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Finance Score: -25
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Dormant: -10
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -36 ?

THE HMS BEAGLE TRUST 

To maintain and further develop the trust's scientific and educational work by chartering or acquiring a suitable HMS Beagle lookalike sailing ship to work with on an interim basis, while continuing to pursue the raising of funds for a new ship with inbuilt educational and research programmes to encourage aspirant scientists and strengthen interest in evolutionary history and scientific discovery
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £0
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • This charity appears to be dormant
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Income & Spending ?
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Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/17£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£4£19£-15£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13*£29£19£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£1£62£-61£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11*£101£29£72£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10*£4£10£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09*£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: NAN%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: NAN%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: NAN
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.hmsbeagleproject.org

colin.john@llewelyndavies.co.uk

01834891221

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2008, number: 1126192
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/2008, number: 06614575
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 9 days late, AR14: 21 days late, AR13: 376 days late, AR12: 164 days late, AR11: 105 days late, AR10: 470 days late, AR09: 113 days late,
Main office

KNOWLES FARM
LAWRENNY
KILGETTY
SA68 0PX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN:3.1 THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY AND THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION;3.2 THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES DARWIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES;3.3 THE SKILLS OF SEAMANSHIP AND SAILING AND;3.4 TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH IN BIO-DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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