Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

THAMES SAILING BARGE TRUST

The preservation,in commission, of one or more Thames Sailing Bargesand the skills associated with the sailing and maintaining on such a vessel

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/10/23		£143	£160	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/22		£163	£232	£-68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21		£157	£235	£-78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20		£253	£189	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19		£32	£30	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18		£144	£54	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/17		£66	£74	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/16		£44	£55	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15		£100	£42	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14		£91	£79	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13		£84	£117	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12		£94	£95	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11		£38	£18	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/10?		£53	£32	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/09		£40	£30	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/08		£47	£83	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/07		£99	£131	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/06		£133	£110	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/05		£74	£52	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/04	*	£75	£61	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.bargetrust.org

secretary@bargetrust.org

07840862685

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£31,100
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Essex Community Foundation	£4,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Thames Barge Sailing Trust
£2,500	31/01/2024	to pay for this heritage-based organisation in Maldon to deliver four Children’s Activity Days during 2024
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	04/02/2022	The Pudge Project
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thames Barge Sailing Trust
£2,000	27/01/2022	to replace the galley stove in the Pudge sailing barge in readiness for its post refurbishment service and charter
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Thames Sailing Barge Trust
£31,100	28/05/2020	COVID 19 Thames Sailing Barge Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Thames Sailing Barge Trust
£355,600	23/06/2016	Perpetuating Thames Sailing Barge Pudge for a viable future
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Thames Sailing Barge Trust
£100,000	18/06/2013	Restoration of SB Centaur (2)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ALAN EDWARD CODAY Appointed: 2024

CHRISTOPHER EDWARD MARTIN Appointed: 2024

DAVID ALLEN GIBSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

DAVID PERKINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Hospitality Manager

GERALD CHRISTOPHER MOORE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL NOLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Engineer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2004, number: 1102840
Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2003, number: 04726591

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 107 days late,

Main office

Handsel House
Walden Close
Great Totham
Maldon
CM9 8UJ

Objectives

1. TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ONE OR MORE THAMES SAILING BARGES IN SAILING CONDITION OR OTHERWISE AS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN;2. TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE THAMES LIGHTER NAMED SAILORMAN IN GOOD CONDITION OR OTHERWISE AS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN;3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AS TO THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ROLE OF THAMES SAILING BARGES IN THE SEAGOING HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN AND PRACTICE OF THE TRADITIONS AND SKILLS AND SEAMANSHIP INVOLVED IN THE SAILING HANDLING AND MAINTENANCE OF THAMES SAILING BARGES IN THE WATERS TRADITIONALLY SAILED BY THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THAMES SAILING BARGES IN SAILING CONDITION OR OTHERWISE AS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN

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