Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

FRIENDS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOUSE

General Charitable PurposesEducation/TrainingArts/cultureEnvironment/Conservation/Heritage

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23	*	£274	£345	£-70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/22		£210	£372	£-163	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21	*	£427	£331	£96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20	*	£394	£369	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19		£236	£368	£-132	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	83
31/03/18		£371	£397	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£265	£356	£-91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£190	£357	£-167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£340	£382	£-42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£302	£360	£-58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£198	£355	£-157	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£336	£365	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£295	£320	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£293	£345	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£178	£190	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£242	£331	£-88	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?		£492	£407	£85	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£322	£167	£154	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£149	£190	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 26%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Established: 46 years

www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org

info@benjaminfranklinhouse.org

02078392006

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 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

DCMS	£107,800
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£56,100
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000	24/12/2021	Benjamin Franklin House Education Programme: Bringing History and Science to Life for Children
DCMS - CRF21 Friends of Benjamin Franklin House
£33,000	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: Benjamin Franklin House
£74,800	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000	02/10/2020	Benjamin Franklin House Education Programme: Bringing History and Science to Life for Children
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Friends of Benjamin Franklin
£56,100	18/06/2020	COVID19: Benjamin Franklin House
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000	10/07/2017	Bringing History & Science to Life for Children
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Benjamin Franklin House
£85,800	02/02/2017	Revealing heritage through digital innovation at Benjamin Franklin House
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Benjamin Franklin House
£10,000	07/06/2013	Resources for Development office of Benjamin Franklin House

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-87

AMBASSADOR GERARD ERRERA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financier

DAVID ALLAN MORSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Mangement Consultant

ELIZABETH TIRONE

TUDOR AW Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Accountant

ANNE PRESCOTT KEIGHER, Occupation: Architect Interior Designer

GAY HUEY EVANS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self-Employed (Non-Executive Director)

IRINA BOKOVA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Member, Fia Senate

RORY SUTHERLAND, Occupation: Vice Chair, The Oglivy Group (Advertising)

JOHN STUDZINSKI (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeship: CASTLE HOWARD FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/07/1978, number: 276066
Registered at Companies House on 10/04/1978, number: 01362091

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 51 days late, AR14: 89 days late, AR09: 14 days late, AR08: 25 days late, AR04: 38 days late,

Main office

36 Craven Street
London
WC2N 5NF

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION AND DISPLAY OF ARTICLES COLLECTED TOGETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONCERNED WITH THE LIFE AND WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ACQUIRE, IMPROVE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN 36 CRAVEN STREET, WESTMINSTER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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