Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE MARGATE CAVES COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST

Activities in the year working towards the Charity's aim of developing the Margate Caves Site as a learning and community facility, contributing to the regeneration of one of the most deprived areas in England. Activities included consultations held with local people throughout the development of our project to ensure that we are meeting local needs and the community is engaged with the project.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/02/23£188£247£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22£174£221£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£222£184£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20£751£195£555£12£1,278£16610.2642
28/02/19£847£147£700£147£723£786.4052
28/02/18£89£68£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£83£82£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/16£9£12£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/15*£46£42£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.margatecaves.co.uk

info@margatecaves.co.uk

01843838035

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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
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 The Margate Caves Community Education Trust
£83,800 13/05/2022
Thanet's Heritage Sector Volunteer Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Margate Caves Community Education Trust
£8,800 11/08/2020
COVID19 The Margate Caves Community Education Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 23/05/2018
The Margate Caves Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering and Community Development
£9,850 15/11/2017
12
This project will recruit and train community volunteers to engage people who are not yet engaged in the local community through activities and workshops which bring people together.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Margate Caves Community Centre
£422,130 19/10/2016
24
As one of the most deprived areas in the South East of England, the new community centre in Cliftonville, Margate will improve the quality of life for the whole local community, promoting the principles of personal development, wellbeing, community ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Margate Caves Community Education Trust
£1,171,900 16/03/2016
Margate Caves Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Margate Caves Community Centre
£26,000 07/10/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a new community centre to be built at Margate Caves which is a former tourist attraction that is being brought back into use. Once up and running the community centre will be used by many local groups who ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW CANNON MAAT, FCCA Appointed: 2017
  • ADRIAN COURTNEY SMITH Appointed: 2018
  • SARAH VICKERY (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • VALERIE ANNE KIRSCHNER Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2014, number: 1155904
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
9 returns made; AR15: 27 days late,
Main office

The Margate Caves
1 Northdown Road
Margate
Kent
CT9 1FG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT AND MEANING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE MARGATE CAVES AND THE ISLE OF THANET AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND EDUCATION THAT SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TACKLING DISADVANTAGE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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