Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE BLACKDEN TRUST

The Trust cares for a Tudor house on a site that has been inhabited for 10,000 years. It uses the place and its collections to inspire participation through interdisciplinary workshops, events and training in ways that enhance the Curriculum, are enriched by archaeological, scientific and creative expertise, and link with the work of the author Alan Garner, whose workplace Blackden remains.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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		£14	£12	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	*	£7	£5	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£6	£4	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£21	£27	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£32	£23	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/18		£24	£29	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£20	£14	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£15	£12	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£16	£17	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£25	£18	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£19	£18	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£23	£13	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£9	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£10	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.theblackdentrust.org.uk

coordinator@theblackdentrust.org.uk

01423504219

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

ELIZABETH DEBORAH GARNER

GRISELDA OLIVIA HELEN GARNER

RICHARD JAMES HEDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2022

STEWART FREDERICK SMALLWOOD Appointed: 2018

NEIL DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust,

MARTIN ANDREW BOULTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Headmaster, Other trusteeship: TERRA NOVA SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/08/2006, number: 1115818

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR21: 4 days late,

Main office

The Blackden Trust
Blackden
Holmes Chapel
Cheshire
CW4 8BY

Objectives

1 TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE LAND AND DWELLING HOUSES KNOWN AS TOAD HALL AND THE MEDICINE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING LANDS AT BLACKDEN HOLMES CHAPEL CREWE CHESHIRE WHICH LANDS ARE REGISTERED AT HM LAND REGISTRY UNDER THE TITLE NUMBER CH22366 AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS FOUND THERE;2 TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION STUDY AND CARE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AT THE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;3 TO FOSTER RESEARCH IN RESPECT OF SUCH HERITAGE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARCHITECTURE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PROPERTY BY ORGANISING VISITS EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR NON RESIDENTIAL; AND 5 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF AN ENVIRONMENT EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLETING ARTISTIC OR ACADEMIC WORK OF MERIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKDEN HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CHESHIRE

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