of the charity and associated support costs. This includes costs associated with activities in relation to the Group's learning department, temporary exhibition programme, permanent collection, building, publicity and gallery development.
(iv) Support costs allocation
Support costs, which include administration staff costs and general office expenses, have been apportioned across the Gallery’s activities. Further details of the basis of apportionment can be found in Note 6 to the financial statements. Support costs also include governance costs which include all expenditure on constitutional and statutory requirements, costs associated with Board meetings and of staff liaising with Board members on strategic issues.
Irrecoverable VAT is treated as an expense and is included as part of the activity cost to which it relates.
G Leases
Operating lease rentals are charged to the statement of financial activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
H Heritage assets
The Gallery maintains two types of heritage assets: the original Sir John Soane building and a collection of works of arts (consisting of paintings, sculpture, antique furniture and decorative art works).
The Trustees do not consider that reliable cost or valuation information can be obtained for the vast majority of heritage assets held. The lack of information on purchase costs, comparable market values, as well as the diverse nature and volume of the items held, makes the cost of valuing the entire collection extremely onerous compared with the benefit derived by users of the financial statements in assessing the Gallery's stewardship of these assets.
For these reasons, the Collection and Land and Building are not recognised as assets in the Balance Sheet.
The Trustees non-recognition of heritage assets opinion has been formed on the basis that:
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the acquisition of new items for the collection is infrequent
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the amounts involved are immaterial, either year-by-year in respect of income
Expenditure which is required to preserve or prevent further deterioration of individual collection items is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when it is incurred.
I Tangible fixed assets
Fixed assets are held at cost less accumulated depreciation within the relevant fund.
Assets which are purchased at a cost of more than £5,000 are capitalised. IT hardware and software assets which cost more than £1,000 are also capitalised as too are laptops and central processor units.
Depreciation is charged on a straight line basis to write off assets over their anticipated useful economic lives and is charged to the relevant funds as follows:
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| Freehold premises & lease extension | - | 50 years | |
| Leasehold improvements | - | 10 years | |
| Equipment & motor vehicles | - | 4years | |
| IT Equipment | - | 4 years |
Depreciation is charged on all tangible fixed assets, except assets under construction (work in progress) for which depreciation is not charged until the year the asset has been brought into use. No depreciation is charged in the year of acquisition.
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Investments
Investments in financial instruments are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. Any change in fair value will be recognised in the statement of financial activities. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and shown in the heading “Net gains/(losses) on investments” in the statement of financial activities. The charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.
In accordance with the SORP, investment management fees have been charged against Endowment fund capital. Investments in subsidiaries are valued at cost.
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Stock
Stock, which comprises goods for sale in the shop run by the wholly owned subsidiary, Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Ltd, is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. In general, cost is determined on a first in first out basis and includes transport and handling costs. Net realisable value is the price at which stocks can be sold in the normal course of business after allowing for the costs of realisation. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete, slow moving and defective stocks.
L Debtors and prepayments
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
M Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
N Creditors and provisions
that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
O Financial Instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair (bid/settlement) value.
P Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the charitable objectives of the Gallery. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are those subject to specific restrictions imposed by donors, by the purpose of the appeal of conditions of the funding, and are credited to restricted income in the year in which they are received. Where amounts are not spent in full in that year, the balance is carried forward in restricted funds and used in subsequent years in line with the restrictions placed by the donor.
The endowment funds are split between permanent endowment funds, where the capital must be retained, and expendable endowment funds, which can be converted into income at the discretion of the Trustees.
Q Pension costs
The Gallery operates a defined contribution personal pension scheme in compliance with the Stakeholder Pension requirements.
The amount charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in respect of pension costs is the contribution payable in the year. Any difference arising between contributions payable in the year and the contributions actually paid are shown as an accrual in the balance sheet.
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Taxation
As a registered charity, Dulwich Picture Gallery (Limited by guarantee) is exempt from income and corporate tax on income and gains derived from its charitable activities. Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited pays all its taxable profits to its parent charity under Gift Aid.
The Group makes claims for tax credits from HMRC under Museum and Gallery Tax Relief. Claims which have not yet been completed are included as accrued income.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| 2. DONATIONS & LEGACIES | 2. DONATIONS & LEGACIES | Year ended 31 March | Year ended 31 March | 2023 | Year ended 31 | Year ended 31 | March 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | Total | ||||
| funds | funds | funds | funds | funds | funds | funds | |||
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |||
| Grants | 95 | 128 | 223 | 86 | 49 | - | 135 | ||
| Friends of Dulwich Picture | |||||||||
| Gallery | 279 | - | 279 | 217 | - | - | 217 | ||
| (See note 16) | - | ||||||||
| Patrons | 126 | - | 126 | 79 | - | - | 79 | ||
| Donations, gifts & legacies | 153 | 35 | 188 | 220 | 10 | 1,187 | 1,417 | ||
| Sponsorship | income | 66 | - | 66 | 30 | - | - | 30 | |
| Gifts in kind | 8 | - | 8 | 14 | - | - | 14 | ||
| 727 | 163 | 890 | 646 | 59 | 1,187 | 1,892 | |||
| 727 163 |
890 | 646 59 1,187 |
1,892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| No endowment donations or legacies were received in 2023. | |||
| 3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES | 2023 | 2022 | |
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
| Admissions income | 537 | 557 | |
| Audience development | 30 | 38 | |
| Other charitable activity income | 43 | 41 | |
| 610 | 636 | ||
| 4. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES | 2023 | 2022 | |
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
| Income from trading subsidiary (Note 5) | 605 | 588 | |
| Rentalincome | 8 | 9 | |
| 613 | 597 |
All income in both years from charitable activities and trading is unrestricted.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
5. PARENT CHARITY & SUBSIDIARY
| 5. PARENT CHARITY & SUBSIDIARY | ||
|---|---|---|
| SUBSIDIARY: Company no: PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT Other trading activities: Note Turnover Cost of tradingoperations 6 Net Surplus Net consolidation adjustments(exclgift aid toparent) Net surplus for the year Retained earnings brought forward Profits to be distributed toparent undergift aid Retained earnings carried forward STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Assets Liabilities Net assets / (liabilities) EQUITY Equity shareholders' funds |
Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited 03173890 2023 2022 £'000 £'000 605 588 (442) (385) 163 203 (74) (84) 89 119 20 (41) (96) (58) 13 20 2023 2022 £'000 £'000 249 177 (236) (157) 13 20 13 20 |
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| 203 (84) |
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| 119 (41) (58) |
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| 20 2022 £'000 177 (157) |
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| 20 20 |
The charity owns the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited, a company registered in England. The company number is 03173890. The registered office address is Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD.
The issued shared capital in Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited is two £1 shares.
The subsidiary is used for non-primary purpose trading activities. All activities have been consolidated on a line by line basis in the statement of financial activities. Available profits from the subsidiary are donated to the parent under a Gift Aid arrangement as a result of the deed of covenant between Dulwich Picture Gallery and Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited.
The above figures have been extracted from the audited financial statements, adjusted to reflect intercompany transaction with Dulwich Picture Gallery.
*** Transactions between Parent & Subsidiary**
| *** Transactions between Parent & Subsidiary** | ||
|---|---|---|
| Profit & Loss Catalogue commission income Management, rent and utilities recharge Balance Sheet Due to parent PARENT CHARITY: The parent charity's gross income and results for the year are disclosed as follows: Gross income Results for the year |
2023 £'000 - (74) (74) 2023 £'000 (136) (136) 2023 £'000 2,563 (3,059) |
2022 |
| £'000 | ||
| - | ||
| (84) | ||
| (84) | ||
| 2022 | ||
| £'000 | ||
| (118) | ||
| (118) | ||
| 2022 | ||
| £'000 | ||
| 3,849 | ||
| 1,835 |
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| 6a. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE (Current year) Analysis by activity: Staff costs (Note 7) Other direct costs Investment Management Fee Marketing & communication Buildings maintenance Operating lease rentals - Other Office administration Depreciation Auditor's remuneration - Audit Fees - Other services Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief IrrecoverableVAT Allocation of: Support costs Governance costs |
Year ended 31 March 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising funds Charitable Activities Audience Learning & Governance Support Trading Investments Admissions Development Curatorial costs Costs £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 181 - 571 4 314 - 710 229 - 282 34 184 - 22 - 100 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 133 5 - 2 1 1 - 416 - - - - - - 3 4 - 3 3 7 - 239 1 - - - (1) - 220 2 - - - - 15 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - (97) - - - - - 19 19 3 13 1 54 426 119 780 45 519 16 1,798 - - - 857 49 570 - (1,798) - - 8 - 5 (16) - 426 119 1,645 94 1,094 - - |
Total funds £'000 1,983 829 100 137 425 3 262 220 17 2 (97) 115 |
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| Raising donations and legacies £'000 203 78 - - - - 6 - - - - 6 |
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| 293 322 3 |
3,996 - - |
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| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 618 | 3,996 | |
| Support costs are allocated to the key activity area Analysis by funds: Unrestricted 618 Restricted - Endowment - |
s driving supports costs based on their proportionate costs to overall direct costs (including staff costs). 426 6 1,522 94 676 - - - - 123 - 418 - - - 113 - - - - - 426 119 1,645 94 1,094 - - |
3,342 541 113 |
|
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 618 | 3,996 |
- Net income / (expenditure) for the year is stated after charging / (crediting) these items.
| 6b. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE (Prior year) Analysis by activity: Staff costs (Note 7) Other direct costs Investment Management Fee Marketing & communication Buildings maintenance Insurance claim over accrual in prior year Operating lease rentals - Other Office administration Depreciation Auditor's remuneration - Audit Fees - Other services Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief IrrecoverableVAT Allocation of: Support costs Governance costs |
Year ended 31 March 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising funds Charitable Activities Audience Learning & Governance Support Trading Investments Admissions Development Curatorial costs Costs £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 |
Total funds £'000 |
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| Raising donations and legacies £'000 |
|||
| 151 | 151 - 666 1 313 - 643 |
1,925 | |
| 40 | 199 - 90 19 135 - 12 |
495 | |
| - | - 100 - - - - - |
100 | |
| 3 | 1 - - - - - 139 |
143 | |
| - | 20 - - - - - 353 |
373 | |
| - | - - - - - - - |
- | |
| - | - - - - - - 3 |
3 | |
| 5 | 10 - 2 - 2 - 226 |
245 | |
| - | 1 - - - - - 242 |
243 | |
| - | 2 - - - - 8 - |
10 | |
| - | 1 - - - - - 7 |
8 | |
| - | - - (144) - - - - |
(144) | |
| 3 | - 19 5 1 8 - 43 |
79 | |
| 202 | 385 119 619 21 458 8 1,668 |
3,480 | |
| - | |||
| 259 | - - 794 27 588 - (1,668) |
- | |
| 1 | - - 4 - 3 (8) - |
- | |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 462 | 385 119 1,417 48 1,049 - - |
3,480 |
| Support costs are allocated to the key activity area Analysis by funds: Unrestricted 462 Restricted - Endowment - |
s driving supports costs based on their proportionate costs to overall direct costs (including staff costs). 385 - 1,320 48 727 - - 2,942 - - 97 - 322 - - 419 - 119 - - - - - 119 |
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| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 462 | 385 119 1,417 48 1,049 - - |
3,480 |
- Net income / (expenditure) for the year is stated after charging / (crediting) these items.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2023
| 6a. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE (Current year) Analysis by activity: Staff costs (Note 7) Other direct costs Investment Management Fee Marketing & communication Buildings maintenance Operating lease rentals - Other Office administration Depreciation Auditor's remuneration - Audit Fees - Other services Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief IrrecoverableVAT Allocation of: Support costs Governance costs |
Year ended 31 March 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising funds Charitable Activities Audience Learning & Governance Support Trading Investments Admissions Development Curatorial costs Costs £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 181 - 571 4 314 - 710 229 - 282 34 184 - 22 - 100 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 133 5 - 2 1 1 - 416 - - - - - - 3 4 - 3 3 7 - 239 1 - - - (1) - 220 2 - - - - 15 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - (97) - - - - - 19 19 3 13 1 54 426 119 780 45 519 16 1,798 - - - 857 49 570 - (1,798) - - 8 - 5 (16) - 426 119 1,645 94 1,094 - - |
Total funds £'000 1,983 829 100 137 425 3 262 220 17 2 (97) 115 |
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| Raising donations and legacies £'000 203 78 - - - - 6 - - - - 6 |
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| 293 322 3 |
3,996 - - |
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| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 618 | 3,996 | |
| Support costs are allocated to the key activity area Analysis by funds: Unrestricted 618 Restricted - Endowment - |
s driving supports costs based on their proportionate costs to overall direct costs (including staff costs). 426 6 1,522 94 676 - - - - 123 - 418 - - - 113 - - - - - 426 119 1,645 94 1,094 - - |
3,342 541 113 |
|
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 618 | 3,996 |
- Net income / (expenditure) for the year is stated after charging / (crediting) these items.
| 6b. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE (Prior year) Analysis by activity: Staff costs (Note 7) Other direct costs Investment Management Fee Marketing & communication Buildings maintenance Insurance claim over accrual in prior year Operating lease rentals - Other Office administration Depreciation Auditor's remuneration - Audit Fees - Other services Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief IrrecoverableVAT Allocation of: Support costs Governance costs |
Year ended 31 March 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising funds Charitable Activities Audience Learning & Governance Support Trading Investments Admissions Development Curatorial costs Costs £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 |
Total funds £'000 |
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| Raising donations and legacies £'000 |
|||
| 151 | 151 - 666 1 313 - 643 |
1,925 | |
| 40 | 199 - 90 19 135 - 12 |
495 | |
| - | - 100 - - - - - |
100 | |
| 3 | 1 - - - - - 139 |
143 | |
| - | 20 - - - - - 353 |
373 | |
| - | - - - - - - - |
- | |
| - | - - - - - - 3 |
3 | |
| 5 | 10 - 2 - 2 - 226 |
245 | |
| - | 1 - - - - - 242 |
243 | |
| - | 2 - - - - 8 - |
10 | |
| - | 1 - - - - - 7 |
8 | |
| - | - - (144) - - - - |
(144) | |
| 3 | - 19 5 1 8 - 43 |
79 | |
| 202 | 385 119 619 21 458 8 1,668 |
3,480 | |
| - | |||
| 259 | - - 794 27 588 - (1,668) |
- | |
| 1 | - - 4 - 3 (8) - |
- | |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 462 | 385 119 1,417 48 1,049 - - |
3,480 |
| Support costs are allocated to the key activity area Analysis by funds: Unrestricted 462 Restricted - Endowment - |
s driving supports costs based on their proportionate costs to overall direct costs (including staff costs). 385 - 1,320 48 727 - - 2,942 - - 97 - 322 - - 419 - 119 - - - - - 119 |
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| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 462 | 385 119 1,417 48 1,049 - - |
3,480 |
- Net income / (expenditure) for the year is stated after charging / (crediting) these items.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| 7. STAFF REMUNERATION & TRUSTEES' EMOLUMENTS Wages and salaries Social security costs Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes Average no of employees (head count based on number of staff employed*) during the year, was: Charitable activities Raising donations & legacies Trading activities Support & Governance Additional Front of house staff employed on a casual basis during the year |
2023 Group £'000 1,737 166 80 1,983 2023 No. 30 5 4 16 55 33 |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
| Group | ||
| £'000 | ||
| 1,695 | ||
| 150 | ||
| 80 | ||
| 1,925 | ||
| 2022 | ||
| No. | ||
| 32 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 58 | ||
| 23 |
- All staff are employed by Dulwich Picture Gallery and the cost of their employment is recharged to the Gallery's subsidiary where relevant.
| The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between: £60,000 - £69,999 £90,000 - £99,999 |
2023 No. 1 1 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||
| No. | |||
| - | |||
| 1 | |||
| 1 |
The total employee remuneration (including pension contributions, employer's national insurance and all oncosts) for Key Management Personnel, comprising the Director and Deputy Director, was £185k in 2022 (2022: £176k).
Trustees are not remunerated for their services to the company and only reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
No trustee received reimbursed expenses in 2022/23 or 2021/22.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| 8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (GROUP) TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (Charity) Cost: At start of period Additions Disposals At end of period Depreciation: At start of period Charge for period Disposals At end of period Net book value at end of period Net book value at start ofperiod |
As at 31 March 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| As at 31 March 2023 Freehold premises & lease extension Gallery and Leasehold improvements Future Plan work in progress Open Art work in progress Equipment & Motor Vehicle IT Equipment £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 3,402 1,711 - - 271 141 - 52 191 31 2 6 - - - - (10) - 3,402 1,763 191 31 263 147 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 (1,496) (798) - - (236) (103) (68) (115) - - (18) (20) - - - - 10 - (1,564) (913) - - (244) (123) 1,838 850 191 31 19 24 1,906 913 - - 35 38 |
Total £'000 5,525 282 (10) |
|
| 5,797 | ||
| £'000 (2,633) (221) 10 |
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| (2,844) | ||
| 2,953 | ||
| 2,892 | ||
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (Charity)
| Cost: At start of period Additions Disposals At end of period Depreciation: At start of period Charge for period Released on disposal At end of period Net book value at end of period Net book value at start of period |
Freehold premises & lease extension Gallery and Leasehold improvements Future Plan work in progress Open Art work in progress Equipment & Motor Vehicle IT Equipment £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 3,402 1,711 - - 265 141 - 52 191 31 2 6 - - - - (10) - 3,402 1,763 191 31 257 147 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 (1,496) (798) - - (234) (103) (68) (115) - - (17) (20) - - - - 10 - (1,564) (913) - - (241) (123) 1,838 850 191 31 16 24 1,906 913 - - 31 38 |
Total £'000 5,519 282 (10) |
|---|---|---|
| 5,791 | ||
| £'000 (2,631) (220) 10 |
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| (2,841) | ||
| 2,950 | ||
| 2,888 |
All assets are used primarily for charitable purposes.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
9. INVESTMENTS (GROUP & GALLERY)
| a) Movement in market value of all investments: Market value at start of period Additions Disposals Non-market transactions Realised & unrealised gains / (losses) Cash movement in the period Market value at end of period Held as: Permanent endowment (b) Expendable endowment Unrestricted funds Designated funds Operating fund |
2023 £'000 29,072 10,217 (6,722) (3,376) (2,057) (1,065) 26,069 23,251 1,808 750 260 26,069 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||
| £'000 | |||
| 26,480 | |||
| 3,404 | |||
| (2,408) | |||
| (527) | |||
| 1,081 | |||
| 1,042 | |||
| 29,072 | |||
| 25,441 | |||
| 1,893 | |||
| 1,000 | |||
| 738 | |||
| 29,072 |
Rathbones Investment Management Limited are the Dulwich Picture Gallery's appointed fund managers (since 8 February 2013).
| b) Permanent endowment and total return At the start of the year Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return brought forward Total |
As at 31 March 2023 Unapplied Trust for investment total return Total £'000 £'000 £'000 23,676 - 23,676 - 1,765 1,765 23,676 1,765 25,441 - - - 765 - 765 - (1,800) (1,800) - (105) (105) - (1,140) (1,140) - - - (1,050) - (1,050) - (1,050) (1,050) - (2,190) (2,190) 23,676 - 23,676 - (425) (425) 23,676 (425) 23,251 |
As at 31 March 2023 Unapplied Trust for investment total return Total £'000 £'000 £'000 23,676 - 23,676 - 1,765 1,765 23,676 1,765 25,441 - - - 765 - 765 - (1,800) (1,800) - (105) (105) - (1,140) (1,140) - - - (1,050) - (1,050) - (1,050) (1,050) - (2,190) (2,190) 23,676 - 23,676 - (425) (425) 23,676 (425) 23,251 |
As at 31 March 2023 Unapplied Trust for investment total return Total £'000 £'000 £'000 23,676 - 23,676 - 1,765 1,765 23,676 1,765 25,441 - - - 765 - 765 - (1,800) (1,800) - (105) (105) - (1,140) (1,140) - - - (1,050) - (1,050) - (1,050) (1,050) - (2,190) (2,190) 23,676 - 23,676 - (425) (425) 23,676 (425) 23,251 |
2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unapplied Trust for investment total return £'000 £'000 23,676 - - 1,765 23,676 1,765 - - - 765 - (1,800) - (105) - (1,140) - - - (1,050) - (1,050) - (2,190) 23,676 - - (425) 23,676 (425) |
Unapplied | ||||
| Trust for total |
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| investment return |
Total | ||||
| £'000 £'000 |
£'000 | ||||
| 21,402 - |
21,402 | ||||
| - 3,970 |
3,970 | ||||
| 21,402 3,970 |
25,372 | ||||
| 23,676 1,765 - - - 765 - (1,800) - (105) - (1,140) - - - (1,050) - (1,050) - (2,190) 23,676 - - (425) 23,676 (425) |
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| Investment return: realised and unrealised Movements in the reporting period Total return reapplied to capital Investment return: dividends & interest (losses)/gains Less: Investment management costs Total Unapplied total return allocated to Future Plan designated fund in the reporting period Total return allocated to income funds in the reportingperiod Net transfer (to)/from income funds Net movements in reporting period At the end of reporting period: Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return Total |
2,274 (2,274) |
- | |||
| - 675 |
675 | ||||
| - 1,035 |
1,035 | ||||
| - (116) |
(116) | ||||
| 2,274 (680) |
1,594 | ||||
| - (600) |
(600) | ||||
| - (925) |
(925) | ||||
| - (1,525) |
(1,525) | ||||
| 2,274 (2,205) |
69 | ||||
| 23,676 - - 1,765 |
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| 23,676 | |||||
| 1,765 | |||||
| 23,676 1,765 |
25,441 | ||||
The gallery’s investment policy and approach to total return are explained in the financial review section of the annual report.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
10. DEBTORS
As at 31 March 2023
| Amounts due within one year: Trade debtors Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings VAT debtor Prepayment & accrued income TotalDebtors 11. CREDITORS Amounts due within one year: Trade creditors Taxation & social security Other creditors Accruals Deferred income Total Deferred income: At the start of the period Released in the reporting period Deferred in the reporting period At the end of period |
Group £'000 Gallery £'000 70 37 - 136 14 14 350 335 434 522 As at 31 March 2023 Group Gallery £'000 £'000 322 271 41 41 12 12 53 49 194 151 622 524 104 86 (102) (86) 192 151 194 151 |
As at 31 March 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Gallery |
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| £'000 £'000 |
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| 76 53 |
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| - 118 |
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| - - |
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| 465 449 |
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| 541 620 |
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| As at 31 March 2022 | |||
| Group Gallery |
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| £'000 £'000 |
|||
| 168 152 |
|||
| 165 165 |
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| 13 13 |
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| 110 106 |
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| 104 86 |
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| 560 522 |
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| 159 136 |
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| (154) (136) |
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| 99 86 |
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| 104 86 |
Deferred income comprises Friends membership received relating to the next accounting period, and deposits and income received in advance for events in future periods.
12. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS (GROUP & GALLERY)
The Group and Gallery's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases is as follows for each of the following periods
| Less than one year One to five years Total |
Equipment 2023 £'000 - - - |
Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
| £'000 | ||
| 2 | ||
| - | ||
| 2 |
13. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
At the balance sheet date, 31 March 2023, the Group had £150k capital commitments (2022: Nil).
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
14a. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS (GROUP & GALLERY)
| (GROUP & GALLERY) Permanent endowment funds: Capital fund Director fund Giles Waterfield fund HLF Catalyst endowment fund (Learning) HLF Catalyst endowment fund (General) Education fund Edith Callam Memorial fund |
Year ended 31 March 2023 |
|---|---|
| Balance at start of period Incoming Resources Outgoing Resources Other gains / (losses) Transfers Balance at end of period £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 15,661 471 (65) (1,108) (646) 14,313 3,596 108 (15) (254) (148) 3,287 1,290 39 (5) (91) (53) 1,180 2,340 70 (10) (166) (97) 2,137 595 18 (2) (42) (25) 544 1,481 45 (6) (105) (61) 1,354 478 14 (2) (34) (20) 436 |
|
| Expendable endowment funds: Legacy funds Weston fund Esmée Fairbairn fund |
25,441 765 (105) (1,800) (1,050) 23,251 1,187 35 (5) (83) - 1,134 393 12 (2) (28) - 375 320 10 (1) (23) - 306 |
| 1,900 57 (8) (134) - 1,815 |
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| TOTAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS | 27,341 822 (113) (1,934) (1,050) 25,066 |
| Restricted income funds: Learning funds Collection funds Exhibition funds |
192 78 (383) - 158 45 - 35 (35) - - - - 50 (123) - 73 - |
| 192 163 (541) - 231 45 |
|
| TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS | 192 163 (541) - 231 45 |
| Unrestricted funds: Operations fund* Designated - Future Plan Designated - Future Plan asset work in progress Designated - Open Art asset work in progress Designated - Buildings & Equipment |
867 2,002 (3,131) (123) 738 353 1,000 - - - (191) 809 - - - - 191 191 - - - - 31 31 2,892 - (211) - 50 2,731 |
| TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS | 4,759 2,002 (3,342) (123) 819 4,115 |
| TOTAL GROUP FUNDS | 32,292 2,987 (3,996) (2,057) - 29,226 |
| * Analysis of unrestricted operations funds held between the Gallery and its subsidiary: Unrestricted retained surplus held by the Gallery Unrestricted retained surplus held by the trading subsidiary Group unrestricted operations fund |
Balance at end of 2023 2022 £'000 £'000 340 847 13 20 |
|---|---|
| 353 867 |
PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Incoming resources to the funds represent new donations into the endowment funds and investment income generated from the endowment funds. Outgoing resources represents investment management fees expended.
Transfers from the endowment funds represents the transfer of applied total return to the relevant Restricted Income Funds and Unrestricted Funds.
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
14a. STATEMENT OF FUNDS (GROUP & GALLERY) (continued)
| 14a. STATEMENT OF FUNDS (GROUP & GALLERY) (continued) | 14a. STATEMENT OF FUNDS (GROUP & GALLERY) (continued) |
|---|---|
| PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS | |
| (i) | Capital fund |
| This represents the capital funds raised towards securing the Gallery's future. Funds applied are transferred to the | |
| Operations fund. | |
| (ii) | Director fund |
| The fund represents funding received from Dr. Mortimer & Teresa Sackler Foundation in support of the Director role and | |
| Funds applied are transferred to the Operation funds. | |
| (iii) | Giles Waterfield Fund |
| The fund represents funding received from Giles Waterfield in support of the Gallery's Curatorial and Exhibitions | |
| programme, and related expenditure, including Learning. Funds may be applied to the Collection, Exhibition or Learning | |
| funds. | |
| (iv) | HLF Catalyst endowment fund |
| The Catalyst Endowment Fund were funds raised from the Heritage Lottery Fund/Department for Culture, Media and | |
| Sports. The fund was originally set up to provide and annual income to support core cost associated with Learning activities | |
| at the Gallery. These activities are delivered by the Learning and Curatorial departments. In February 2017, the HLF board | |
| (and past donors) approved removing the restriction to learning for future funds raised and three existing donations | |
| received. All future donations (after February 2017) received were applied to general endowment. | |
| Funds applied from theHLF Catalyst endowment (Learning)fund are transferred to the Learning and Collections funds. | |
| Funds applied from theHLF Catalyst endowment (General)fund are transferred to the Operations fund. | |
| (v) | Education fund |
| This fund is earmarked for the work of Arts Education at the Gallery and contributes towards the learning related activities of | |
| the Learning department. Funds applied are transferred to the Learning funds. | |
| (vi) | Edith Callam Memorial fund |
| The Edith Callam Memorial Trust arises from the estate of Edith Margaret Callam who died in October 2005. The Gallery | |
| was entitled to a half share of her residual estate which is to be held in trust with the capital invested to produce an income | |
| to be spent on funding the Gallery's temporary exhibitions. Funds applied are transferred to the Exhibition funds. | |
| EXPENDABLE ENDOWMENT FUNDS | |
| This represents funds where the Trustees have the power to use the funds to meet expenditure for any of the purposes of | |
| the Gallery. The current fund consists of a legacy and two donations received from The Garfield Weston Foundation and | |
| The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. | |
| RESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS | |
| Incoming resources represents non-endowment monies given for, and restricted to, specific purposes. | |
| Transfers into the funds represent i) applied total return generated from endowment funds, and ii) transfers from the | |
| operations fund to cover where expenditure allocated to the fund is in excess of available restricted income. | |
| (i) | Exhibition funds |
| This represents restricted funding and related expenditure, relating to the Gallery's exhibition programme. | |
| (ii) | Collection funds |
| This represents restricted funding and related expenditure, relating to the conservation, research, documentation, | |
| maintenance and restoration of the Gallery's collection, building and grounds. | |
| (iii) | Learning funds |
| This represents restricted funding and related expenditure, relating to the work of the Gallery's Learning department. | |
| UNRESTRICTED FUNDS - DESIGNATED | |
| (i) | Future Plan |
| The Gallery is planning to invest in the Future Plan project to create a Sculpture Garden with a difference and an Art Play | |
| Zone to maximise the potential of the outside areas, and help ensure the future financial stability of the gallery by increasing | |
| audience breadth and engagement. The Gallery will need to raise vital funds from other sources to realise this project. | |
| (ii) | Future Plan and Open Art asset work in progress |
| These funds represent the costs related to the Future Plan and Open Art projects that have been spent to date and will form | |
| part of the capital asset when finalised. Depreciation will not be charged until the assets are complete. | |
| (iii) | Building & Equipment Fund |
| This represents the net book value of the Gallery's building and equipment fixed assets (see note 8). Transfers represent the | |
| net additions to unrestricted fixed assets in the year and expenditure represents depreciation charged during the year. |
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
| **14b. ** | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS (GROUP & GALLERY) (Prior year) Permanent endowment funds: Capital fund Director fund Giles Waterfield fund HLF Catalyst endowment fund (Learning) HLF Catalyst endowment fund (General) Education fund Edith Callam Memorial fund |
Year ended 31 March 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Balance at Other Balance at |
||
| start of Incoming Outgoing gains / end of |
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| period Resources Resources (losses) Transfers period |
||
| £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 |
||
| 15,842 422 (72) 646 (1,177) 15,661 |
||
| 3,504 93 (16) 143 (128) 3,596 |
||
| 1,257 34 (6) 51 (46) 1,290 |
||
| 2,279 61 (10) 93 (83) 2,340 |
||
| 580 15 (3) 24 (21) 595 |
||
| 1,444 38 (7) 59 (53) 1,481 |
||
| 466 12 (2) 19 (17) 478 |
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| Expendable endowment funds: Legacy funds Weston fund Esmée Fairbairn fund |
25,372 675 (116) 1,035 (1,525) 25,441 |
|
| - 1,187 - - - 1,187 |
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| 370 10 - 2 15 - 393 |
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| 301 8 - 1 12 - 320 |
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| 671 1,205 (3) 27 - 1,900 |
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| TOTAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS | 26,043 1,880 (119) 1,062 (1,525) 27,341 |
|
| Restricted income funds: Learning funds Collection funds Exhibition funds |
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| 319 49 (312) - 136 192 |
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| - 10 (10) - - - |
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| - - (97) - 97 - |
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| 319 59 (419) - 233 192 |
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| TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS | 319 59 (419) - 233 192 |
|
| Unrestricted funds: Operations fund* Designated - Future Plan Designated - Buildings & Equipment |
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| 951 2,356 (2,699) 19 240 867 |
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| - - - - 1,000 1,000 |
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| 3,083 - (243) - 52 2,892 |
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| TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS | 4,034 2,356 (2,942) 19 1,292 4,759 |
|
| TOTAL GROUP FUNDS | 30,396 4,295 (3,480) 1,081 - 32,292 |
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ended 31 March 2023
15. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS (GROUP)
| In Permanent endowment funds: Capital fund Director fund Giles Waterfield fund HLF Catalyst endowment fund (Learning) HLF Catalyst endowment fund (General) Education fund Edith Callam Memorial fund Expendable endowment funds: Legacy fund Weston fund Esmée Fairbairn fund TOTAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS Restricted income funds: Learning funds Collection funds Exhibition funds TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS Unrestricted funds: Operations fund Designated - Future Plan Designated - Future Plan asset work in progress Designated - Open Art asset work in progress Designated - Buildings & Equipment TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS 31 March 2023 Other net Total Fixed assets / Net vestments Assets (liabilities) Assets £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 14,313 - - 14,313 3,287 - - 3,287 1,180 - - 1,180 2,137 - - 2,137 544 - - 544 1,354 - - 1,354 436 - - 436 23,251 - - 23,251 1,127 - 7 1,134 375 - - 375 306 - - 306 1,808 - 7 1,815 25,059 - 7 25,066 - - - - - - 45 - - 45 - - - - 45 45 260 - 93 353 750 - 59 809 - 191 - 191 - 31 - 31 - 2,731 - 2,731 1,010 2,953 152 4,115 26,069 2,953 204 29,226 |
31 March 2023 | 31 March 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Other net Total |
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| Fixed assets / Net |
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| Investments Assets (liabilities) Assets |
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| £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 |
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| 15,661 - - 15,661 |
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| 3,596 - - 3,596 |
||
| 1,290 - - 1,290 |
||
| 2,340 - - 2,340 |
||
| 595 - - 595 |
||
| 1,481 - - 1,481 |
||
| 478 - - 478 |
||
| 23,251 - - 23,251 1,127 - 7 1,134 375 - - 375 306 - - 306 |
25,441 - - 25,441 |
|
| 1,180 7 1,187 |
||
| 393 - - 393 |
||
| 320 - - 320 |
||
| 1,808 - 7 1,815 |
1,893 - - 1,900 |
|
| 25,059 - 7 25,066 |
27,334 - - 27,341 |
|
| - - - - - - 45 - - 45 - - |
||
| - - 192 192 |
||
| - - - - |
||
| - - - - |
||
| - - 45 45 |
- - 192 192 |
|
| 260 - 93 353 750 - 59 809 - 191 - 191 - 31 - 31 - 2,731 - 2,731 |
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| 738 - 129 867 |
||
| 1,000 - - 1,000 |
||
| - - - - |
||
| - - - - |
||
| - 2,892 - 2,892 |
||
| 1,010 2,953 152 4,115 |
1,738 2,892 129 4,759 |
|
| 26,069 2,953 204 29,226 |
29,072 2,892 321 32,292 |
16. CONNECTED CHARITIES & OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
CONNECTED CHARITIES
(i) Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery (Registered Charity No. 803727)
The Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery (the 'Friends') was an independent charity with objects related to those of Dulwich Picture Gallery. These aims were achieved by recruiting members, organising fund raising events and arranging volunteer support to the Gallery. During the year to 31 March 2021 all net revenue raised was donated to the Gallery. The Gallery received donations totalling £340,500 in this period.
Due to the Gallery being closed for a large part of the 2020/21 financial year Friends membership was extended to 20 months and so 8 months was deferred to 2021/22 to match the period in which the member benefits were delivered.
The trustees and members of both charities agreed during the year to 31 March 2021 that the two charities should combine, and the assets and activities of the Friends were transferred to Dulwich Picture Gallery on 31 March 2021. From 1 April 2022 the Friends activity is included as part of the overall operations of the gallery. Key activities continue to be recruiting members and organising fundraising events.
OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Gallery has limited power to enter into transactions with its Trustees as set out in its governing document, the Memorandum of Association.
During the year, Trustees contributed a total of £6k (2022: £16k) to the gallery as Patrons through our Desenfans Circle membership and other donations.
See Note 5 for details of transactions with subsidiary.
Paintings and Loans & Conservation Projects
The following loans-out from the Permanent Collection took place during 2022/23:
Spanish Gallery, Bishop Auckland[(15th October 2021 – ongoing)] DPG152 After Diego Velázquez, The Infante Carlos on Horseback
Royal Lazienki Museum, Warsaw[(9th September 2022 – 1st December 2022) ] DPG76 David Teniers the Younger, Peasants conversing DPG143 Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of a Lady DPG216 Salvator Rosa, Soldiers Gambling DPG90 Anthony van Dyck, Madonna and Child DPG147 Adriaen van der Werff, The Judgement of Paris
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas[(18th September 2022 – 19th January 2023)] DPG199 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Flower Girl DPG222 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Three Boys DPG224 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, An Invitation to a Game of Argolla
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris[(21st September 2022 – 29th January 2023)] DPG319 Claude Joseph Vernet, An Italianate Harbour Scene DPG300 School of Claude Joseph Vernet, Seaport at Sunrise (Morning)
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa[(6th October 2022 – 22nd January 2023)] DPG148 Peter Paul Rubens, The Miracles of St Ignatius
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin[(21st October 2022 – 19th February 2023)] DPG320 Thomas Gainsborough, Elizabeth and Mary Linley
Städel Museum, Frankfurt[(23rd November 2022 – 5th March 2023)] DPG262 Guido Reni, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon[(26th November 2022 – 5th March 2023) ] DPG238 Nicolas Poussin, Rinaldo and Armida DPG481 Nicolas Poussin, Venus and Mercury
Barberini Museum, Potsdam[(25th February 2023 – 11th June 2023)] DPG300 School of Claude Joseph Vernet, Seaport at Sunrise (Morning)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[(27th March 2023 – 16th July 2023)] DPG222 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Three Boys
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid[(28th March 2023 – 9th July 2023)] DPG262 Guido Reni, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
The Lightbox, Woking[(16th July 2023 – 13th November 2022)] DPG600 Canaletto, A View of Walton Bridge
The Wallace Collection, London[(29th March 2023 – 15th October 2023)] DPG594 Pieter Boel, Head of a Hound
Immunity from Seizure Report 2022/23
In April 2009, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport granted Dulwich Picture Gallery approved status under Part 6 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 allowing us – where necessary – to apply for protection for specific loans to exhibitions under the provisions of the Act.
Dulwich Picture Gallery has continued to apply the necessary processes developed following our approved status and in accordance with our Due Diligence Policy. This involves compiling obtainable provenance information for each loan, researching and requesting further information, running checks via art loss databases, carefully considering any remaining gaps in provenance and evaluating risk of third-party claim.
Details of the works requiring immunity from seizure together with results of the relevant provenance research are published on Dulwich Picture Gallery’s website at least four weeks before the objects arrive in the UK, and remain online for the duration of the exhibition.
Over the 2022-23 period two exhibitions were shown at Dulwich Picture Gallery containing works for which immunity from seizure was granted, covering a total of 108 works. During this period no enquiries or claims were received under Section 7 of the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan (Publications and Provision of Information) Regulations 2008.
Exhibitions including protected works:
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism 31 March 2023 – 10 September 2023
2 oil on canvas
M. K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds
21 September 2022 – 12 March 2023
1 oil on canvas 104 works on paper
Staff outreach (external talks, lectures, publications and media appearances)
Talks and Lectures
Alex Bowie
‘Mark Makers- A Case Study’, Creatively Minded at the Museum, GEM, online, (June 2023) ‘Together Through Art - Young People and Mental Health’ Reframing Mental Health in Museums and Galleries, Dulwich Picture Gallery (February 2023)
Jane Findlay
‘Embedding the arts in community health and wellbeing through new collaborations’ Museum Next, online (February 2023)
‘Together Through Art: Case Study’, Kyushu Sangyo University International Symposium, Kyushu Sangyo University, online (February 2023)
Reframing Mental Health in Museums and Galleries - Panel guest, DPG (February 2023)
Helen Hillyard
‘Finding Focus: An Introduction to Genre in Dutch Painting’, University of Buckingham, London campus (November 2022)
‘Dutch Paintings for Everyone!’, Close Encounters – Cross-Cultural Exchange between the Low Countries and Britain 1500-1800, RKD, The Hague (September 2022)
Kelly Robinson
‘The Past for the Present’, Network Day, Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, Online (March 2022)
‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at DPG’ Developing an Inclusive Museum, Museum Development Team London, Online (January 2023)
‘Wellbeing Programmes for Young People’, Running a Wellbeing Themed Takeover, Kids in Museums, Online (May 2022)
‘Wellbeing Programmes for Young People’, Young People in Museums, Museum Development Team Yorkshire & Kids in Museums, Online (October 2022)
‘Youth Voice and Changing Narratives’, Youth Voice, A New Direction, Online (November 2022)
‘Together Through Art- Young People and Mental Health’ Reframing Mental Health in Museums and Galleries, Dulwich Picture Gallery (February 2023)
Jennifer Scott
‘Interventions in Historic and Contemporary Collections’ The Association for Art History, London (June, 2022)
‘Old Masters Today’, PTI Art Enrichment Residential, Downing College, University of Cambridge, (July 2022)
‘Rubens & Women’, Belgium Embassy, London (October 2022)
‘In Conversation: Frans Hals Museum & Dulwich Picture Gallery’, Online (February 2023)
Lucy West
‘Spanish or Span(ish): Reproducing Spain in South London, 1800-50’, Spain and the Hispanic World Symposium: Cross-Cultural Exchanges, Royal Academy of Art, London (March 2023)
‘Telling New Stories about Old Paintings’, Write on Art Study Morning (with the Paul Mellon Centre), John Allen’s Girls School, Dulwich (March 2023)
Publications
Helen Hillyard, ‘Thinking in Paint: New Discoveries from the Technical Examination of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s ‘Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Ring’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery’ in Colnaghi Studies Journal, XI, 2022
Media and Press
Helen Hillyard, Appearance on ‘For Art’s Sake’, podcast (2023)
Helen Hillyard, Appearance on ‘Artificial intelligence: The very real threat posed to artists by AI technology’, ITV News (2023)
External Appointments
Chantelle Culshaw
Chair, Christina Smith Foundation
Jane Findlay
Trustee, Living Paintings Trust
Helen Hillyard
Member, Historians of Netherlandish Art Committee for Diversity and Inclusion Mentor, Historians of Netherlandish Art Mentoring programme Mentor, The Courtauld Alumni-Student Mentoring programme Governor, Telferscot Primary School, Streatham, London Associate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Kelly Robinson
Governor, Oldhill Community School, Hackney, London
Jennifer Scott
Chair, AFC Wimbledon Foundation Governor, Alleyn’s School Fellow Commoner, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge Fellow, Society of Antiquaries Member, Disputes Resolution Committee, The Treasure House Fair Professional Mentor, Kingston College Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship
Felicity Sutherland
Trustee, Intoart
WITH THANKS
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all our supporters, including those that wish to remain anonymous. We could not continue with the work we do without the help of:
Desenfans Circle
Patrick Mears and Rachel Anderson Mark and Janie Andrews Noël and Caroline Annesley Paul and Janet Barry Nicholas and Debbie Barton Stephen and Flo Bayley Simon and Gemma Birt
Benedict Brogan Peter Cadbury Susan Cox and Edward Rosten Patrick Donlea
Jane and François Eliet Peter Esam Alisa and Jonathan Feroze Bunt and Dr Susan Ghosh Brendan Hannigan and Maria Carvalho Pippa and Andrew Hawkesford Catherine and Thomas Jeffrey Sybil Kretzmer Sara Luder and Charles Newman
Lord James Lupton and Lady Béatrice Lupton John and Brenda Lovering Laura and Scott Malkin Kevin and Jackie Mountain Karen Mulville Richard and Amicia Oldfield Michael and Lesley O’Mara Ian and Anne Park Adam Prideaux Cecil and Mary Quillen Catherine and Simon Rees His Honourable Michael Rich QC† Tim and Jenny Ringo Simon and Victoria Robey Crispin and Joanna Southgate Graham Warren and Nancy Standwill-Warren Liz Thody and Peter Segal Prof Evelyn Welch MBE and Prof Peter Openshaw Frances Woisin and Simon White
1811 Club
Jill Alexander MBE Leslie and Desna Allan Alan and Sarah Bird Lady Rona Black Ian Boulton Raymond and Ruth Cousins Andrew Cullen Tyrrell Evans Nigel and Caroline Fletcher Brian and Penny Foord Derek and Margaret Fordham Peter and Rita Frost Oliver and Sue Gillie Bruce and Ursula Gregory Mary Haynes Bill and Janet Higman Jean Howell Hugh Hudson-Davies Christopher and Charlotte King Judy Marshall Jean McMeakin and Arthur Maginn Nigel and Anna McNair Scott Scott and Jane Murray Jane Portal
Nicholas and Cecilia Powell Jeremy and Jackie Prescott Richard and Candida Raeburn Ian Rankine Betty Ratzin Andrew and Ann Rutherford Avril Simmonds Chris and Nina Smith Merrill Spencer Katharine St. John-Brooks and Vivian Bazalgette Brian and Jenny Sweeney David and Desrae Trace Genie Turton CB Thelma van Til Gay Walker Graham and Margaret Walsh Judith Ward David Wells † Chris and Diana Wilkinson Martin Wyld CBE
Supporters
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust The AIM Arts Scholars Charitable Trust Brighter Day Scheme
Alleyn’s School Allies and Morrison Denise Antenen †
Art Fund – Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant Valerie Austin † Richard and Mara Aylmer Michael Barclay The Baring Foundation The Barton Trust Tom Beazley Bennett Welch Solicitors Bloomberg Philanthropies Trevor Cackett Philip Edwin Cox † Clare Dawson Daphne Grace Drury † Dulwich College Dulwich Gin The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust The Embassy of Belgium in the UK Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the UK The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund The Franey Foundation Simon Fraser Dr Susan and Bunt Ghosh Jim Hammer † Jenni Holman † Idlewild Trust James Allen’s Girls’ School Fay Katz
Gladys Law † League of Friends of Dulwich Hospital The Leche Trust Lithuanian Culture Institute The Marchus Trust The David Ellis Marlow Trust The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Mylands Mary and Peter Oliver Hamish Parker David Pike † Pines and Needles Prudence Trust Rathbones Harry Frank Rose † Sotheby’s Southwark Council Tavolozza Foundation Rosemary Mavis Toler † Topinambour Trust The Worshipful Company of Saddlers Ellen-Gerthe Vines † VisitFlanders Lynn Willcocks † Pamela Yates †
In Loving Memory Of
Judith Jane Evans Timothy Ian Godson Mason John Redwood Dennis Robins
And a special thank you to all our Friends.
Our Lenders and Exhibition Supporters
Reframed: The Woman in the Window
– 4 May 2022 4 September 2022
Lenders
Her Majesty The Queen The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford The British Library Bradford District Museums and Galleries, CBMDC British Museum, London The Courtauld, London Daniel Katz Gallery, London Gagosian Government Art Collection Hauser & Wirth Irish Museum of Modern Art Jack Bell Gallery Leeds Museums and Galleries The Leiden Collection, New York Louise Bourgeois Trust Maureen Paley, London The National Gallery, London National Trust Collections Polesden Lacey Piano Nobile Royal Academy of Arts, London Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth Tate Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
Victoria and Albert Museum, London Victoria Miro Wilson Centre for Photography
With thanks to our private lenders:
Katrin Bellinger Collection Mr & Mrs William Iselin Simon Ray, London Simran Janjua Steph James
Supported by:
The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust The Tavolozza Foundation
Paint partner:
Mylands
Digital Exhibition Guide:
Bloomberg Connects
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds
– 21 September 2022 12 March 2023
All works loaned by the M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
Supported by:
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom Lithuanian Culture Institute The Marchus Trust
Paint partner: Mylands
Digital Exhibition Guide:
Bloomberg Connects
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism
– 31 March 2023 10 September 2023
Second venue: Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris,18 October 2023 - 3 March 2024
Institutional lenders:
Art Institute of Chicago British Museum, London Dallas Museum of Art The Hunterian, University of Glasgow Institut de France, Fondation Jacquemart-André, Domaine de Chaalis, Fontaine-Chaalis Institut de France, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Musée d’Orsay, Paris
The National Gallery, London National Galleries of Scotland Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Richard Green Gallery and M.S. Rau Tate
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond The Wallace Collection, London
Private lenders:
Count and Countess Jean-François de Clermont-Tonnerre Mirela and François-Marc Durand D. and J. Waller
Supported by:
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust The Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust The David Ellis Marlow Trust
Richard Green Gallery, London and M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Paint partner:
Mylands
Digital Exhibition Guide:
Bloomberg Connects
Dulwich Picture Gallery’s temporary exhibitions programme is made possible by the provision of insurance through the Government Indemnity Scheme. We would like to thank HM Government for providing Government Indemnity and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England for arranging the Indemnity.
The Designation scheme identifies the pre-eminent collections of national and international importance held in England’s non-national museums, libraries and archives, based on their quality and significance.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery Team
Staff
Alex Adie Simon Aitken Karen Akhtar Sue Arkell Emily Baker Simon Balcon Louisa Bee Joanna Borton Alex Bowie Simon Bray Thomas Broadway Marcel Bruneau Alice Carr-Archer Constance Champagne Phil Charles Anne Cheeseman Caitlin Collinson Violeta Contreras Bravo Clara Courty-Zanca Chantelle Culshaw Imogen Davis Ed Davis Florence Davis Oliver Devereux Shenikah Dodd Brian Dorgan Hannah Edwards Regine Edwards Madeleine Etheridge Bobbye Fermie Rebecca Finch Jane Findlay Roser Franco Vidal Beth Fraser Jessica Geary Del Gentilini Lucy Giles Nina Goodyer Roberta Gori Nathan Graham David Greenfield Laura Groves Bryony Haffner Grace Hailstone Pippa Hawkesford Paul Haworth John Hemsoll Helen Hillyard Linda Hoang Eriko Horsley Tasnim Huda Nicole Jacob Sophie James Affly Johnson Claudia Jolly Sara Juel Andersen Will Kemp Abigail Kikuchi Dahye Kim Iga Koncka Imogen Lyons Joey Mason Maxine McCay Alexander Moore Trevor Moseley Servanne Nalletamby Gemma Nelson Yulia Petrova Dora Pocsai Kelly Robinson Emily Sacher Sophie Schneider Jennifer Scott Cassandra Scott Caroline Sharp Tom Short Felicity Sutherland Myles Symon Henrietta Temple
Development Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Finance Consultant Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Head of Communications & Visitor Experience Development Assistant School Programme Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Finance Coordinator Development Manager, Friends & Patrons Registrar (Mat. Leave) Casual Gallery Assistant Operations Manager Casual Gallery Assistant PR Manager Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Deputy Director Commercial Events Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Gallery Assistant & ad hoc Visitor Experience Supervisor Assistant Visitor Experience Manager Gallery Assistant Head of Finance Exhibitions Coordinator Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Head of Programme & Engagement Casual Gallery Assistant Gallery Assistant & ad hoc Visitor Experience Supervisor Casual Gallery Assistant Visitor Experience Manager Gallery Assistant
Retail Supervisor Gallery Assistant Public Programme Manager Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant
Retail Manager Registrar (Mat. Cover) Friends Memberships Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Curator Casual Gallery Assistant Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Friends Memberships Head of Commercial Digital Marketing Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Gallery Assistant & ad hoc Visitor Experience Supervisor Casual Gallery Assistant Senior Exhibitions Manager Gallery Assistant & ad hoc Visitor Experience Supervisor Casual Gallery Assistant Exhibitions Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Creative Producer Casual Gallery Assistant Casual Gallery Assistant Assistant Visitor Experience Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Gallery Assistant Learning & Participation Manager Casual Gallery Assistant Head of Operations & Future Plan Project Manager Director Trusts & Foundations Manager Finance Consultant Marketing Officer Head of Development Learning Coordinator Executive & HR Assistant
Jade They Casual Gallery Assistant Robyn Thomas CRM & Systems Manager Delia Toppi Casual Gallery Assistant Marvin Turner Assistant Operations Manager Olivia Urquhart Gallery Assistant Jai Watson Gallery Assistant Alfie Webster Casual Gallery Assistant Lucy West Assistant Curator Messua Wolff Casual Gallery Assistant
Artists, Practicioners & Volunteers
Adejoke Adebowale Jill Alexander Ben Allan Ekwa Ameyaw Silvia Angrisani Kate Appleby Samantha Ard Anita Arthur Simon Atyeo Lightning-Bolt Elena Barber Jackie Barker David Beamish Chris Bean Gemma Beattie Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff Lucie Bellingham Eleanor Belton Alison Benton Phil Bourdon Claire Brennan Emma Burluraux Patrick Byrne Adriana Campara Kate Campbell Jan Carson Muna Chakrabarti Oliver Clarke Amanda Clements Suzsi Corio Jenny Cox Jenny Coyne Anne Crump Coco Cunningham Mery David Liz Day Leanne Dennis Angela Diamond Jayde Donovan Chloe Goyal Oliver Graham Camilla Gray Manuela Gressani Laura Gutierrez Lynette Halewood Sally Hamilton Katie Hardwicke Marian Harland Victoria Henderson-Cleland Diana Heppenstall Andy Higman Linda Horsfield Xinyue Hu Sue Hurst Gary Iles Viktorija Isajeva Caitlin James Iris Jenkins Fiona Jones Jane Jones Ian Jones Soyoung Joo Nicola Kakkar Marta Kazmierska
Artists, Practicioners & Volunteers (continued)
Emma Keaton Sophie Kennedy Rebecca Kent Manuela Kerr-Smiley Nicolle Konkel Rosemary Lacovara Shane Laska Laura Lawood Anna Leckie Zimeng Li (Liz) Sarah Linklater David Lipscomb Yan Liu Harriet Lloyd George Calesta Ng Kari Nupson John O’Donnell Jenny Okore Caroline Park Helen Parker Anna Parsec Carla Pellegrinelli Kitty Perring Jahim Phipps Sophie Plender Amaranda Pramesti Efua Quashie Vishwa Ravel Sara Rayment Hugo Reid Scott Annie Ricketts Jill Seymour Palina Shturma Julia Speight Mary Jane Stuart Lizzie Summerskill Janet Symmons Lance Tabraham Aoran Tan Luiza Tarzi Rory Thompson-Shaw Clare Tillson Lucy Topp Rosalind Van Berckel Luka Vardiashvili Francesca Vella Bonnici Steve Viney Catherine Wald Lucy Walker James Wallis Sizhi Wang Xueyu Wang Polly Watts Anita Eastwood Antonia Edgerton Anne Finn Palak Garg Hilary Gaster Angelika Gmbikian Mia Gordon Marchant Chloe Goyal Oliver Graham Camilla Gray Caroline Lound Jock Maitland Helen Mandefield-Chang Zahra Massey Magda Mazur Sue McQueen Catherine Metcalf Judy Mewburn Kimie Minobe Samaneh Mohammadkhani Daniela White Amy Wolstenholme Freda Woodcock
Artists and Subject Specialists
Adeolu Adeouye Sadegh Aleahmad Kate Appleby Yaya Clarke Charlotte Cranidge Eduarda Craveiro Holly Dabbs Katy Dadacz Angela Diamond Jessie Evans Asha Fontenelle Carrie Foulkes Kimberley Cookey-Gam Nikki Gardham Hilary Gaster Debbie Guneratne Rowena Hay Grace Holliday Kim Jacobson Claire Blundell-Jones Phoebe Kaniewska Rosemary Lamport Niki Lavithis Janneke van Leewen Jo Lewis Theresa Lola Jonathan Long Lucie MacGregor Nathan Mackie Saskia Marland Jo Molina Celia Morris Roger Newton Tara Okeke Calum Perrin Daisy Porter Lucy Ribeiro Magdalen Rubalcava Paul Rubinstein Ben Senior Katie Spragg Jo Veevers Lucy Walker Vanessa Weibel Sarah Wetherall Fiona Wright
Trustees
Dulwich Picture Gallery Board of Trustees
Prof. Evelyn Welch MBE – Chair Stefan Turnbull – Vice Chair Benedict Brogan Lawson Crawford Helen Macintyre Crispin Southgate Dr Joseph Spence Janet Vitmayer DBE Katy Wickremesinghe Sian Williams
Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Limited Board of Directors Benedict Brogan – Chair Lawson Crawford James Close OBE Chantelle Culshaw Jennifer Scott Stefan Turnbull Judith West Katy Wickremesinghe
Finance & Audit Committee
Sian Williams – Chair Crispin Southgate Stefan Turnbull Prof. Evelyn Welch MBE
Professional Advisors
Auditors Sayer Vincent LLP, Invicta House, 108-114 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0TL
Collection & Programme Committee
Helen Macintyre - Chair Benedict Brogan Janet Vitmayer DBE
Nominations Committee
Prof Evelyn Welch MBE - Chair Benedict Brogan Lawson Crawford Helen Macintyre
Bankers
Barclays Bank PLC, Leicester, LE87 2BB
Solicitors
Farrer & Co LLP, 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH
Investment Managers
Rathbone Investment Management, 8 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7AZ
Registered Office Dulwich Picture Gallery Gallery Road London SE21 7AD
Country of registration: England & Wales Country of incorporation: United Kingdom Registered Charity Number: 1171287 Registered Company Number: 10445344
Dulwich Picture Gallery is referred to as “the Gallery”, “the Charity” and “DPG” in this document The Annual Report & Financial Statements are available to download at www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/annual-reviews/
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