Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 2

DR JOHNSON'S HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

The company's main objectives are the preservation for the use of the general public Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London who may view the house and its content on a nominal fee basis, and who may dine there; and the advancement and encouragement of learning and scholarship

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly 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
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
31/03/23		£116	£274	£-158	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/22		£247	£123	£124	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£108	£109	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£142	£155	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£149	£179	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18		£146	£140	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£147	£125	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£123	£122	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£144	£127	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£121	£146	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£129	£156	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£132	£141	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£179	£179	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£178	£149	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.drjohnsonshouse.org

curator@drjohnsonshouse.org

02073533745

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

City Of London,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dr Johnson's House Trust Ltd
£3,985	25/04/2023	£3,985 towards the cost of an access audit and community stakeholder consultation for access improvements to Dr Johnson’s House, with the award excluding the costs of interpretation materials.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited
£99,750	24/03/2023	Enhancing Capacity to plan for the Future of Dr Johnson’s House
City Bridge Trust - Eco audit to Dr Johnson's House Trust Ltd
£1,800	14/07/2022	£1,800 (4.5 days) to provide an eco-audit.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-74

ROBERT THORPE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ALAN BERTRAM GIBBINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME, MUSIC AT MALLING LTD,

DR JONATHAN COLIN HARMSWORTH KING, Occupation: Museum Curator

LORD THOMAS HAROLD RAYMOND HARMSWORTH, Other trusteeship: THE R.L.ST.J.HARMSWORTH MEMORIAL RESEARCH FUND,

MICHAEL GAVIN BUNDOCK Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Barrister

NATASHA MCENROE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Curator

TIMOTHY BENJAMIN EDWARD MONTAGU Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Royal Navy Officer

JOHN EDWIN CHURCH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: College Bursar, Other trusteeships: NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE TRUST, MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE,

STEPHEN PETER CLARKE Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2008, number: 1122396
Registered at Companies House on 19/11/2007, number: 06430304

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR09: 19 days late,

Main office

17 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DE

Objectives

1 TO PRESERVE FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC DR JOHNSON'S HOUSE AT 17 GOUGH SQUARE, LONDON; AND2 TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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