Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
12+ Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

THE DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

FOUNDED IN 1929 THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£39	£35	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/21		£49	£48	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/20	*	£52	£41	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/19		£50	£49	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/12/18		£56	£47	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	9
31/12/17		£53	£45	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£41	£43	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£52	£49	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£46	£44	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£53	£43	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£74	£39	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£54	£40	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£47	£39	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£40	£35	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£81	£47	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£51	£45	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£55	£43	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£39	£32	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£51	£44	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 45 years

www.devonarchaeologicalsociety.org.uk

dashonsec@devonarchaeologicalsociety.org.uk

01392430629

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Hembury Hillfort, Devon
£15,000	01/04/2022	S17 funding for 3 year management of the site: General scrub, bracken and vegetation management
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Prehistoric monument complexes in the lower Exe valley, Devon
£706	10/03/2022	The first site is the Nether Exe cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and associated cropmarks (Bayer 2011, 147-55). The complex is a Scheduled Monument and on the Heritage At Risk Register. ....more The first site is the Nether Exe cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and associated cropmarks (Bayer 2011, 147-55). The complex is a Scheduled Monument and on the Heritage At Risk Register. It is the most westerly example of a developed mid-Neolithic and later prehistoric monument complex in lowland England. Research included a geophysical survey, a consideration of the sites topographic setting and an analysis of its associated surface lithic assemblages. The paper will present the results of this research and consider the complex in relation to comparable monuments in south-west England.
DCMS - Hembury Hillfort, Devon
£70,500	01/04/2021	Support for acquistion of Hembury Hillfort
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Rougemont, Exeter: Excavation and Recording at Exeter Castle, 19852016
£5,000	01/04/2020	Supporting the publication of this research
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Exe Bridge, Exeter
£6,239	01/04/2018	The funding for this project will be used to help publish a report on the archaeological excavations on the remains of the medieval Exe Bridge which constitute one of the earliest and best-preserved ....more The funding for this project will be used to help publish a report on the archaeological excavations on the remains of the medieval Exe Bridge which constitute one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of a major stone bridge built in England c. 1200. The report details the archaeological findings and considers other aspects of the bridge, including its buildings and setting on Exe Island.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Exe Bridge, Exeter
£5,000	01/04/2017	The funding for this project will be used to help publish a report on the archaeological excavations on the remains of the medieval Exe Bridge which constitute one of the earliest and best-preserved ....more The funding for this project will be used to help publish a report on the archaeological excavations on the remains of the medieval Exe Bridge which constitute one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of a major stone bridge built in England c. 1200. The report details the archaeological findings and considers other aspects of the bridge, including its buildings and setting on Exe Island.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 18/19 persons

AMANDA LOUISE EVERSETT Appointed: 2013

CELIA MARY KING Appointed: 2019

CRESSIDA JANE MARGARET WHITTON Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: VIVE LA MUSIQUE!,

DEBORAH MARGARET GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2013

DR ANDREW BINDING Appointed: 2022

DR DENISE ANNE ALLEN Appointed: 2016

DR EILEEN WILKES (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY,

DR JOHN PAMMENT SALVATORE Appointed: 2018

DR PHILIP NEWMAN Appointed: 2020

DR STUART BLAYLOCK Appointed: 2023

FRANCES MARIAN GRIFFITH Appointed: 2013

HENRIETTA QUINNELL Appointed: 2013

JOHN DAVID GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2015

JENNIFER YENDALL Appointed: 2023

NIGEL MARTIN STAINER Appointed: 2019

PROF JOHN STEPHEN CLIBBENS Appointed: 2018

PROF VAL MAXFIELD Appointed: 2013

PRUDENCE THERESA MANNING Appointed: 2020

WILLIAM STUART HORNER Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/1979, number: 276865

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 211 days late,

Main office

Devon Archaeological Society
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Queen Street
EXETER
Devon
EX4 3RX

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF DEVON FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF:= THE PROMOTION AND EXECUTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; = THE CONSERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITES AND LANDSCAPES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS; = THE PUBLICATION OF MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON; = MEETINGS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY; = SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO FULFIL THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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