Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE FRIENDS OF BLACKBURN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

To promote, help and support Blackburn Musem and Art Gallery by raising money for artifacts and conservation, promoting the use of the Museum and Art Gallery, and providing volunteers for special work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 23 years

www.friendsofblackburnmuseum.org.uk

chair@fobmag.org.uk

01254262528

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
30/09/23	£7	£4	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22	£2	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21	£2	£1	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20	£2	£1	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19	£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18	£2	£4	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/17	£4	£1	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/16	£2	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/15	£6	£1	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/14	£2	£11	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/13	£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/12	£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/11	£5	£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/10	£3	£7	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/09	£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/08	£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/07	£5	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/06	£2	£4	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/05	£6	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/04	£3	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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 - Museums and Schools
£126,864	22/03/2022	To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To ....more To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To deliver high quality opportunities for school pupils to visit museums that is linked to the national curriculum and support classroom learning.
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£365,000	09/02/2022	This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance ....more This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance backlogs which are beyond the scope of day-to-day maintenance budgets.
DCMS - Museums and Schools
£126,864	26/03/2021	To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To ....more To increase the number of visits to museums and galleries by schools in locations classified as areas of high deprivation where engagement between schools and regional museums has been low. To deliver high quality opportunities for school pupils to visit museums that is linked to the national curriculum and support classroom learning.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - kick down the barriers
£45,000	21/11/2018 12	Kick Down the Barriers is year-long project, driven by Blackburn Museum, that fuses together four communities with artists and researchers.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Museums and Schools 18/20
£253,728	19/04/2018 23	Museums and Schools programme is aiming to provide high quality museum visits linked to the national curriculum.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

BRUCE KITCHIN

GILLIAN MASON Appointed: 2016

JOHN TURKINGTON

JANINE MONAGHAN Appointed: 2019

JEFFREY COOPER, Other trusteeship: BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE THIRD AGE TRUST,

KENNETH LESLIE FORD (Chair), Other trusteeship: BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE THIRD AGE TRUST,

MICHAEL MILLWARD Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE RACHEL KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH TEXTILE COLLECTIONS,

MRS MARY WATERS Appointed: 2013

RAYMOND WATTON Appointed: 2018

ROBERT SVARC Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2001, number: 1086901

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

10 MERLIN ROAD
BLACKBURN
BB2 7BA

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION SUPPORT ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BLACKBURN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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