Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

RIPON MUSEUM TRUST 

Ripon Museum Trust operates 3 museum sites in Ripon covering a law & order and poverty theme with a significant education programme as well.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 13 years

www.riponmuseums.co.uk

info@riponmuseums.co.uk

01765690799

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£583£495£89£0£749£3348.118140
31/12/21£528£391£137£0£660£29299145
31/12/20£382£327£55n/an/an/an/an/a145
31/12/19£401£351£50n/an/an/an/an/a145
31/12/18£353£404£-52£0£0£0n/a0140
31/12/17£647£290£357£63£470£953.960
31/12/16£233£241£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£182£178£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£237£229£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£119£126£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£155£125£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 45%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 14.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 140 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ripon Museum Trust
£99,396 14/12/2021
Ripon Museums: Inspiration for a Fairer Future
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ripon Museum Trust
£50,100 16/06/2020
COVID19: Ripon Museum Trust
DCMS - Ripon Museum Trust NPO Application
£142,576 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 - Ripon Museum Trust Survival and Resilience
£117,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Ripon Museum Trust CRF Second Round
£69,350 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - NPO 2018-22: Band 1
£140,000 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.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Private Funding
£29,970 05/01/2018
17
Step change in our capacity & capability regarding Private Fundraising - especially private philanthropy and Trusts & Foundations.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ripon Museum Trust
£402,400 17/03/2016
Purchase of Sharow View
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-77
  • AMY STOW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2011, number: 1141462
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/12/2010, number: 07465640
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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ripon Museum Trust
The Workhouse Museum
Allhallowgate
Ripon
HG4 1LE

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS IN OR NEAR RIPON FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF ARTICLES OF LITERARY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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