Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 14
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HISTORIC COVENTRY TRUST 

An entrepreneurial heritage development trust which aims to bring new life to Coventry's heritage by both preserving and finding innovative new ways to sustain and to use historic buildings and other places, thus to benefit, inspire, involve and connect people with Coventry's history and that of its historic buildings and other amenities
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year
Established: 12 years

www.historiccoventrytrust.org.uk

admin@historiccoventrytrust.org.uk

02475270333

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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
31/10/22£3,884£705£3,179£0£16,647£47188212
31/10/21£7,863£8,091£-227£0£13,468£13,26219.7887
31/10/20£6,048£5,595£453£0£1,489£7311.6565
31/10/19£1,091£871£220£0£1,035£831.1224
31/10/18£970£364£606£0£815£581.9015
31/10/17£455£328£127£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£296£258£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£303£303£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14*£62£49£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£53£23£30£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 25 months
Quick Ratio: 9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Coventry City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 212 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£1,049,378
National Lottery Heritage Fund£249,000
Architectural Heritage Fund£115,000
Wolfson Foundation£100,000
The Foyle Foundation£50,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£50,000 28/04/2023
as a further capital contribution to the Charterhouse project, specifically the recreation of the medieval cloister at Charterhouse which will be the centrepiece of education activities
DCMS - High Street HAZ Coventry Demonstrator Project Managers
£16,125 01/04/2022
Project Manager and Engagement Manager to run Coventry High Street Heritage Action Zone Demonstrator.
DCMS - The Charterhouse, Coventry
£10,000 01/04/2022
Asbestos and other minor repairs to building fabric at The Charterhouse, Coventry
DCMS - The Charterhouse, Coventry
£9,625 01/04/2022
Assorted recording of 'discoveries' inside the charterhouse including the recording of the north wing timber frames and the vestigial remains of wall paintings.
DCMS - Nonconformist Chapel, Coventry
£137,329 01/04/2022
Repair and reinstatement works to the Non-Conformist Chapel for conversion to offices under Phase 2 of works to the southern section of the London Road Cemetery, to enable its sustainable future ....more
DCMS - Whitefriars Gate, Coventry
£111,359 01/04/2022
Repair works to address the immediate deterioration of Whitefriars Gate, to enable its sustainable future re-use as part of an ongoing program of heritage-led regeneration in Coventry.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£50,000 29/10/2021
Charterhouse Coventry
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£15,000 12/07/2021
Lych Gate Cottages
DCMS - The Charterhouse, Coventry
£60,000 01/04/2021
The grant is being used to carry out asbestos removal and other minor repairs to the Charterhouse Priory building, Coventry
DCMS - Nonconformist Chapel, Coventry
£90,000 01/04/2021
Repairs to listed chapel and for conversion to offices
DCMS - Whitefriars Gate, Coventry
£90,000 01/04/2021
Essential repairs to empty listed building. Part of Coventry HAZ
DCMS - Coventry High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
£53,625 01/04/2021
Programme of Cultural activities and projects to engage with the local community and link with the High Street Heritage Action Zone capital programme.
DCMS - High Street HAZ Coventry Demonstrator Project Managers
£34,167 01/04/2021
Project Manager and Engagement Manager to run Coventry HS HAZ Demonstrator.
DCMS - CRF21 Historic Coventry Trust
£21,800 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£100,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
DCMS - CRF20: Historic Coventry Trust
£170,700 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£100,000 09/10/2020
Whitefriars Gate
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - The Charterhouse, Coventry CV1 2JR
£9,625 01/04/2020
Assorted recording of 'discoveries' inside the charterhouse including the recording of the north wing timber frames and the vestigial remains of wall paintings.
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - The Charterhouse, Coventry CV1 2JR
£200,000 01/04/2020
Roof and structural repairs.. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the Heritage at ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England - Historic Coventry Trust - Assistant Manager
£19,432 01/04/2020
Assistant Manager post to build capacity and add resilience to the Trust
DCMS - ALB-Historic England - Historic Coventry Trust - High Street HAZ Coventry Demonstrator Project Managers
£15,591 01/04/2020
Project Manager and Engagement Manager to run Coventry HS HAZ Demonstrator.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£249,000 26/11/2019
Opening the Gates to Everyone
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£30,000 29/05/2019
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Whitefriar's Gate, Restoration and Reuse of C14th Carmelite Monastery's Postern Gatehouse
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Historic Coventry Trust Assistant Manager post
£30,568 01/04/2019
Grant to help fund Assistant Manager post to build capacity and add resilience to the Trust
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-High Street HAZ Coventry Demonstrator
£8,284 01/04/2019
Project Officer and Engagement Officer to run Coventry HS HAZ demonstrator.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000 15/02/2019
Drapers' Hall Coventry
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£99,500 14/08/2018
Building Sustainability for Historic Coventry Trust
DCMS - Historic Coventry Trust Assistant Manager post
£25,000 20/06/2018
Grant to help fund Assistant Manager post to build capacity and add resilience to the Trust
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£150,000 14/06/2018
Charterhouse restoration
DCMS - The Charterhouse, Coventry
£250,000 01/04/2018
Repairs to The Charterhouse, Coventry
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Historic Coventry Trust
£10,000 29/07/2013
Charterhouse Business and Planning Advice
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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: 54-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2012, number: 1148237
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/10/2011, number: 07825870
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR14: 17 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COVENTRY CHARTERHOUSE on 07/07/2023
Main office

Drapers Hall
Bayley Lane
COVENTRY
CV1 5RN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF COVENTRY AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND COVENTRY IN BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC AMENITIES INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST AND ANY WORKS OF ART OR OTHER ITEMS OF HISTORIC VALUE WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS OR PUBLIC AMENITIES.

Data Sources

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