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home >> charity search >> the friends of blackburn museum and art gallery
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE FRIENDS OF BLACKBURN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

To promote, help and support Blackburn Musem and Art Gallery by raising money for artifacts and conservation, promoting the use of the Museum and Art Gallery, and providing volunteers for special work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£7£4£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£2£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£2£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£4£1£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£6£1£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£2£11£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£5£3£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£3£7£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£5£2£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£2£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£6£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£3£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.friendsofblackburnmuseum.org.uk

chair@fobmag.org.uk

01254262528

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Art galleries and exhibitions
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - Museums and Schools
£126,864 22/03/2022
To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To deliver high quality opportunities for school pupils to ....more
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£365,000 09/02/2022
This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance backlogs which are beyond the scope of day-to-day ....more
DCMS - Museums and Schools
£126,864 26/03/2021
To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To deliver high quality opportunities for school pupils to ....more
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - kick down the barriers
£45,000 21/11/2018
12
Kick Down the Barriers is year-long project, driven by Blackburn Museum, that fuses together four communities with artists and researchers.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Museums and Schools 18/20
£253,728 19/04/2018
23
Museums and Schools programme is aiming to provide high quality museum visits linked to the national curriculum.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Gender Split

  • BRUCE KITCHIN
  • GILLIAN MASON Appointed: 2016
  • JOHN TURKINGTON
  • JANINE MONAGHAN Appointed: 2019
  • JEFFREY COOPER
  • KENNETH LESLIE FORD (Chair)
  • MICHAEL MILLWARD Appointed: 2021
  • MRS MARY WATERS Appointed: 2013
  • RAYMOND WATTON Appointed: 2018
  • ROBERT SVARC Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2001, number: 1086901
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

10 MERLIN ROAD
BLACKBURN
BB2 7BA

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION SUPPORT ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BLACKBURN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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