Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

BURSLEDON BRICKWORKS MUSEUM TRUST 

Museum of bricks and brickmaking aiming to preserve and maintain knowledge of the history and heritage of brickmaking. Provide an understanding of the importance of bricks to industrial and built heritage to the general public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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
31/12/22£163£190£-28n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/21£189£125£63n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/20£101£69£33n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/19£129£118£10n/an/an/an/an/a74
31/12/18£101£111£-10£0£0£0n/a070
31/12/17£82£103£-21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.thebrickworksmuseum.org

info@thebrickworksmuseum.org

01489576248

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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 services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£262,573
The Pilgrim Trust£30,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£27,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - The Brickworks Museum, Coal Park Lane, Fareham, Hampshire
£181,739 01/04/2022
Removal of the existing badly deteriorated cement bonded asbestos sheet roof over the kiln, that has reached the end of its working life and is in danger of breaking up. Replacement with a new ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust
£30,000 03/12/2020
19
The New Foundations Project - Saving the past by building a new future, brick by brick.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust
£27,700 31/07/2020
COVID-19 Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust
DCMS - Winter 2020
£55,934 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - CRF 2 Winter 2021
£24,900 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust
£8,500 19/02/2019
Bombs, bricks and belles - our brickworks in the War

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2016, number: 1170043
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2015, number: 09649512
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HAMPSHIRE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRUST on 23/06/2020
Main office

Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust
Coal Park Lane
Swanwick
SOUTHAMPTON
SO31 7GW

Objectives

TO SECURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FEATURES AND OBJECTS (INCLUDING BUILDINGS, PLANT AND MACHINERY) OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST AT THE BURSLEDON BRICKWORKS MUSEUMB. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF BRICKS AND OTHER CLAY PRODUCTS AND IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELATED TRADITIONAL MATERIALS AND CRAFTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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