Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

MARLOW MUSEUM CENTRE PROJECT 

The charity provides a museum of local history for Marlow and District, based in the Peacock Room at Court Garden, Pound Lane, Marlow, Bucks.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/04/22£6,235£10,985£-4,75030
30/04/21*£23,059£7,716£15,34330
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.marlowmuseum.org

contact@marlowmuseum.org

01628484415

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Developing Sensors and Techniques for Measuring Concrete Water/Cement Ratio and Smart Blending of Concrete
£172,084 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10035118
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Cloud Cycle & HS2: Transforming Cement & its Supply Chain with IoT, Machine Learning & Big Data.
£584,669 01/04/2021
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=98458

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2020, number: 1187853
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR21: 22 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MARLOW MUSEUM CENTRE PROJECT on 25/01/2022
Main office

Court Garden Leisure Complex
Pound Lane
MARLOW
SL7 2AE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE MMCP ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM FOR THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, EXPLANATION, INTERPRETATION AND DISPLAY OF ARTEFACTS, SPECIMENS, HISTORICAL AND OTHER RECORDS RELATING TO THE COMMUNITIES OF BISHAM, GREAT MARLOW, LITTLE MARLOW, MARLOW BOTTOM, MARLOW TOWN AND MEDMENHAM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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