Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

TYNE AND WEAR BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED 

The Trust is governed by its constitution and its main objective is to preserve for the benefit of the public generally and especially for the inhabitants of the County of Tyne and Wear, buildings (including artefacts and land) which are of special historic, architectural, or townscape interest.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£770£845£-75£0£2,323£1011.4310
31/03/22£541£556£-14£0£2,299£2,14346.330
31/03/21£1,072£820£252£0£2,282£2,12331.1310
31/03/20£536£460£76£0£2,033£1,88849.230
31/03/19£759£817£-58£0£1,957£1,8402730
31/03/18£475£415£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£505£310£195£0£1,955£84732.820
31/03/16£420£308£112£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£818£936£-119£27£1,608£7669.820
31/03/14£431£389£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£482£243£239£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£194£137£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£181£129£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£162£140£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£213£184£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£226£197£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£195£142£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£207£142£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£230£190£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£171£207£-37£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 45 years

www.twbpt.org.uk

corrina@twbpt.org.uk

01912753765

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 3 employees
  • 10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£168,922
Architectural Heritage Fund£136,626
DCMS£52,391
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
The Pilgrim Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited
£120,622 31/07/2023
TWBPT Resilience - People, Partnerships, Peers
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£13,140 01/12/2021
176 High Street West
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£17,190 30/09/2021
1 Cattle Market
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£2,550 28/07/2021
1 Cattle Market
DCMS - Sunderland HAZ, 177 High St West and 1-2 Villiers Street
£10,456 01/04/2021
This is a development grant to assist the applicant in completing the Project Design as part of the Sunderland Heritage Action Zone
DCMS - CRF21 Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£19,900 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Dunston Staiths, Gateshead
£14,460 05/02/2021
Design and erect temporary scaffolding across section of structure damaged by arson attack in May 2020
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£26,163 07/12/2020
Dunston Staiths
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£65,303 05/10/2020
177 High St West and 1-2 Villiers Street
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Ltd
£12,280 30/07/2020
The Tyre Shop
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust
£48,300 16/07/2020
COVID19 Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - 177 High Street West
£7,575 01/04/2020
Project Development for a costed maintenance plan, preparation of technical designs, tender drawings and undertaking competitive tender process for repair scheme.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust
£30,000 21/11/2019
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Regeneration and re-use of 170-175 High St West, Sunderland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 15/11/2019
#HSWSunderland
DCMS - Dunston Staiths, South Bank, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear (Phase 2)
£14,136 01/04/2018
Dunston Staiths, South Bank, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear (Phase 2)
DCMS - 170-175, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3EX
£15,785 01/04/2018
Emergency consolidation works and associated professional fees to stabilise the site in the short term.
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£25,292 12/02/2018
Repair the rope guide machinery that surrounds the Blackfell Hauler House- main items are the vertical wheel, a horizontal wheel and 3 rope guides. There is a provisional sum included for repairs to ....more
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£48,685 01/02/2018
Emergency consolidation works and associated professional fees to stablise the site in the short term.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 03/05/2017
Restoration and reuse of St Hilda's Pit Head
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust
£583,400 10/03/2016
Restoration and re-use of St Hilda's Colliery Headstock
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust
£56,500 17/12/2015
Increase the Resilience of the Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-78
  • KATIE SUSSAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Operations
  • SARAH DYER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Town Planner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/1979, number: 509133
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/08/1979, number: 01444058
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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; AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

John Marley Lodge
Muscott Grove
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE15 6TT

Objectives

1)To preserve for the benefit of the public generally and especially for the inhabitants of the county of Tyne and Wear, buildings (including artefacts and land) which are of especial historic or architectural or townscape interest.2) The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in the county of Tyne and Wear) including by:a)The provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing;b) The maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities;c) The creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms.?3) The promotion of the effective use of resources for charitable purposes by charitable and non-charitable bodies for the benefit of the public by the provision of workspace, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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