Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE GUILDFORD INSTITUTE 

The Guildford Institute provides educational and cultural activites in a social atmosphere. The organisation makes facilities available for individuals and organisations to provide such activities in the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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 was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/07/23£430£480£-49n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/22£284£306£-22n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/21£233£230£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/20£368£290£78n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/07/19£322£300£22n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/07/18£342£268£74£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£307£266£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£308£232£76£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£297£239£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£289£212£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£439£222£217£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£252£200£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£224£194£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10*£233£185£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£258£168£90£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.guildford-institute.org.uk

info@guildford-institute.org.uk

01483 562142

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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 Community Fund - Historic Library Rejuvenation - The Meeting Point
£4,200 08/09/2021
The organisation will use the funding to improve the facilities in their historic library and archive room.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-74
  • BRIAN CREESE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2008, number: 1125031
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/04/2008, number: 06571640
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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; AR10: 178 days late,
Main office

GUILDFORD INSTITUTE
WARD STREET
GUILDFORD
GU1 4LH

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL LIFE AND HERITAGE AND MAKING AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF GUILDFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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