Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE WYMONDHAM HERITAGE SOCIETY 

The society provides an accredited museum with interesting and changing displays of local interest. The society encourages interest in Wymondham past, present and future. Regular monthly meetings are held and a newsletter is published. The society seeks to protect the local environment and the town's conservation area is closely supervised.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
30/09/22£24£21£3n/an/an/an/an/a65
30/09/21£12£27£-14n/an/an/an/an/a85
30/09/20£24£24£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/09/19£24£25£-1n/an/an/an/an/a130
30/09/18£28£25£3£0£0£0n/a0130
30/09/17£26£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£23£24£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£22£23£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£26£20£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£27£17£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£14£11£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£11£17£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£16£16£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£15£17£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£18£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£22£15£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£18£14£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£19£12£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years

thewhs.org.uk

info@thewhs.org.uk

01953600205

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 65 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/1988, number: 299548
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wymondham Heritage Museum
10 The Bridewell
Norwich Road
WYMONDHAM
Norfolk
NR18 0NS

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANY OTHER ITEMS THE MAJORITY OF WHICH SHALL BE CONNECTED WITH WYMONDHAM. (B)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE) OF WYMONDHAM. (C) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING WYMONDHAM. (D) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATUION, PROTECTIONAND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN WYMONDHAM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WYMONDHAM AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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