Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MENAI BRIDGE COMMUNITY HERITAGE TRUST LTD 

The Trust runs an accredited museum in a renovated historic building. It offers outreach and educational activities. The collection of artefacts and documents relates to the two Menai bridges. The Trustees are working towards moving the museum to a permanent waterfront location in Menai Bridge The current building also operates as a community centre.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
  • Income has been volatile recently

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£25£26£-1n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£40£44£-5n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/21£51£26£25n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/20£55£42£14n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£36£38£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£35£46£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£21£30£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£45£46£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£53£64£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£77£75£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£39£40£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£33£30£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£54£46£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£35£41£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£65£47£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£173£96£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£238£33£206£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£56£64£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£46£48£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£72£67£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years
(26 years as a company)

www.menaibridges.co.uk

info@menaiheritage.org.uk

01248715046

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Anglesey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-77
  • GARETH JONES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Wbq Manager Grwp Llandrillo/Menai
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2000, number: 1082013
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/1997, number: 03469982
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

CANOLFAN THOMAS TELFORD
MONA ROAD
MENAI BRIDGE
ANGLESEY
LL59 5EA

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OF MENAI BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF YNYS MON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE DISTRICT OF MENAI BRIDGE AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDINGS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF YNYS MON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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