Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Excess reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -5

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -5

THE APSLEY PAPER TRAIL

We are a conservation & education charity & social enterprise. We have a visitor centre & operate a 110 year old paper machine. We run education & training courses for individuals, families, schools, & companies. We make specialist papers for arts, crafts and commercial uses and provide workspaces for individuals and SME's as well as a research incubator for developing new uses for paper.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £3,598,438 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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		£2,655	£1,697	£958	£0	£3,867	£3,598	25.4	10	61
31/12/21	*	£995	£965	£29	£302	£2,909	£1,859	23.1	9	50
31/12/20		£629	£588	£41	£180	£2,880	£1,801	36.8	10	25
31/12/19	*	£693	£629	£65	£174	£2,839	£1,730	33	10	40
31/12/18		£571	£590	£-19	£173	£2,774	£1,645	33.4	9	55
31/12/17		£526	£562	£-35	£156	£2,793	£1,640	35	9	0
31/12/16		£445	£495	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£1,070	£514	£556	£284	£3,565	£1,182	27.6	7	0
31/12/14	*	£439	£568	£-129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£1,832	£1,007	£825	£27	£2,350	£1,170	13.9	8	0
31/12/12		£382	£398	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£465	£578	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£526	£535	£-9	£52	£1,707	£325	7.3	3	0
31/12/09		£822	£1,155	£-332	£195	£1,305	£-104	-1.1	16	0
31/12/08	*	£1,960	£2,126	£-166	£328	£1,637	£355	2	22	0
31/12/07	*	£1,313	£1,707	£-394	£324	£2,026	£1,181	8.3	21	0
31/12/06	*	£939	£1,373	£-433	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£925	£1,244	£-319	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£714	£1,341	£-627	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 69.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 66%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 25.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 24 years
(26 years as a company)

www.frogmorepapermill.org.uk

visitors@frogmorepapermill.org.uk

01442234600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Barnet, Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Enfield, Essex, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

10 employees
61 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
DCMS - CRF20: APSLEY PAPER TRAIL
£210,800	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73

HILARY ROBINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

PETER BURFORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

JACOB COLTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY, JEWISH BLIND & PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SOCIETY LIMITED,

JOHN DOUGLAS WATSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

SIMON NICHOLAS PRENTON ODY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Leisure Tourism Consultant

DR STEVEN MANN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EAST FARNWORTH AND KEARSLEY,

HENRY BENWELL CLARKE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor, Other trusteeships: YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED, LINDOW MINISTRY TRUST, BETHANY COMMUNITY CHURCH HARPENDEN,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2000, number: 1079008
Registered at Companies House on 08/08/1997, number: 03416760

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 45 days late, AR19: 152 days late, AR14: 10 days late, AR10: 119 days late, AR08: 208 days late, AR07: 244 days late, AR06: 42 days late, AR04: 41 days late,

Main office

Apsley Paper Trail
Frogmore Mill
Fourdrinier Way
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
HP3 9RY

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, PRESENT DAY AND FUTURE ASPECTS OF PAPER PRODUCTION;B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, APPARATUS, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES CONNECTED WITH PAPER PRODUCTION AND USAGE;IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ESPECIALLY IN THE APSLEY AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ESPECIALLY IN THE APSLEY AREA

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