Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

IMAGO MUNDI 

Produces the bi-annual 'Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography'. It is also responsible for coordinating the biennial series of International Conferences in the History of Cartography. In general, its aim is to promote and extend interest in the academic history of cartography worldwide.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 61 years

http://www.maphistory.info/imago.html

a.hiatt@qmul.ac.uk

07474613362

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/22*£19£19£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£20£19£2n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£18£19£-1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£18£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£18£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£17£19£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£16£24£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£16£19£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£17£15£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£18£19£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£18£18£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£14£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£13£9£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£11£7£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)

Age Range of Trustees: 45-84
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/06/1963, number: 313345
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 75 days late,
Main office

31
Sandringham Road
London
London
UK
E10 6HJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF CARTOGRAPHY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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