Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE FRIENDS OF HYLANDS HOUSE 

The object of the Friends shall be the preservation and improvement of the listed building - Hylands House, Chelmsford - together with the associated park, for the benefit of the public and the promotion of its use by the public, through the activities of a group of friends.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/12/22£40£30£10n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/21£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/20£13£40£-27n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/19£31£49£-18n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/18£35£19£16£0£0£0n/a080
31/12/17£44£51£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£41£22£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£30£46£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£35£23£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£33£28£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£41£27£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£44£33£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£30£16£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£39£30£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£40£27£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£16£18£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£32£24£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£16£3£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£28£24£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.friendsofhylands.org

linda.knock@sky.com

01245609508

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/01/1997, number: 1059969
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,
Main office

17 BOUVERIE ROAD
CHELMSFORD
CM2 0UD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS SHALL BE THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LISTED BUILDING-HYLANDS HOUSE, CHELMSFORD TOGETHER WITH ITS ASSOCIATED PARKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE PROMOTION OF ITS USE BY THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE MAINLY MID-ESSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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