Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -12

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5
All female board: -3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -11

QUEENSPARK BOOKS

QueenSpark Books gathers, preserves and makes accessible the untold stories on Brighton and Hove.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?
Why is the Board composition very static and has little diversity in terms of age?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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
31/03/23	*	£18	£24	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£3	£8	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£13	£18	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£68	£59	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£36	£40	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£10	£17	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years
(35 years as a company)

www.queensparkbooks.org.uk

info@queensparkbooks.org.uk

01273571710

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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 QueenSpark Books Ltd
£9,900	08/03/2023	QueenSpark Organisational Resilience
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to QueenSpark Books
£76,991	11/05/2022	Brighton Incoming
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to QueenSpark Books
£98,200	17/04/2018	Archives Alive

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-71

DR GERALDINE HOLLOWAY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Lecturer

ESTHER GILL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Freelance Consultant

MELITA DENNETT Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Radio Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2017, number: 1172938
Registered at Companies House on 14/07/1989, number: 02404473

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR20: 18 days late,

Main office

c/o Radioreverb
Unit 8
Open Market
Marshalls Row
BRIGHTON
BN1 4JU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH RESEARCH, PUBLICATION OF BOOKS, WEBSITES AND ARCHIVE, ARRANGING LECTURES, PUBLIC TALKS, EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS.

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