Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WOODHORN CHARITABLE TRUST 

Operates six museums and cultural facilities in Northumberland. Advances learning, research and education through access to arts, heritage, culture and collections. Safeguards historic colliery buildings, historical artifacts, local collections and provides the public with access to these.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 15 years

https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/

hello@museumsnorthumberland.org.uk

01670624455

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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£1,972£2,284£-312£0£568£3151.76431
31/03/22£2,315£2,308£7£0£880£39325425
31/03/21£2,340£2,093£247£92£873£34725217
31/03/20£2,007£2,100£-93£0£626£2731.65715
31/03/19£2,300£2,584£-283£0£719£3911.86217
31/03/18£2,153£2,441£-288£320£1,002£4792.4830
31/03/17£3,075£2,859£216£362£1,244£5232.21110
31/03/16£3,148£3,364£-216£471£1,028£5522510
31/03/15£2,554£2,880£-326£311£1,244£4601.9510
31/03/14£3,024£2,459£565£257£1,569£3581.7490
31/03/13£2,353£2,134£219£257£1,005£4762.7480
31/03/12£1,830£2,102£-272£262£782£5973.4480
31/03/11£1,970£2,126£-156£216£1,072£8014.5480
31/03/10£3,054£1,817£1,237£112£1,237£6984.6440

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 64 employees
  • 31 volunteers

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£788,734
National Lottery Heritage Fund£238,100
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£16,833
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£150,410 16/02/2023
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
DCMS - Investment Funds
£74,000 21/02/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the development and implementation of new Covid19-safe activities (on-site/outreach) at Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
£4,800 10/12/2020
the development and implementation of new Covid19-safe activities (on-site/outreach) at Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the development and implementation of new Covid19-safe activities (on-site/outreach) at Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
£4,800 10/12/2020
the development and implementation of new Covid19-safe activities (on-site/outreach) at Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
DCMS - CRF20: Northumberland Archives
£48,100 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£238,100 07/09/2020
COVID19: Woodhorn Charitable Trust
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - encouraging disadvantaged young people from Northumberland to engage with its museums and collections
£7,233 02/04/2020
encouraging disadvantaged young people from Northumberland to engage with its museums and collections
DCMS - Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£203,680 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund 2
£281,544 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Creative People and Places Loneliness Projects
£31,000 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£200,000 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
John Ellerman Foundation - Project Curator salary
£92,961 24/05/2018
24
Towards the salary of a Project Curator, to provide a programme of collection care training to staff and volunteers across the Trust's four Northumberland sites
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - NPO 2018-22: Band 1
£200,000 01/04/2018
11
National portfolio organisation- are leaders in their areas, with a collective responsibility to protect and develop our national arts and cultural ecology.
DCMS - Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£50,000 01/04/2018
To support Woodhorn Charitable Trust
DCMS - Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£200,000 01/04/2018
Woodhorn Charitable Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Northumberland Archives
£77,400 27/10/2016
Dickson, Archer & Thorp - Provincial Solicitors
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£20,500 28/09/2015
Woodhorn Museum & Iain Duncan Partnership Project Lynemouth Coast Northumberland
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£10,000 26/08/2015
Weeping Window at Woodhorn: community engagement
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Woodhorn Charitable Trust
£46,500 28/04/2014
Northumberland At War: Opening Up Collections Relating to WWI
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2009, number: 1129712
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/2009, number: 06893854
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Museums Northumberland
Woodhorn Museum
QEII Country Park
ASHINGTON
Northumberland
NE63 9YF

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF HE WOODHORN COLLIERY IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING LOCAL AREAS 2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING LOCAL AREAS3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOODHORN COLLIERY MUSEUM

Data Sources

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