Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

BURY ST EDMUNDS HERITAGE TRUST 

To improve the heritage provision in Suffolk for the benefit of everyone
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/12/21£73£92£-18n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/20£107£92£14n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/19£48£207£-159n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/18*£93£792£-699£0£0£0n/a020
31/12/17£501£588£-87£34£937£130.300
31/12/16£1,099£161£938£28£1,024£10.100
31/12/15£175£134£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£21£73£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£93£11£83£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£39£25£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10?£7£9£-1£0£0£0n/a00
02/12/09?£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/12/08£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/12/07£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

https://burystedmundsguildhall.org.uk

admin@burystedmundsguildhall.org.uk

01284704435

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust
£742,600 12/09/2013
The Bury St Edmunds Guildhall Heritage Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2007, number: 1119059
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/12/2006, number: 06037742
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 57 days late,
Main office

79 Whting Street
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 1NX

Objectives

3) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOROUGH OF ST EDMUNDSBURY IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AT LARGE TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE HERITAGE OF THE BOROUGH OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND ANY OBJECTS AND BUILDINGS TO BE FOUND THEREIN OR TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE TRUST (SEE MEMORANDUM FOR FURTHER DETAILS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF ST EDMUNDSBURY IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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