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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CHICHESTER HARBOUR TRUST 

To acquire land, sites and buildings within the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and its setting of landscape, environmental, recreational or historic value and to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural beauty and the the wildlife of the area for the public benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,439,689 available, equivalent to 420 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding


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Established: 21 years

www.chichesterharbourtrust.co.uk

admin@chichesterharbourtrust.org.uk

01243777632

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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£1,160£70£1,090£15£2,479£2,440420.310
31/03/22£42£41£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£61£32£29n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£61£45£16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£215£29£186n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£232£40£191£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£64£31£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£40£29£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£93£75£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£66£29£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£50£28£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£55£43£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£109£65£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£162£51£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£286£71£215£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£231£45£186£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£84£45£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£125£74£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£80£36£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£167£75£92£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 420.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 50 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 1 employee

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 11/09/2018
Land Acquisition at Prinsted

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-81
  • NICHOLAS BACKHOUSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Independent Director (Non-Executive)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2003, number: 1096308
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/10/2002, number: 04553653
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

CHICHESTER HARBOUR TRUST
PO BOX 327
CHICHESTER
PO19 1ZN

Objectives

TO ACQUIRE LAND, SITES AND BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CHICHESTER HARBOUR AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY AND ITS SETTING OF LANDSCAPE, ENVIRONMENT, RECREATIONAL OR HISTORIC VALUE AND TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE WILDLIFE OF THE AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHICHESTER HARBOUR AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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