Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

FRIENDS OF BATH ABBEY 

Promotion of interest in the history, fabric, and ornaments of Bath Abbey, and collection of monies by subscription, donations, legacies, and events to enable grants to be made towards the cost of building works, refurbishments, replacements, and additions, as approved by the Parochial Church Council.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/09/22£89£3£85n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/09/21£46£5£41n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/09/20£12£136£-125n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/09/19£24£564£-540n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/18?*£59£202£-142£0£0£0n/a01
30/06/17£33£5£28£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£34£8£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£19£12£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£20£34£-15£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£30£75£-45£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£30£9£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£30£98£-68£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£490£134£356£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£107£131£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£34£44£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£34£44£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£115£39£76£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£29£78£-49£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£47£68£-20£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years

www.bathabbey.org/friends.htm

FRIENDS@BATHABBEY.ORG

01225422462

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/05/1962, number: 205082
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 81 days late,
Main office

THE ABBEY OFFICE
11A YORK STREET
BATH
BA1 1NG

Objectives

MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC OF BATH ABBEY AND THE GOODS AND ORNAMENTS THEREOF.TO ASSIST IN CARING FOR BATH ABBEY AND HELPING TO EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BATH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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