Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

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:

  • 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

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
31/12/23£198£249£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£349£225£125n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£338£397£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£429£345£84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£238£248£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£203£173£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£417£265£151n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£288£423£-135n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£228£213£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£250£169£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£144£163£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£129£127£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£118£119£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£153£127£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£127£72£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£99£100£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£153£143£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£119£83£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£80£81£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£85£59£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.thebrunelmuseum.com

hello@thebrunelmuseum.com

02072313840

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UN SDGs
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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 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
DCMS£472,302
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£57,000
The Foyle Foundation£25,000
The Pilgrim Trust£10,000
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
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Brunel Museum
£10,000 23/06/2022
25
Repairs to the Engine House and the Tunnel Shaft at the Brunel Museum
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, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce ....more
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 funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
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 site. Access, in its widest sense, will be at the very ....more
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 (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-69
  • 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
  • JONATHAN PETER BAGGS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Community Engagement Leader
  • LAUREN TURNER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Human Resources
  • MAUREEN NOLAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Secretary
  • MICHAEL CONRAD HEAP Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • NICHOLAS ANTHONY MANSELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Engineer
  • RICHARD ARTHUR DAVIES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Programme Director
  • SAYAK MUKHERJEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Operations
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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