Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE IRIS PROJECT

To advance the education of the public, and in particular but not exclusively, pupils in UK state schools, in Latin, Ancient Greek and Classical Civilisation; to run the East Oxford Community Classics Centre; and, to run the Rumble Museum to expand, preserve and make accessible to the public, its large and varied collection of artefacts

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
30/09/23		£16	£17	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£7	£18	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£21	£7	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£10	£25	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£21	£27	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18		£10	£16	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17		£14	£19	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16		£27	£19	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/15		£40	£27	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14		£49	£52	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13		£33	£21	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12		£20	£18	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11?		£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10	*	£10	£8	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/09	*	£14	£18	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/08	*	£14	£18	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 17 years

www.irisproject.org.uk

info@irisproject.org.uk

01865308698

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Iris Project
£9,300	19/07/2021	African Community Exhibition Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Multicultural Community Festival
£9,600	15/11/2018 12	The funding will be used to run a multicultural community festival combining fun, food and educational activities for families. The aim of the project, designed in partnership with local ....more The funding will be used to run a multicultural community festival combining fun, food and educational activities for families. The aim of the project, designed in partnership with local schoolchildren, is to get people from ethnically diverse groups to mix together and leave a lasting legacy.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-57

DUNCAN MARTIN Appointed: 2009, Occupation: It Analyst

DAVID GIMSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Teacher

DR LORNA ROBINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: General Manager Of A Charity

DR WILL WOOTTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer

NEIL DAVID PARKINSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2007, number: 1121868
Registered at Companies House on 19/09/2007, number: 06375322

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR10: 20 days late, AR09: 7 days late, AR08: 109 days late,

Main office

3 BRIDGE STREET
BRIGSTOCK
KETTERING
NN14 3ET

Objectives

- To advance the education of the public (in particular, but not exclusively, pupils in UK state schools), in the subjects of Latin, Ancient Greek and Classical Civilisation;- To advance the education of the public by providing access to and operating, The Iris Classics Centre and also the Rumble Museum, as well as preserving and expanding its collection of artefacts.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS