Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

BROMLEY HOUSE LIBRARY 

The principal activity is:-1. That of carrying on a subscription library2. To preserve for the benefit of the public the building and gardens known as Bromley House.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 but spending has been maintained

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£323£340£-17n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£316£390£-73n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/21£364£292£72n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20£494£310£184n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/19£589£290£299£0£2,016£1,68069.511120
31/03/18£367£240£127£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£396£240£156£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£257£248£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£538£250£288£25£1,408£1,33364.180
31/03/14£248£196£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£243£219£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£221£213£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£187£192£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£191£172£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£169£166£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£159£155£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£136£132£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£99£98£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£99£99£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£115£101£14£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.bromleyhouse.org

enquiries@bromleyhouse.org

01159473134

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Bromley House Library
£10,000 20/09/2023
Bromley House Library Access and Engagement
DCMS - Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HL
£20,000 01/04/2019
Repair of the main building roof structures and rain water disposal systems; external fabric repairs to the front, side and rear elevations; internal repairs to the basement, ground and first floor, ....more
DCMS - Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HL
£192,823 01/04/2019
Repair of the main building roof structures and rain water disposal systems; external fabric repairs to the front, side and rear elevations; internal repairs to the basement, ground and first floor, ....more
DCMS - Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottinghamshire, NG1 6HL
£209,598 01/04/2018
Repair of the main building roof structures and rain water disposal systems; external fabric repairs to the front, side and rear elevations; internal repairs to the basement, ground and first floor, ....more
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£187,400 26/05/2017
Repair of the main building roof structures and rain water disposal systems; external fabric repairs to the front, side and rear elevations; internal repairs to the basement, ground and first floor, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-75
  • MAGGIE ELSE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Librarian - Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/03/1999, number: 1074752
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/08/1997, number: 03413612
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; AR07: 177 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

BROMLEY HOUSE LIBRARY
Bromley House
Angel Row
Nottingham
NG1 6HL

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE LITERATURE FOR THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A LIBRARY TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE AND ALL ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS AND BY PROVIDING LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH FACILITIESTO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE BUILDING AND GARDENS KNOWN AS BROMLEY HOUSE, BEING A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, VALUE AND BEAUTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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