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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE SPRINGHEAD TRUST LIMITED

We introduce children to the countryside by organising residential school visits. We teach and encourage techniques and principles associated with a more sustainable way of life. We run rural craft courses.We open the garden and grounds to the public and hold garden tours and lectures.We hold art festivals, exhibitions and musical events
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/12/23£163£183£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£230£254£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£365£352£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£189£204£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£203£188£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£213£157£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£127£134£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£1,632£139£1,493£20£1,533£1,52913230
31/12/15£125£122£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£107£127£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£87£103£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£122£113£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£136£120£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£124£123£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£129£124£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£152£151£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£157£147£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£148£121£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.springheadtrust.org.uk

info@springheadtrust.org.uk

01747811853

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£217,320
National Lottery Heritage Fund£36,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
The Pilgrim Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 09/07/2021
Springhead core costs
DCMS - CRF21 The Springhead Trust Limited
£42,400 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 The Springhead Trust Limited
£68,000 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Springhead, Fontmell Magna Shaftesbury
£16,815 15/01/2021
To arrest the ingress of water to prevent further deterioration of the building, repairing the roof by replacing or rehanging the badly spalled and slipping tiles
DCMS - Springhead, Fontmell Magna Shaftesbury
£5,605 15/01/2021
To arrest the ingress of water to prevent further deterioration of the building, repairing the roof by replacing or rehanging the badly spalled and slipping tiles
DCMS - CRF20 Springhead Trust Limited
£84,500 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Springhead Trust Limited
£3,000 07/08/2020
2
Restoring Springhead's Painted Room: detailed condition survey to inform plans to restore unique murals by London Group artist Harold Squire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Springhead Trust Ltd
£36,600 01/06/2020
COVID19: The Springhead Trust Limited
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 15/11/2019
Springhead core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Springhead: Improving Disability Access
£9,650 17/01/2018
12
The funding will be used by a charity to improve access to their community facilities in order to allow people living with disabilities to take part in inclusive activities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Springhead Trust Ltd
£13,600 16/03/2016
Springhead Revisited: Restoring the Rotunda
National Lottery Community Fund - Disabled Access and Wet Room at 'The Cottage'
£10,000 30/08/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Shaftesbury, Dorset. The group will use the funding to update a dormitory bathroom used by young people who visit the centre on residential trips into a disabled wet room. This will update the dormitory facilities ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 73-81
  • IAN SCOTT Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Arts Administrator
  • JULIAN CHARLES RICHARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Archaeologist
  • LEE VINCENT SMITH Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Co Director
  • NIKOLAUS DAVID SEAN BOULTING Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Design Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2005, number: 1112083
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/2005, number: 05370640
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR09: 240 days late,
Main office

MILL STREET
FONTMELL MAGNA
SHAFTESBURY
DORSET
SP7 0NU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROMOTE AND / OR SUPPORT ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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