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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

THE FRIENDS OF THETFORD DAD'S ARMY MUSEUM 

The Friends of Thetford Dad's Army Museum runs the Dad's Army Museum in Thetford which provides displays about the BBC TV programme and its links to the Thetford area as well as the Home Guard. In addition the Friends seek to participate in events and projects that will raise the profile of the Museum, one such project was the erection of a statue of Captain Mainwaring in Thetford in 2010.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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*£7£17£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21*£6£10£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£5£15£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£8£18£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£8£18£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£12£19£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£20£21£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£31£4£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£28£39£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£67£42£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£23£3£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.dadsarmythetford.org.uk

info@dadsarmythetford.org.uk

01842754166

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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 - A4A - Dad's Army Museum Development Project
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to update equipment for displays, re-enactments, and a new visitor film to reflect the new Dad’s Army film currently in production. This will enable the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2010, number: 1139465
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 116 days late, AR21: 7 days late, AR19: 21 days late, AR11: 21 days late,
Main office

79 CHURCHILL ROAD
THETFORD
IP24 2JZ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE TELEVISION PROGRAMME DAD'S ARMY, THE HOME GUARD AND THETFORD'S MILITARY CONNECTIONS FOR THE INHABITANTS AND VISITORS TO THETFORD, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS THE FRIENDS WILL; A) PROMOTE THETFORD'S LINK WITH DAD'S ARMY THROUGH OPERATING THE THETFORD DAD'S ARMY MUSEUM AND ORGANISING OTHER RELATED EVENTS AND MEMORIALS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME MAY ARISE.B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ABOUT THE PROGRAMME, THETFORD AND THE AREA'S MILITARY CONNECTIONS THROUGH PROVIDING INFORMATION, DISPLAYS AND SOURCES OF REFERENCE.C) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS ;(1) TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE FRIENDS AND TO INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTION, DONATION OR OTHERWISE. (2) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THETFORD, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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