Annual reports - best practice
Your Question
Question received from Nicola Mullenger, LabforCulture.org - Laboratory of European Cultural Cooperation, Netherlands.I was wondering if you have collected – or have examples – of best practice in annual reports in the arts and cultural sector. It would be an interesting resource to have as we all need to show more and more how effectively we spend money. I can find some examples in the business sector of course but not on the arts. Any ideas?
Our Answer
Thanks for your email. I haven’t seen any best practice guides to writing an annual report, but we do have some examples of annual reports from arts councils and ministries of culture, which may be of assistance to you:
- 2008 annual report: emphasising transparency, Pro Helvetia, Switzerland
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/05/19/2008-annual-report-emphasising-transparency/ - Arts Council of Northern Ireland Annual Review 2008 : 2009
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/07/22/arts-council-northern-ireland-annual-review-2008-2/ - Annual Report for 2008-2009, Department for Arts and Culture, South Africa
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/10/27/annual-report-2008-2009/ - Annual Report 2008-09, Australia Council for the Arts
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/11/05/annual-report-2008-09/ - Ministry for Culture and Heritage Annual Report 2009, New Zealand
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/11/08/ministry-culture-and-heritage-annual-report-2009/ - 2008/09 Annual Report, Arts Council of Wales
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2009/12/10/200809-annual-report/ - Canada Council for the Arts Annual Report 2009-10
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2010/09/29/canada-council-arts-annual-report-2009-10/
Some other resources that may be of use (relating to business planning and self assessment) are available from the good practice section of our website (Information Provision tab) http://www.ifacca.org/goodpractice/ . For example:
- Self-Assessment Tools for Organizations
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2005/01/01/self-assessment-tools-organizations/ - Mapping the future: a guide to business planning for small arts organisations
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2001/01/01/mapping-future-guide-business-planning-small-arts-/ - Business Planning Workbook
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2000/01/01/business-planning-workbook/ - Financial Procedures: An Overview for Managers of Arts Venues
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/1999/01/01/financial-procedures-overview-managers-arts-venues/ - Self-evaluation framework, Arts Council England
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2010/07/12/self-evaluation-framework/
Also recommended is Enhancing not-for-profit annual and financial reporting, http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/Industry-Topics/Reporting/Current-issues/Not-for-profit/New-and-updates/~/media/Files/Industry%20topics/Reporting/Not%20for%20profit/NotforProfitReport.ashx published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. While this is not aimed directly at the arts sector, it has a useful checklist of components to be included in an annual report.
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