Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE MURRAY DOWNLAND TRUST

Conservation of chalk downland

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
31/03/23	*	£29	£35	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£28	£17	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£26	£15	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20		£29	£28	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£37	£46	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£21	£24	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£25	£18	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£30	£22	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£26	£19	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£24	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£32	£42	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£43	£47	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£25	£29	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£25	£18	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£26	£15	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£66	£15	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£18	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£24	£23	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£25	£14	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£23	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.murraydownlandtrust.org.uk

claire.norwood@jonesavens.co.uk

01243789031

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hampshire, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-85

CLAIRE CATHERINE NORWOOD BSC FCACTA

GERARD CHARLES RYAN QC

JOHN GIRDLESTONE MURRAY Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Retired

MIKE EDWARDS Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Ecologist

MICHAEL HADLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director

NICHOLAS SHERWIN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor (Retired)

ROBERT WINDLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

SIMON CHARLES WARD Appointed: 1994, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor, Other trusteeships: THE ROGATE VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY, SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, ROGATE WITH ST PETER, TERWICK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/08/1994, number: 1040076
Registered at Companies House on 19/11/1993, number: 02873432

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 14 days late, AR12: 2 days late,

Main office

PIPER HOUSE
4 DUKES COURT
BOGNOR ROAD
CHICHESTER
WEST SUSSEX
PO19 8FX

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION,PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF AREAS OF LAND OF BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL OR OF LANDSCAPE INTEREST OR OF NATURAL BEAUTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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