Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: -1

ST ALBANS SIGNAL BOX PRESERVATION TRUST

St Albans South Signal Box is a working museum bringing railway and signal history to our visitors and educating younger members of our community in the dangers of trespassing on the railway. Regular open days and group visits continued. The opportunity to extend the artifacts on display in the box and its gardens through purchases and loans means there is always something new to see for visitors.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very 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:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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

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
31/01/23		£24	£9	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/01/22	*	£22	£16	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/01/21		£16	£5	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/01/20		£12	£7	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/01/19	*	£9	£13	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/01/18		£11	£15	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/17		£9	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16		£11	£9	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£12	£10	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/14		£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/13	*	£8	£7	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/12		£7	£10	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/11		£12	£8	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10		£12	£7	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/09		£39	£40	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/08		£55	£87	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/07		£50	£10	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/06		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/05		£3	£0	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.sigbox.co.uk

info@sigbox.co.uk

01727836131

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

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 (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-79

ADRIAN KEITH WOOTTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Research Scientist (Retired)

ANTHONY JOHN FURSE Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Company Director

ANTHONY PETER O'LEARY, Occupation: Company Director

JOHN SAMUEL WEBB Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Senior Scientific Officer (Ret'D)

MR K WEBSTER, Occupation: Computer Systems Consultant

RICHARD NEIL KIRK Appointed: 2010, Occupation: School Assistant Bursar

ROBERT ERIC LITTLE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant

RICHARD ALLEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Design Engineer

JOHN TELFORD RET.FCIPD (Chair), Occupation: Human Resources Consultant, Other trusteeship: HOPE CHURCH LUTON TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2004, number: 1104535
Registered at Companies House on 31/01/2003, number: 04653488

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 84 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR13: 15 days late,

Main office

44 Charmouth Road
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL1 4SN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO SECURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS ST ALBANS SIGNAL BOX AND THE EQUIPMENT CONTAINED THEREIN. TO USE TH SIGNAL BOX AND EQUIPMENT AS A WORKING MUSEUM, EXHIBITING ITEMS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF RAILWAY SIGNALLING HISTORY AND PRACTICE, AND OTHER GENERAL RAILWAY INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ST ALBANS

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