Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE WYE RURAL MUSEUM TRUST

The Trust owns and runs Brook Rural Museum. The Museum is housed in a magnificent 14th century barn and an important early 19th century oast house, and is devoted to an important collection of objects relating to the agriculture of Kent. Most of the collection relates to the period when animals provided the main source of power for farm work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23		£55	£37	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/22		£18	£21	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/21		£26	£12	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/20		£16	£18	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/19	*	£18	£9	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/18		£15	£16	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/17		£15	£10	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/16	*	£15	£9	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/15	*	£13	£7	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/14	*	£12	£14	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/13	*	£23	£7	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/12		£12	£33	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/11		£15	£20	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/10?	*	£23	£17	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/09		£23	£18	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/08		£11	£8	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/07		£15	£18	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/06		£5	£6	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/05		£14	£5	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/04		£6	£5	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.agriculturalmuseumbrook.org.uk

brookruralmuseum@gmail.com

01233750415

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wye Rural Museum Trust
£75,686	27/03/2022	Securing the future of Brook Museum - engaging new audiences

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Gender Split

DR GRAHAM BRADLEY Appointed: 2014

DR JEREMY CLARKE

DR JOHN NIGHTINGALE (Chair)

DR JOHN BULAITIS Appointed: 2015

DR SHEILA MARY SWEETINBURGH BA MA PHD

FRANCIS PETER HETHERSETT HUNTINGTON Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL JAMES WEST Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR PAUL WEBSTER

SIR GEORGE JESSEL DL

THE RT HON SIR JOHN FRANK MUMMERY BCLHON LLD

TIMOTHY BETTS Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/1996, number: 1055879

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 4 days late, AR16: 41 days late, AR15: 93 days late, AR14: 458 days late, AR13: 18 days late, AR10: 205 days late,

Main office

Brook Rural Museum
The Street
Brook
ASHFORD
Kent
TN25 5PF

Objectives

1. GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 2. IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT A) THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE HISTORICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MUSEUMS OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY 1) THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY BUILDING OF BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECHTURAL INTEREST 2) THE CONSERVATION OF NUTURAL FEATURES OF THE LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND CHARACTER OF THE AREA 3) THE FURTHERANCE OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL AMENITIES 4) THE STIMULATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HISTORY CHARACTER BEAUTY AND WILDLIFE OF THE AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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