Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SHROPSHIRE UNION FLY-BOAT RESTORATION SOCIETY LIMITED 

Completed restoration of only remaining horse drawn Shropshire Union Fly Boat 'Saturn' in 2005. Promoting horse boating and using the boat as an educational resource for schools and the local communities along the Shropshire Union Canal.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/10/23£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/22£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/21£4£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/20£4£3£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/19£6£9£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/18£18£3£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£11£16£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£7£3£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£5£13£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£5£11£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£7£14£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£4£11£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£4£14£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£4£11£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£5£14£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£5£11£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£3£13£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£5£11£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£36£40£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£38£35£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

www.saturnflyboat.org.uk

info@saturnflyboat.org.uk

07737412673

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Denbighshire, Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1990, number: 1000859
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/1990, number: 02546885
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Barn Cottage
School Lane
Audlem
CREWE
CW3 0BA

Objectives

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS AND NAVIGABLE ESTUARIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 2) THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE SHROPSHIRE UNION FLY-BOAT SYMBOL

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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