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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

GLOUCESTER HISTORY TRUST 

The key activities are:1 organising events, festivals and workshops in and around Gloucester with a focus on the development of the Gloucester History Festival.2 arranging events, exhibitions, lectures, talks and educational materials for the public benefit in Gloucester and the surrounding areas.
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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
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£65,925£46,695£19,23035
31/03/22£123,368£139,759£-16,391110
31/03/21£129,240£149,991£-20,751110
31/03/20£168,312£130,223£38,089108
31/03/19£175,981£138,422£37,559100
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk

admin@gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk

01452 425299

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35 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
DCMS - CRF21 Gloucester History Trust
£12,500 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 Gloucester History Trust
£36,500 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20 Gloucester History Trust
£25,000 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Gloucester Looking Up (Covid-10 Emergency Response)
£40,687 01/04/2020
Gloucester Looking Up is a city-wide heritage venue response to Covid-19 inspiring new communities to look up at the buildings, look up online, look up their heritage and ensuring the citys built and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2018, number: 1176776
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 3DW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ORGANISING EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS IN AND AROUND GLOUCESTER WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOUCESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GLOUCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING LECTURES AND TALKS; STAGING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AND PREPARING AND DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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