Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 3

RUDDINGTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEUM LIMITED

The Framework Knitters museum operates as working museum in the original nineteenth century buildings with handframes & circular machines, holds a knitting collection and specialist library, maintains knitting & framesmithing skills and provides training, in order to advance the education of the public by recording & preserving, interpreting & presenting to the general public the buildings, machin

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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	*	£242	£192	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/22		£338	£435	£-97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/21		£224	£206	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	*	£234	£198	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£110	£120	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/18	*	£138	£106	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£138	£106	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£107	£125	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£186	£114	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£175	£101	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£63	£55	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£48	£44	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£81	£71	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£46	£41	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£41	£42	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£42	£43	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£39	£39	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£39	£44	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£75	£60	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£226	£252	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk

office@frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk

01159141161

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
49 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 - Museum Estate and Development fund
£62,925	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 ....more 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 maintenance budgets.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum Limited
£348,800	13/09/2018	A Right Good Yarn - retold for a relevant and resilient future, Ruddington
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Framework Knitters Museum
£2,998	29/11/2017	We want to capture memories through oral history workshops to uncover and share Ruddington's heritage in a 'Hidden Histories' Exhibition.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum Limited
£71,100	08/08/2013	Frameworker's Yarns: Production, Poverty & Protest

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: 52-82

BRYN SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Accountant

GRAHAM SHUTTLEWORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

IAN ROWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Custom Services Manager

JOHN NEVILLE STANKLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lecturer

PETER FREDERICK MCGOWAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: THE BOOKPLATE SOCIETY, RUDDINGTON LOCAL HISTORY AND AMENITY SOCIETY,

PROF JULIAN GARTH ELLIS OBE, Other trusteeships: THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRAMEWORK KNITTERS EDUCATION CHARITY, ROLLESTON VILLAGE HALL,

DENNIS RAYMOND JONES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon - Retired, Other trusteeship: ROTARY CLUB OF RUSHCLIFFE BENEVOLENT FUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2001, number: 1087998
Registered at Companies House on 13/04/2001, number: 04199994

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 22 days late, AR20: 55 days late, AR18: 119 days late,

Main office

RUDDINGTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEU
3-7 CHAPEL STREET
RUDDINGTON
NOTTINGHAM
NG11 6HE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RECORDING AND PRESERVING, INTERPRETING AND PRESENTING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE BUILDINGS, MACHINERY, SKILLS, LIVING CONDITIONS, HISTORY AND INFLUENCE OF THE FRAMEWORK KNITTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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