Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

COLLEGE OF ARMS TRUST

The principal objects of the Charity are to provide funds for:1) the preservation and repair of the College of Arms building2) the establishment and maintenance of a Museum of Heraldry for the benefit of the public3) such other legally charitable purposes in connection with the College of Arms as the trustees and the College may determine from time-to-time

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£103	£77	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£67	£94	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£95	£33	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£98	£61	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£81	£59	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£79	£39	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£92	£103	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£96	£91	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£146	£75	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£98	£90	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£85	£84	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£804	£133	£672	£3	£1,169	£1,004	90.9	0	0
31/03/11		£57	£15	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£52	£24	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£33	£39	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£24	£30	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£44	£68	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£32	£26	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£91	£28	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£28	£17	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 62 years

enquiries@college-of-arms.gov.uk

02072367728

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

City Of London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,835

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - The College of Arms Trust
£5,000	28/04/2023	to support the conservation of a significantly important manuscript volume dating from 1615: the Visitation of County Durham. It is the third of four visitations conducted under a Henry VIII Royal ....more to support the conservation of a significantly important manuscript volume dating from 1615: the Visitation of County Durham. It is the third of four visitations conducted under a Henry VIII Royal Commission recording coats of arms and crests.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The College of Arms Trust
£2,835	07/02/2022	Unrestricted grant towards the conservation of a Tudor manuscript volume
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	04/09/2019	Conservation of Historic Manuscript & Printed Books

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

EARL OF ARUNDEL HENRY MILES FITZALAN-HOWARD Appointed: 2020

RICHARD ANDREW FITZALAN HOWARD, Other trusteeships: THE FREMANTLE TRUST, THE GLOBAL FUND FOR FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, ORDER OF MALTA,

SUSAN MARY WOOD Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: TOWER HILL TRUST, PETER S WINFIELD FOUNDATION,

SIR THOMAS WOODCOCK KCVO DL, Other trusteeships: THE HARLEIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATED 1902, THE LANCASHIRE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY, SLAIDBURN ARCHIVE,

THE DUKE OF NORFOLK DL (Chair), Other trusteeship: ARUNDEL CASTLE TRUSTEES LIMITED,

DAVID VINES WHITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Officer Of Arms, Other trusteeships: BRITISH RECORD SOCIETY LIMITED, MARC FITCH FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/10/1962, number: 211253

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

COLLEGE OF ARMS
130 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4BT

Objectives

(A) PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF THE HERALDS' COLLEGE QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.4. (B) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR BENEFIT OF PUBLIC OF MUSEUM FOR EXHIBITION OF BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS AND ITEMS OF HERALDIC AND HISTORIC INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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