Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE FRIENDS OF PENLEE HOUSE GALLERY AND MUSEUM 

To advance public education in the history and culture of Penzance and the surrounding area. To support the aims and activities and to further the charitable purposes of Penlee House Gallery and Museum, to assist in arranging exhibitions, meetings, lectures and other educational activities, to encourage recruitment of volunteers for duties at Penlee House and to promote fund raising.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

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
31/03/23£168£44£124n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/22£93£29£64n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/21£63£28£36n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/20£51£28£23n/an/an/an/an/a125
31/03/19£38£24£14n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/03/18£95£88£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£42£34£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£34£25£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£44£58£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£39£29£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£55£40£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£27£21£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£55£54£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£28£55£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£52£43£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£44£19£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£52£65£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£25£20£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£24£11£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 13 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Friends of Penlee House
£4,418 04/08/2017
We will commission raised pictures to give blind people the chance to experience, learn about and enjoy the art at Penlee House.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/1991, number: 1001644
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Penlee House Museum
Penlee Park
PENZANCE
TR18 4HE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF PENZANCE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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