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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

To encourage, promote and educate the public in the fine arts through its support of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
31/07/22£15£109£-94n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21*£18£87£-69n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£256£723£-467n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19*£280£364£-84n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£778£455£323£14£1,089£53514.100
31/07/17£221£3,050£-2,830£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£1,917£1,660£257£22£3,595£8536.200
31/07/15£2,080£1,320£760£14£3,338£9458.600
31/07/14£570£621£-51£19£2,578£83816.200
31/07/13£788£1,044£-256£14£2,629£698800
31/07/12£2,563£1,416£1,146£12£2,885£2,33719.810
31/07/11£368£388£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10*£1,605£135£1,470£9£1,759£2242000
31/07/09*£115£174£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£148£160£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£105£144£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£90£91£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£114£137£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£49£101£-51£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 39 years

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

development@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

01223332921

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Fitzwilliam Museum
£30,000 25/09/2023
Distinctive digital film content at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Nesta - ACE0290
£104,450 03/09/2013
Digital R&D Fund programme grant to The Fitzwilliam Museum Grant Ref ACE0290

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • IAN BARBY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/04/1985, number: 291460
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/1985, number: 01895684
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 15 days late, AR19: 14 days late, AR10: 6 days late, AR09: 11 days late,
Main office

FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
TRUMPINGTON STREET
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1RB

Objectives

TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE FINE ARTS THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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