Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -9

CRAYFORD MANOR HOUSE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY DARTFORD

Delivering up to 22 educational professional lectures on astronomy or related subjects; up to 30 informal evenings where members discuss their activities and impart knowledge; providing access to its observatory and use of its astronomical equipment; safe location for observing evenings, weather permitting; public outreach; running educational projects.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/08/22		£4	£3	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£4	£3	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£7	£9	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	*	£8	£5	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/17		£7	£5	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/16		£8	£5	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/15		£6	£11	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

http://www.crayfordmanorastro.com

info@crayfordmanorastro.com

01892836197

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford
£0	20/06/2022	Grant of £3,000 awarded through Scoping Grant programme. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871).

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR MICHAEL JOHN RUSHTON BSC DRCOG Appointed: 2014

JOHN GRAY ARCHER (Chair) Appointed: 2014

JOHN JAMES HOWARTH Appointed: 2017

KEITH ROBERT RICKARD Appointed: 2014

MARTIN VALENTINE CROW Appointed: 2014

RITA ANN WHITING Appointed: 2014

SIMON FRANCIS DAWES Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2014, number: 1156678

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR18: 79 days late,

Main office

5 Linden Close
Paddock Wood
Tonbridge
TN12 6LH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE

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