Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

COLDHARBOUR MILL TRUST LIMITED 

The charity aims to provide a public working museum celebrating the history of the woollen textile industry for the advancement of public education, to preserve Coldharbour Mill as a building of historic and architectural value for public benefit, and to continue textile production.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.coldharbourmill.org.uk

chiefexec@coldharbourmill.org.uk

07834368968

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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
31/12/22£282£393£-111n/an/an/an/an/a73
31/12/21£284£409£-125n/an/an/an/an/a98
31/12/20£417£179£238n/an/an/an/an/a108
31/12/19£216£222£-6n/an/an/an/an/a97
31/12/18£324£322£1£0£0£0n/a072
31/12/17£213£228£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£186£153£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£160£142£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£147£132£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£129£106£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£122£107£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£166£50£116£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/08*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 73 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Somerset,

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£361,834
National Lottery Heritage Fund£38,600
National Lottery Community Fund£19,755
Devon Community Foundation£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Uffculme Coronation Festival
£9,900 30/03/2023
The funding will be used to host a four day celebration event to mark the coronation of King Charles III including activities talks and cream teas and providing people of all ages with the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Uffculme Platinum Jubilee Festival
£9,855 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a community festival to celebrate the Queens Jubilee. The festival will include a variety of activities including planting of 70 apple trees and a community give ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Rural Skills Training
£500 29/11/2021
Training course for young people who are NEET, teaching specialist rural skills as well as other experience in a community setting, and in so doing developing a wildlife area for local benefit.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Coldharbour Mill
£1,990 23/10/2021
We would create a new community open space on unused land by the former millpond, benefiting wildlife, improving health and wellbeing, and providing opportunities for people to learn new skills.
Devon Community Foundation - Rural Skills Training
£2,000 10/08/2021
Training course for young people who are NEET, teaching specialist rural skills as well as other experience in a community setting, and in so doing developing a wildlife area for local benefit.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,550 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Coldharbour Mill Trust Ltd
£38,600 11/09/2020
COVID19: Coldharbour Mill
DCMS - Coldharbour Mill Recovery
£230,169 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Coldharbour Mill CRF2
£96,115 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 11/10/2018
Main Grants award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Coldharbour Mill Trust Ltd
£49,700 14/01/2015
Fit for the future: enhancing delivery of knowledge and skills at Coldharbour Mill
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2008, number: 1123386
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/10/2007, number: 06389577
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR10: 284 days late, AR08: 3 days late,
Main office

Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museu
Coldharbour
Uffculme
CULLOMPTON
EX15 3EE

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION (IN PARTICULAR IN THE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY) BY THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC WORKING MUSEUM COMPRISING SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE TRUST FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION (THE COLLECTION);B) TO PRESERVE COLDHARBOUR MILL AT UFFCULME IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLDHARBOUR MILL, UFFCULME, DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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