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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

THE BACUP NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

To encourage interest in local flora and fauna and social and industrial history.To maintain and operate a museum, library and lecture programme to support this.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why is the Board completely female?

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
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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
31/03/24£17£20£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£15£15£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£23£30£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£25£10£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£12£18£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£8£15£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£16£8£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£6£8£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£16£15£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£3£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£4£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£4£9£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£5£2£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£4£3£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.bacupnaturalhistorysociety.co.uk

c_ormrod@hotmail.com

01706874252

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Bacup Natural History Society & Museum
£750 31/03/2023
To create a history club to run during May half term with a number of educational activities including discovery of fossils, and local histories.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bacup Natural History Society
£10,000 31/07/2018
The Muck and Flea Club
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bacup Natural History Society
£10,000 29/09/2016
Keeping the Home Fires Burning
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bacup Natural History Society
£10,000 30/06/2014
Nursing Heroes The Fern Hill Story

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINE ORMROD MRS Appointed: 2015
  • JANET ENTWISTLE Appointed: 2022
  • MARIAN CONNOLLY MRS
  • WENDY ANN WATTERS Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/04/1995, number: 1045767
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 89 days late,
Main office

170-172 New Line
BACUP
OL13 9RU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY OF NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND ESPECIALLY TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE ROSSENDALE DISTRICT. TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE LOCALITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROSSENDALE DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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