Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL TRUST 

To maintain and develop a museum to advance knowledge and promote an understanding of both small boats and their place in people's lives, and the maritime heritage of Cornwall.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/23£2,143£3,238£-1,094£309£23,718£2,6619.939143
31/03/22£2,749£2,353£396£331£24,950£3,51117.937113
31/03/21£2,006£1,927£79£99£24,441£2,60016.232155
31/03/20£2,233£2,710£-477£222£24,416£2,0799.229180
31/03/19£2,291£2,233£58£249£24,983£2,34312.630180
31/03/18£2,091£2,603£-512£223£24,900£2,0079.3300
31/03/17£2,440£2,347£93£213£25,439£2,19411.2300
31/03/16£2,819£2,674£145£464£25,220£1,6507.4340
31/03/15£2,275£2,558£-283£300£25,100£9384.4340
31/03/14£2,102£2,222£-120£270£25,364£8514.6340
31/03/13£1,850£2,381£-532£406£25,484£6203.1370
31/03/12£1,869£2,298£-429£352£26,016£7834.1370
31/03/11£1,559£2,181£-622£351£26,445£8384.6370
31/03/10£2,025£2,379£-354£450£27,067£1,0865.5380
31/03/09£1,959£2,400£-441£420£27,421£1,0305.2380
31/03/08£1,573£1,725£-152£441£27,862£1,1257.8380
31/03/07£3,168£1,732£1,436£429£28,078£9856.8370
31/03/06£1,619£1,737£-118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,373£1,635£-262£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£469£1,756£-1,287£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 28.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 133%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 9.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.nmmc.co.uk

enquiries@nmmc.co.uk

01326313388

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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 advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 39 employees
  • 143 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£706,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund£250,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£117,650
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£32,240
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Maritime Museum Cornwall
£0 07/12/2022
'Revitalising the museum’s boat hall'. Grant of £118,500 under DCMS Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund (round 14, grant ref. 21866). (WF contributing 50% of total grant of £237,000).
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Coastal Communities
£32,240 14/04/2021
The UK coastline plays a vital role in the economy, history and culture of our country. The government is helping coastal communities flourish and strengthen their appeal as places to live, work and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£117,650 12/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Maritime Museum Cornwall
£250,000 26/06/2020
COVID19 National Maritime Museum Cornwall
DCMS - Covid-19 Recovery
£485,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - NMMC CRF Round 2
£221,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Investment in infrastructure to support our developing major temporary exhibition programme
£96,500 01/04/2019
The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund has four objectives: to increase the number of artefacts on display, to improve physical access to collections, to improve access for disabled ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£80,000 18/10/2018
Support for exhibitions development and delivery
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Maritime Museum Cornwall
£9,300 06/12/2017
Titanic Stories: Contemporary Voices
John Ellerman Foundation - Cornwall
£95,172 23/03/2016
24
Towards the costs of curating the nation's small boats collection and address under-provision in the care, conservation and interpretation of historic small boats and crafts.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Maritime Museum Cornwall
£50,000 16/09/2015
The Enterprise Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Maritime Museum Cornwall
£75,000 09/07/2014
Viking Voyagers
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-78
  • CORALIE GREEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Volunteer & Charity Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/1998, number: 1067884
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/10/1997, number: 03446298
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

DISCOVERY QUAY
FALMOUTH
TR11 3QY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE MARITIME HISTORY AND CURRENT MARITIME DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CORNWALL AND ELSEWHERE IN PARTICULAR. ALSO TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND PRESERVE A MUSEUM IN FALMOUTH TO DISPLAY THE NATIONAL BOAT COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM AND THE CORNISH COLLECTION EFFECTIVELY IN A WATERSIDE SITE

Defined Area of Benefit:

FALMOUTH CORNWALL

Data Sources

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