Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 9

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE BRUNEL MUSEUM

To preserve and encourage preservation of the Brunel Engine House, Rotherhithe and surrounding area;To educate the public with regard to the engineering works of Marc and Isambard Brunel;To provide a recreational facility for the public at Rotherhithe and to enhance the surrounding area.

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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		£349	£225	£125	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/21		£338	£397	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/12/20		£429	£345	£84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/12/19		£238	£248	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/12/18		£203	£173	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	30
31/12/17		£417	£265	£151	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£288	£423	£-135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£228	£213	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£250	£169	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£144	£163	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£129	£127	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£118	£119	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£153	£127	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£127	£72	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£99	£100	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£153	£143	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£119	£83	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£80	£81	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£85	£59	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 33 years

www.thebrunelmuseum.com

hello@thebrunelmuseum.com

02072313840

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Southwark,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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

DCMS	£492,302
Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£57,000
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£60,000	29/07/2022	Brunel Reinvented
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£25,000	11/07/2022	towards the Reinvented project to restore the Thames Tunnel Shaft and Engine House plus delivery of a STEAM Activity Plan
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£135,674	04/03/2022	The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£56,000	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 ....more 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 viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brunel Museum
£57,000	12/05/2020	COVID 19: The Brunel Museum
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Brunel Museum Rotherhithe (Covid-19 Emergency Response)
£11,000	01/04/2020	To create a historic digital model of the Brunel Museum site with interpretative flythrough to be used for research, analysis, interpretation and the management of an internationally significant ....more To create a historic digital model of the Brunel Museum site with interpretative flythrough to be used for research, analysis, interpretation and the management of an internationally significant site. Access, in its widest sense, will be at the very heart of this project.
DCMS - Brunels Emergency
£180,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Never Give Up
£89,628	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - PHOTOGRAPH OF ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL BY THE LAUNCHING CHAINS OF SS GREAT EASTERN (1857)
£20,000	25/06/2019	PHOTOGRAPH OF ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL BY THE LAUNCHING CHAINS OF SS GREAT EASTERN (1857)

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-68

SAYAK MUKHERJEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Operations

AMY JANE STOCKWELL ROSS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraiser

ANDREW EDWARD SWIFT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager

CHERYL NAOMI SMITH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Historian, Archaeologist

FRANCIS CAROLINE SCOTT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Science Demonstration Specialist

MICHAEL CONRAD HEAP Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

RICHARD ARTHUR DAVIES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Programme Director

MAUREEN NOLAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Secretary

NICHOLAS ANTHONY MANSELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Engineer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/1991, number: 1003287
Registered at Companies House on 04/04/1990, number: 02488877

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,

Main office

BRUNEL ENGINE HOUSE
RAILWAY AVENUE
LONDON
SE16 4LF

Objectives

(1)TO PRESERVE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ENGINE HOUSE, KNOWN AS BRUNEL'S WORKSHOP TOGETHER WITH THE PUMPHOUSE, AND SHAFT FORMING PART OF THE THAMES TUNNEL AND SITUATED IN ROTHERHITHE STREET, ROTHERHITHE, IN GREATER LONDON AND THE PRECINTS THEREOF BY SUCH MEANS AS MAY BE NECESSARY; (2)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ENGINEERING WORKS OF MARC AND ISAMBARD BRUNEL AND TO PUBLISH AND CATALOGUE, LEAFLET OR OTHER MATERIAL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND (3)TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AT ROTHERHITHE AND, SUBJECT THERETO, TO GENERALLY ENHANCE THE SURROUNDING CONSERVATION AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROTHERHITHE

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