Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

CORNWALL MUSEUMS PARTNERSHIP 

We develop and manage collaborative programmes of work which are designed to help museums raise standards, engage with more people and to be sustainable and resilient.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£1,362£1,486£-123£0£252£1861.5110
31/03/22£1,298£1,376£-78£0£375£2312120
31/03/21£1,204£1,109£95£0£453£3443.7110
31/03/20£1,158£1,108£50£0£359£2512.7110
31/03/19£1,231£1,023£208£0£308£2573100
31/03/18£719£774£-55£0£100£1001.6100
31/03/17*£746£640£105£0£155£380.780
31/03/16£597£547£50£0£50£420.950

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 9 years

www.Cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk

info@cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk

01209500750

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Isles Of Scilly,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 11 employees

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£92,200
John Ellerman Foundation£90,000
Dulverton Trust£33,022
National Lottery Heritage Fund£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Museums Partnership
£25,000 20/12/2022
Explore: Protecting wellbeing in inclusive collections work
Dulverton Trust - #iwill Museum of Carefree
£33,022 09/02/2022
#iwill Museum of Carefree
DCMS - CRF21 Cornwall Museums Partnership
£92,200 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
John Ellerman Foundation - trainee curator programme
£90,000 23/05/2019
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Towards the costs of a 3-year Trainee Curator programme in 5 partner museums with collections of social history, visual arts and natural sciences
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Museums Partnership
£241,800 07/02/2018
Rural-proofing Resilience
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Museums Partnership
£10,000 10/01/2018
Cornwall Heritage Awards
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Museums Partnership
£440,800 21/05/2013
Cornwall Museum Partnership
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2015, number: 1160147
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
Main office

101 Krowji
West Park
Redruth
Cornwall
TR15 3GE

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:- (A) ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY, KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY AND THE ARTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CORNWALL, THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY; AND (B) PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES IN CORNWALL, THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY PROVIDING A MEANS BY WHICH MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES IN CORNWALL, THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY CAN COLLABORATE WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THEM TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORNWALL, THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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