Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY

To advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23		£177	£95	£82
31/03/22		£235	£0	£235
31/03/21	*	£0	£0	£0
31/03/20	*	£0	£0	£0
31/03/19	*	£0	£0	£0
31/03/18?	*	£0	£0	£0
31/12/17	*	£0	£0	£0
31/12/16		£0	£0	£0
31/12/15	*	£0	£0	£0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.thehds.com

chairman@thehds.com

02392522429

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£237,120	02/03/2022	The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£100,000	09/02/2022	This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance ....more This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance backlogs which are beyond the scope of day-to-day maintenance budgets.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Historical Diving Society
£10,000	21/12/2015	First steps to restore a Victorian Gun Battery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-85

ANTHONY JOHN HOLT MARSHALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

ELIZABETH FERNANDE JAMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engineer

JAMES ALEXANDER JOHN CULLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engineer

KEVIN FRANCIS CASEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Professional Diver

LUCY ROSALIND MARDER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

MICHAEL BRENDAN O'MEARA (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

PETER HENRY DICK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN JAMES ROUE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2014, number: 1159032
Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2014, number: 09204944

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

08/03/2016 - Asset transfer in from THE MUSEUM OF DIVING AND UNDERWATER EXPLORATION
12/12/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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; AR21: 6 days late, AR20: 37 days late, AR19: 16 days late, AR18: 376 days late, AR17: 28 days late, AR15: 129 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY on 12/12/2022

Main office

The Civil Defence Contact Centre
35 The Avenue
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 2JS

Objectives

“The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.”

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