Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

RAVENGLASS RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST

Museum Operation & Other Charitable Purposes

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
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
31/12/22	£39	£61	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/12/21	£80	£94	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/12/20	£266	£252	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/19	£34	£56	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/12/18	£72	£74	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	14
31/12/17	£397	£520	£-122	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£201	£153	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£144	£26	£118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£29	£17	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£1	£5	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£2	£6	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£1	£5	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£2	£5	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£2	£5	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£3	£5	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 48 years

www.ravenglassrailwaymuseum.co.uk

museum@ravenglass-railway.co.uk

01539721626

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
28 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust
£250,000	28/11/2019	Restoration of historic Pullman Camping Coaches to create accredited holiday accommodation
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Eskdale (Cumbria) Trust
£496,000	17/06/2014	Museum Renovation, Extension and Volunteer and Events programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID SIMPSON Appointed: 2022

DR ROBERT GEORGE PETER TEBB Appointed: 2016

GEORGINA TOWNSEND Appointed: 2015

TREVOR STOCKTON Appointed: 2016

PETER RICHARD WAVELL HENSMAN (Chair), Other trusteeships: THE BREWERY ARTS CENTRE ENDOWMENT TRUST, LAKE DISTRICT FOUNDATION,

PETER VAN ZELLER Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: MUNCASTER PARISH HALL, RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY TRUST, FURNESS RAILWAY TRUST,

STUART HARRISON Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/1976, number: 505295
Registered at Companies House on 22/04/1999, number: 03759526

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Maudlands
Maude Street
Kendal
LA9 4QD

Objectives

FOR THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF STUDENTS RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC NAMELY:- (A) THE RESTORATION OF THE MUNCASTER MILL WATER POWERED MILL ON A SITE USED FOR A MILL FOR CENTURIES AND THE CONTINUED PRESERVATION AD DISPLAY OF THE RESTORED MILL AND EQUIPMENT. (B) THE FOUNDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RAILWAY MUSEUM AT RAVENGLASS. (C) THE CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE. (D) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE USE OF WATER AS A MEANS OF PRODUCING ENERGY. (E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE BOTH IN CUMBRIA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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