Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    THE WISBECH AND FENLAND MUSEUM

    It is a registered museum.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • The latest accounts were qualified
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    • 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 £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    ?31/03/23£182£303£-120n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    ?31/03/22£548£736£-189£2£358£2153.5612
    31/03/21£495£271£224n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£186£156£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£196£150£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£125£148£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£113£97£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16*£75£107£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£81£100£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14*£108£112£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£101£19£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£89£111£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£98£112£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£84£104£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£88£108£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08*£117£155£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£97£104£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06£68£77£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£95£118£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£109£120£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 62 years

    www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk

    info@wisbechmuseum.org.uk

    01945583817

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Cambridgeshire,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    DCMS£615,143
    Wolfson Foundation£43,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
    Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£17,700
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wisbech and Fenland Museum
    £17,700 30/01/2023
    1
    to establish ‘Cuppa and Colour in the Courtyard’ to engage local people in shaping the Museum’s new accessible courtyard entrance into a community garden and outdoor activity space for local residents, volunteers, and visitors, through a ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £25,000 24/09/2021
    Wisbech & Fenland Museum - roof and building repairs
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Wisbech & Fenland Museum
    £43,000 10/06/2021
    Roof and building repairs
    DCMS - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Museum Square, Wisbech PE13 1ES
    £347,826 01/04/2021
    Major roof repair; internal fabric and drainage repairs
    DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Museum Square, Wisbech PE13 1ES
    £234,880 01/04/2020
    Major roof repair; internal fabric and drainage repairs
    DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Museum Square, Wisbech PE13 1ES
    £21,750 01/04/2020
    Project development towards main roof and structural repairs
    DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Museum Square, Wisbech PE13 1ES
    £10,687 01/04/2020
    Repairs to Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wisbech & Fenland Museum
    £92,500 26/02/2019
    Sharing Cultures – Exploring Our Museum
    National Lottery Community Fund - Discovery Days - Wisbech & Fenland Museum Community Volunteer Project
    £9,500 12/04/2018
    12
    This project will run new activities at the museum to help bring people together and to promote positive community relations.
    DCMS - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire
    £32,063 01/04/2018
    Project Development stage to identify the issues facing the Wisbech and Fenland Museum with the aim of producing a Condition Survey, carrying out analysis of historic paintwork, and producing a specification for the first phase of work and emergency ....more
    DCMS - Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire
    £8,550 01/04/2018
    Repairs to Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire
    DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
    £42,750 14/02/2018
    Project Development stage to identify the issues facing the Wisbech and Fenland Museum with the aim of producing a Condition Survey, carrying out analysis of historic paintwork, and producing a specification for the first phase of work and emergency ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wisbech & Fenland Museum
    £94,000 06/10/2016
    Wisbech and Fenland Museum: Fit for the Future
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • WISBECH AND FENLAND MUSEUM TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/01/1963, number: 311307
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR16: 25 days late, AR14: 69 days late, AR13: 10 days late, AR08: 2 days late, AR07: 368 days late,
    Main office

    Wisbech Fenland Museum
    Museum Square
    Wisbech
    PE13 1ES

    Objectives

    TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE BOROUGH OF WISBECH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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