Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE COOK MUSEUM TRUST 

The Trust was formed by Deed of Trust dated 16 April 1986 with the object of establishing a museum in Whitby displaying items relating to the life and achievements of Captain James Cook.
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
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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
31/10/22£204£190£13n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/10/21£218£162£56n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/10/20£138£170£-32n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/10/19£268£184£83n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/10/18£272£181£92£0£0£0n/a065
31/10/17£212£158£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£236£152£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£261£178£83£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£220£158£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£141£137£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£165£150£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£152£146£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£134£128£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£183£137£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£128£131£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£350£125£225£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£191£98£93£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£90£114£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£313£122£190£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 38 years

www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

info@cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

01947601900

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 65 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 The Cook Museum Trust
£69,000 16/08/2018
Botanical Endeavours! The art and science of plants from Captain Cook's first voyage
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Cook Museum Trust
£179,300 20/03/2014
Learning Spaces: Education and Accessible Collections

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/05/1986, number: 517546
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Grape Lane
WHITBY
North Yorkshire
YO22 4BA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING A MUSEUM IN JOHN WALKER'S HOUSE GRAPE LANE, WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE DEVOTED TO THE DISPLAY OF ITEMS RELATING TO LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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