Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

NORTH DEVON MUSEUM TRUST 

Museum mainly of local maritime matters but also agricultural and social activities as well. A Victorian school is run for local schools to use to give them an idea of educational ways in Victorian times. The catchment area is North Devon.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

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 was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£29£37£-8n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/22£21£17£4n/an/an/an/an/a67
31/03/21£32£8£24n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/03/20£30£15£15n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/19£24£15£8n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/18£47£22£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£30£18£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£77£12£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£49£10£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£19£9£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£9£9£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£14£10£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£16£8£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£9£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£11£10£2£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.northdevonmartimimemuseum.co.uk

info@northdevonmaritimemuseum.co.uk

01237422064

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 65 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to North Devon Museum Trust
£5,000 16/08/2021
2
Replacement of Staircase window

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/05/1974, number: 267268
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

NORTH DEVON MARITIME MUSEUM
ODUN ROAD
APPLEDORE
BIDEFORD
EX39 1PT

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR:- A. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL MUSEUM ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTER AND HISTORY OF THE AREA TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS NORTH DEVON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT AREA AND ITS VISITOR. B. THE ACQUISITION OF SUITABLE REGIONAL MATERIAL AND ITS PROPER CONSERVATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL PRESERVATION DISPLAY AND RESEARCH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20TH MARCH 1974).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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