Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE DARWIN GARDENS TRUST 

MAINTAINS DARWIN GARDENS MILLENNIUM GREEN, A PUBLIC GREENSPACE FOR RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION, AT WELLS ROAD, ILKLEY
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • This charity uses a corporate trustee

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 and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 25 years

www.darwingardens.org.uk

clerk@towncouncil.ilkley.org

01943436212

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23*£10£13£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£15£16£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£23£8£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£12£4£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£15£11£4n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£15£8£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£16£3£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£11£9£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£2£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10?£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09*£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£10£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£4£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£0£3£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Forever Manchester - Action against Covid-19
£1,000 28/05/2021
English and homework club funded for items to get the group meeting again.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • ILKLEY TOWN COUNCIL
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/07/1999, number: 1076377
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 42 days late, AR15: 222 days late, AR14: 456 days late, AR13: 83 days late, AR11: 364 days late, AR09: 30 days late,
Main office

ILKLEY TOWN COUNCIL
TOWN HALL
STATION ROAD
ILKLEY
LS29 8HB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN OPEN SPACE TO BE KNOWN AS DARWIN GARDENS MILLENNIUM GREEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ILKLEY, AND TO BE USED FOREVER AS AN AREA FOR INFORMAL RECREATION, PLAY, OR OTHER LEISURE PURSUITS, A MEETING AREA OR PLACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THESE TRUSTS AND FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ILKLEY IN WEST YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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