Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE KENT AND SHARPSHOOTERS YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL MUSEUM TRUST 

General Charitable PurposesEnvironment/Conservation/Heritage
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely 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£11£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£8£3£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£10£36£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£95£244£-149£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£182£16£166£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£25£14£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£10£7£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£1£5£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 47 years

www.ksymuseum.org.uk/

secretary@ksymuseum.org.uk

01892673245

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Kent, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum Trust
£100,000 24/09/2014
Redevelopment of regimental museum and an inclusive programme of volunteering and onsite and offsite activities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum Trust
£10,000 21/10/2013
Building and sustaining our fund raising capability

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/04/1977, number: 273329
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 118 days late, AR04: 38 days late,
Main office

28 Wolseley Road
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
TN4 9BJ

Objectives

TO UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS OF THE REGIMENT AND TO PERPETUATE ITS DEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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