Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -1

FRIENDS OF THE HITCHIN BRITISH SCHOOLS MUSEUM

Provide support, both financial and manpower, to the British Schools Museum - Hitchin.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

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
31/03/23		£17	£11	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£8	£10	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£22	£3	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£16	£17	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£14	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£12	£20	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£21	£12	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£13	£13	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£10	£26	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£14	£28	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£14	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£11	£14	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10	*	£14	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09	*	£13	£21	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08	*	£20	£16	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07	*	£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06		£53	£17	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£22	£24	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk

friends@britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk

01462625067

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

School support organisations

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON MARY DOGGRELL

ANITA JOAN COLLIS Appointed: 2016

BRIDGET HOWLETT Appointed: 2022

DR JOHN HORTON (Chair)

ELIZABETH KEECH Appointed: 2011

ROSEMARY SUSAN MILLINGTON-HORE Appointed: 2012

TERENCE RANSOME Appointed: 2015

CLAIRE LOUISE WOODFORDE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1993, number: 1016659

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 131 days late, AR09: 10 days late, AR08: 122 days late, AR07: 264 days late,

Main office

9 ARLESEY ROAD
ICKLEFORD
HITCHIN
SG5 3UN

Objectives

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HITCHIN BRITISH SCHOOLS MUSEUM THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

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