Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 8

CHESHAM MUSEUM

The aim of Chesham Museum is to educate visitors in the rich history of the town and the surrounding areas, for the benefit of both local residents and visitors. Our objectives are to display and promote aspects of local history, and as part of this to involve visitors in local history projects.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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
31/03/23	*	£5	£3	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£15	£3	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	*	£3	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20	*	£6	£3	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£8	£3	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18	*	£14	£12	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.cheshammuseum.org.uk

info@cheshammuseum.org.uk

01494 773653

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Chesham Museum
£4,400	08/08/2018	Chesham Museum Community Outreach Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER SPRUYTENBURG Appointed: 2017

DAVID WILLIAM JORDAN Appointed: 2024

DR HELEN SOUTHWOOD Appointed: 2024

JAMES CHRISTOPHER ROBERT CARGILL Appointed: 2022

KAREN YVONNE PERKINS Appointed: 2021

KATHARINE DALLAS Appointed: 2018

LAURENCE SHARP Appointed: 2019

PETER SQUIRE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

JOHN HOWE HATTON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: CHESHAM & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2017, number: 1172671

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
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

6 returns made; AR23: 79 days late, AR21: 70 days late, AR20: 143 days late, AR18: 304 days late,

Main office

144 Chartridge Lane
CHESHAM
Buckinghamshire
HP5 2RH

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY DISPLAYING AND PROMOTING ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF CHESHAM AND THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN; AND INVOLVING THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN IN HISTORY PROJECTS.

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