Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE BARING ARCHIVE LIMITED 

The advancement of education of the public by managing the books, records and historical portraits of the banking business formerly known as Baring Brothers and which are together known as The Baring Archive, and making the Baring Archive publicly available for the purpose of viewing and research and the publication of the results of that research
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Positives:

  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22£183£178£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£120£171£-52n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£160£138£23n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£161£237£-75n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£148£214£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£217£230£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£188£163£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£185£148£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£185£140£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£173£148£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£194£181£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£187£170£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£208£162£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£52£80£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£288£26£263£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years
(43 years as a company)
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2007, number: 1117868
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/1981, number: BR000341
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR19: 16 days late, AR08: 142 days late,
Main office

ING Bank
8-10 Moorgate
LONDON
EC2R 6DA

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY ACQUIRING AN INTEREST IN, HOLDING, PRESERVING, RESTORING CATALOGUING AND MAINTAINING THE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, ACCOUNTS, FINANCIAL RECORDS AND OTHER PAPERS, TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL PORTRAITS, PAINTINGS AND OTHER WORKS OF ART WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES OF THE BANKING BUSINESS FORMERLY CARRIED ON IN THE NAME OF BARING BROTHERS & CO., LIMITED AND WHICH ARE TOGETHER KNOWN AS THE BARING ARCHIVE AND BY MAKING THE BARING ARCHIVE AVAILABLE TO SCHOLARS AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS THE CHARITY SHALL CONSIDER APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING AND RESEARCH (AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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