Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION 

1. To preserve and conserve for the public benefit Ramsbury Manor, its gardens and surrounding estate and contents being of artistic, historical, architectural or constructional merit2.To advance the arts or education in particular by preserving and making available Ramsbury Manor and its contents to the public for their academic study, educational purposes and appreciation
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £221,265,000 available, equivalent to 842 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
05/04/23£3,838£3,155£683£0£221,265£221,265841.6142
05/04/22£3,229£2,604£625£0£220,582£220,5821016.5140
05/04/21£5,330£2,408£2,922£0£219,957£219,9571096.1140
05/04/20£185,925£2,401£183,524£0£217,035£217,0351084.7130
05/04/19£34,150£639£33,511£0£33,511£2,88354.100
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 841.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 16.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 6 years

DianaR@smythbarkham.co.uk

020 7299 3560

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 60-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2018, number: 1178403
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2017, number: 10874451
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Smyth Barkham Llp
1 Mitre Court Buildings
Temple
LONDON
EC4Y 7BS

Objectives

1 TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RAMSBURY MANOR, RAMSBURY, ITS ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, GARDENS, SURROUNDING GROUNDS AND PARK LAND AND CONTENTS BEING OF ARTISTIC, HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL MERIT.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS OR EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY PRESERVING AND MAKING AVAILABLE RAMSBURY MANOR AND ITS CONTENTS TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR ACADEMIC STUDY, EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND APPRECIATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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