Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

HERON CORN MILL (BEETHAM) LIMITED 

The restoration of Heron Cornmill to its original form as a working water powered mill and preservation and display of the mill and equipment for educational benefit of students and the public and promoting renewable energy.Arrange lectures shows for the benefit of the public and to print publish and make available by sale or otherwise of literature reproductions photographs and the like.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£268£205£63n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£281£199£82n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£306£206£100n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/19£227£200£28n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£196£170£26£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£129£160£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£208£195£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£187£200£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£274£220£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£796£207£588£38£1,158£1,10063.650
31/12/12£147£140£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£147£140£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£752£150£602£36£602£-70-5.630

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.heronmill.org

info@heronmill.org

01539564271

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£161,750
National Lottery Heritage Fund£19,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£13,164
The Foyle Foundation£13,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,480
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Write By The River
£1,850 23/02/2022
Write By The River
Cumbria Community Foundation - A Right Royal Beetham Bake-Off
£850 08/02/2022
A Right Royal Beetham Bake-Off
National Lottery Community Fund - Trails and Tales
£9,480 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to provide monthly guided walks with picnics and refreshments storytelling and tales of local history customs and folklore for disadvantaged families including refugees and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 30/07/2021
Heron Corn Mill Core Costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS 2021 Donor Directed - Powsowdie boxes
£500 11/03/2021
HS 2021 Donor Directed - Powsowdie boxes
DCMS - CRF21: Heron Corn Mill (Beetham) Ltd
£63,800 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: Heron Corn Mill
£75,600 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff and equipment costs
£4,964 01/07/2020
6
Staff and equipment costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,350 25/06/2020
"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 Heron Corn Mill (Beetham) Ltd
£19,000 04/06/2020
COVID19 HERON CORN MILL
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 07/05/2020
HERON CORN MILL EDUCATION PROGRAMME 2020/21
Cumbria Community Foundation - Tutors/musicians for 808
£5,000 23/01/2020
Tutors/musicians for 808
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£13,000 02/07/2019
towards replacement equipment and a programme of STEAM related and technology education for the resident youth group at the Mill
Cumbria Community Foundation - Transititon 808
£4,250 19/12/2018
Transititon 808
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Heron Corn Mill (Beetham) Ltd
£52,500 29/08/2018
1220-2020 (800 Years of Milling)
National Lottery Community Fund - THE GRAIN CHAIN
£9,050 09/08/2017
12
The project will run bread baking sessions for people with mental health issues who are referred by local mental health organisations. The engaging sessions will help people to improve their ....more
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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: 67-89
  • ROGER BINGHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: County Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2009, number: 1131677
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/01/2009, number: 06784856
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
13 returns made; AR13: 20 days late,
Main office

MILL LANE
BEETHAM
MILNTHORPE
CUMBRIA
LA7 7PQ

Objectives

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, AND UPKEEP THE HERON CORN MILL TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM AS A FULLY WORKING WATER POWERED CORN MILL - ON A SITE FIRST USED FOR A MILL IN THE 13TH CENTURY - AS A WORKING MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS, AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TENDING TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN THE HISTORY AND INDUSTRY OF THE AREA. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND MUTUAL CO-DEPENDENCY OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY DEMONSTRATING AND PROMOTING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, USING HYDRO POWER. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE POWER TO ARRANGE LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS AND EVENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO PRINT, PUBLISH, AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY SALE OR OTHERWISE OF LITERATURE, REPRODUCTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE LIKE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEETHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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