Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

WAR MEMORIALS TRUST

War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. The charity provides an advisory service to anyone with a war memorial enquiry or concern as well as administering grants schemes which support repair and conservation works. WMT also delivers an educational programme to encourage young people to engage with our war memorial heritage.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 27 years

www.warmemorials.org

info@warmemorials.org

02078340200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£523	£400	£122	£23	£573	£341	10.2	6	20
31/03/22	£306	£395	£-89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£337	£310	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£438	£339	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19	£1,195	£1,182	£13	£53	£392	£178	1.8	9	140
31/03/18	£1,617	£1,647	£-30	£68	£379	£160	1.2	11	0
31/03/17	£1,190	£1,265	£-74	£66	£399	£113	1.1	11	0
31/03/16?	£1,704	£1,565	£139	£90	£403	£105	0.8	12	0
31/12/14	£699	£897	£-198	£51	£275	£99	1.3	11	0
31/12/13	£447	£610	£-163	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£504	£478	£26	£49	£605	£311	7.8	7	0
31/12/11	£558	£393	£166	£80	£558	£390	11.9	6	0
31/12/10	£351	£318	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£304	£344	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£306	£264	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£293	£231	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£327	£217	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£187	£239	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£278	£158	£120	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 10.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 17 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

6 employees
20 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: War Memorials Conservation Programme
£29,585	20/01/2022	The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial ....more The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial concern as well as facilitating repair and conservation projects through grants. The Programme also encourages the public to engage with our unique war memorial heritage through workshops, events and War Memorials Online, which is creating a greater understanding of the condition of war memorials thanks to the efforts of volunteers.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: Grants for War Memorials
£43,750	20/01/2022	Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War ....more Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War Memorials Trust. The scheme works alongside other sources of grant funding managed by War Memorials Trust to target assistance at those war memorials in greatest need. The scheme has operated since 2000-01 meeting a clear need from communities across England for aid to undertake work underpinned by best conservation practice.
DCMS - CRF20: War Memorials Trust
£40,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Foundation Scotland - Grant to War Memorials Trust
£200	17/08/2020	Donation from Rosemary Byrde
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: Conservation Programme
£27,540	01/04/2020	The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial ....more The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial concern as well as facilitating repair and conservation projects through grants. The Programme also encourages the public to engage with our unique war memorial heritage through workshops, events and War Memorials Online, which is creating a greater understanding of the condition of war memorials thanks to the efforts of volunteers.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: Grants for War Memorials
£7,040	01/04/2020	Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War ....more Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War Memorials Trust. The scheme works alongside other sources of grant funding managed by War Memorials Trust to target assistance at those war memorials in greatest need. The scheme has operated since 2000-01 meeting a clear need from communities across England for aid to undertake work underpinned by best conservation practice.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-DCMS FWWMP - Additional funding for War Memorials Workstream A2: Conservation Admin
£20,000	01/04/2019	Additional funding for War Memorials Workstream A2: Conservation Admin - to finish the legacy of the FWWMP
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-DCMS WW1 War Memorials Programme 2014/19, Grants for War Memorials Scheme
£100,000	01/04/2019	Funding to repair war memorials in England
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: Conservation Programme
£9,180	01/04/2019	The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial ....more The Conservation Programme is the mechanism through which War Memorials Trust supports the protection and conservation war memorials. It provides a free advisory service to anyone with a war memorial concern as well as facilitating repair and conservation projects through grants. The Programme also encourages the public to engage with our unique war memorial heritage through workshops, events and War Memorials Online, which is creating a greater understanding of the condition of war memorials thanks to the efforts of volunteers.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Building Capacity: Grants for War Memorials
£20,000	01/04/2019	Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War ....more Grants for War Memorials supports the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. It has clear eligibility criteria established by Historic England and implemented by War Memorials Trust. The scheme works alongside other sources of grant funding managed by War Memorials Trust to target assistance at those war memorials in greatest need. The scheme has operated since 2000-01 meeting a clear need from communities across England for aid to undertake work underpinned by best conservation practice.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/11/2018	Conservation Programme
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Conservation Programme: War Memorials Trust
£46,000	01/04/2018	The Conservation Programme supports the repair, conservation, protection and maintenance of war memorials. It provides advice and guidance, promotes best conservation practice to custodians and ....more The Conservation Programme supports the repair, conservation, protection and maintenance of war memorials. It provides advice and guidance, promotes best conservation practice to custodians and contractors helping day-to-day management, assists repair and conservation works through grant programmes and supports protection by submitting listing proposals
DCMS - Grants for War memorials
£375,000	01/04/2018	To repair and restore war memorials during the FWW centenary
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£375,000	12/01/2018	To repair and restore war memorials during the FWW centenary
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	03/05/2017	Conservation Programme
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£15,000	21/03/2017	Development Officer for the Battlefields Trust to consolidate the development of a national framework of local battlefield groups to monitor and investigate heritage protection risks on battlefields, ....more Development Officer for the Battlefields Trust to consolidate the development of a national framework of local battlefield groups to monitor and investigate heritage protection risks on battlefields, and to develop the Trust?s capability to sustain this activity.
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£36,000	21/03/2017	To administer grants schemes to support the repair and conservation of war memorials. To provide specialist advice and support to anyone with a war memorial enquiry. Tto manage a programme of ....more To administer grants schemes to support the repair and conservation of war memorials. To provide specialist advice and support to anyone with a war memorial enquiry. Tto manage a programme of casework to support war memorials at risk to submit applications for the listing of war memorials and encourage others to apply for their local war memorials to be listed. To provide materials to enable people to take responsibility for their war memorials build relationships with other organisations to raise awareness.
Dulverton Trust - the Small Grants Scheme
£20,000	25/02/2014	the Small Grants Scheme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

JOHN MARTIN WILSON PEAT

MARGARET GOODALL Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: WAR MEMORIALS TRUST,

PETER DAVID GODFREY MCCORMICK OBE (Chair), Other trusteeships: THE HELEN FEATHER MEMORIAL TRUST, JOHN STRUTT CENTRE FOR PARROT CONSERVATION, THE JOHN STRUTT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,

RANDOLPH LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: WAR MEMORIALS TRUST,

RUSSELL IAN WALTERS Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeships: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE EDUCATION TRUST (BIOTECHMET), SANTA MARTA GROUP, WAR MEMORIALS TRUST,

THE LORD RUPERT CHARLES DE MAULEY TD Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: THE HORSE TRUST, YEOMANRY BENEVOLENT FUND, WAR MEMORIALS TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/1997, number: 1062255

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

WAR MEMORIALS TRUST
1st Floor
14 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD
LONDON
SW1W 0QP

Objectives

1. GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 2. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN WAR BY PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING WAR MEMORIALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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