Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

TRANSITION TOWN MARLOW 

to advance the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment and the prudent use of natural resources for the benefit of the population in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, through promotion, awareness raising and skill sharing to build community resilience to combat climate change and resource scarcity, and to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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 well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
27/07/23£36,080£21,835£14,24540
27/07/22£19,255£11,335£7,92050
27/07/21£19,286£6,283£13,00360
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://transitionmarlow.org/

info@transitionmarlow.org

01628475496

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2020, number: 1190720
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

CROMWELL COTTAGE
CROMWELL GARDENS
MARLOW
CROMWELL COTTAGE
CROMWELL GARDENS
SL7 1BG

Objectives

A)TO ADVANCE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION IN MARLOW, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, THROUGH PROMOTION, AWARENESS RAISING AND SKILL SHARING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESOURCE SCARCITY, ANDB)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.TRANSITION TOWN”, “MARLOW” AND” PROJECTS” ARE DEFINED IN CLAUSE 30(INTERPRETATION IN THIS CONSTITUTION).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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