Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -16
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

THE SECOND WORLD WAR EXPERIENCE CENTRE 

The collection & preservation of testaments of those who lived through the second world war and the disemination thereof for educational & general research purposes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/12/22£53£52£1n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21£58£54£4n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/20£44£44£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/19£49£49£0n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18*£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£45£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£45£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£56£55£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£60£54£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£56£52£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£60£60£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£79£57£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£83£83£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£110£118£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£163£243£-80£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£153£197£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£196£167£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£190£169£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£191£143£47£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.war-experience.org

enquiries@war-experience.org

01937541274

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1998, number: 1072965
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/08/1998, number: 03613847
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 123 days late, AR14: 23 days late, AR13: 51 days late, AR11: 22 days late, AR08: 66 days late, AR06: 71 days late,
Main office

2
Cross Green
Otley
LS21 1HD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO WAR IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH THE MAIN EMPHASIS ON THE SECOND WORLD WAR INCLUDING THE ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP AND THE PARALLEL DOMINION, COLONIAL AND EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES, ESPECIALLY BY THE RESCUE THROUGH COLLECTION AND INTERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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