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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

VECTIS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 

Provides an observatory facility and astronomy related educational events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile recently
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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
30/06/23£2£2£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/22£1£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£3£3£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/18£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£3£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£6£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09*£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07?£5£3£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£8£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

http://www.wightastronomy.org

secretary@wightastronomy.org

01983629921

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Wight,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/1995, number: 1046091
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 35 days late,
Main office

50 Hurst Point View
TOTLAND BAY
PO39 0AQ

Objectives

TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND ALLIED SCIENCES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN AND TO PROVIDE AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY FOR USE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE, ISLE OF WIGHT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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