Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

RILEY CARS ARCHIVE HERITAGE TRUST 

Preservation of vintage Riley motor cars
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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
31/12/22£14£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/21£27£20£7n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/20£29£7£22n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£15£5£10n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/18£6£11£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£0£4£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/14£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/13£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/12£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/11£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/10£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/09£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/08£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/07£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/06£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/05£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/04£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 50 years

geoffreyhaviland@gmail.com

01525850380

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Central Bedfordshire, Coventry City, Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/01/1974, number: 266905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

WHISTLEDOWN
GADDESDEN TURN
GREAT BILLINGTON
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
LU7 9BW

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN THE PURCHASE OF ITEMS, ARTICLES AND WORKS OF ARTISTIC, HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (WHETHER BY WAY OF DONATION, LOAN OR OTHERWISE) ESPECIALLY VINTAGE OR ANTIQUE MOTOR CARS, THEIR ACCESSORIES AND ITEMS CONNECTED THEREWITH WHICH ARE OF ARTISTIC, HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AS AFORESAID FOR EXHIBITION IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND OTHER PLACES TO WHICH THE PUBLIC ARE ADMITTED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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