Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

MILTON KEYNES MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Local museum with emphasis on changes of community since the new City of Milton Keynes whilst seeking to draw attention to the area's importance across the centuries.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£417£536£-119n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£487£466£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£586£330£256£17£755£47717.36150
31/03/20£669£536£133£56£499£1944.39180
31/03/19£563£765£-202£80£366£1993.18180
31/03/18£611£427£184£83£568£3018.590
31/03/17£451£379£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£360£276£84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£290£239£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£183£193£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£183£176£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£156£177£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£143£202£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£175£219£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£270£146£124n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£126£158£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£174£141£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06?*£114£122£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£91£115£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 34 years

www.mkmuseum.org.uk

accounts@mkmuseum.org.uk

01908 316222

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£222,850
DCMS£200,000
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Milton Keynes Museum Trust Ltd
£222,850 07/06/2023
50 years on: Museum for a New City
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£50,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 11/02/2021
towards new interpretation and learning materials to support the partial re-opening of the Museum with COVID-19 restrictions in place (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Milton Keynes Museum: Saving a Local Institution
£100,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Milton Keynes Museum reopening plan
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Milton Keynes Museum Trust Ltd
£7,371 19/11/2018
The money will go towards the costs of creating a high impact people's story and object wall within the Modern MK gallery.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 03/05/2017
Milton Keynes Museum Expansion
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-75
  • ANDREW HARRIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DAVID NEIL LOUDON, Occupation: Chartered Civil Engineer
  • DAVID HOPKINS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Councillor
  • ELIZABETH PATRICIA GIFFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • JANE PALMER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo (Retired)
  • MARTIN PETCHEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor
  • NIGEL ANTHONY ADAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • PAUL KITCHEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • RACHEL SUMNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Business Partner
  • SHWETAL PATEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Arts
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/07/1990, number: 803675
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/10/1988, number: 02302281
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 25 days late, AR08: 25 days late, AR06: 76 days late, AR04: 30 days late,
Main office

Milton Keynes Museum Trust Ltd
Milton Keynes Museum
McConnell Drive
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
MK12 5EL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE STACEY HILL COLLECTION OF INDUSTRY AND RURAL LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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