Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE GREEN'S WINDMILL TRUST 

To advance public education by preserving the Green's Mill and Science Centre for the benefit of the publicThe advancement of heritage for the public benefit by promoting the charitable work of the TrustTo operate the windmill, Science Centre and community garden, providing educational and family activitiesPromoting the reputation of the mathematical physicist George Green (1793-1841)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£60£70£-10n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/22£75£71£3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£99£69£29n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/20£67£56£11n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£52£67£-15n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£44£35£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£29£21£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

http://www.greensmill.org.uk/

info@greensmill.org.uk

01159156878

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 44 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£42,122
The Pilgrim Trust£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,950
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Green's Festival
£9,950 21/10/2022
The funding will be used run a 2-day community festival based in a rural area around a historic Windmill. There will be street parade which will showcase local young people and their work run by ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 11/02/2021
as a general donation over the next 12 months
DCMS - CRF20: Greens Windmill Trust
£38,000 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Green's Windmill Trust (Covid-19 Emergency Response)
£4,122 01/04/2020
Greens Windmill Trust. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Resilience Grants (part of our Covid-19 EmergencyResponse Fund) will be used to support heritage organisationswhich are severely affected by ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Green's Windmill Trust
£30,000 19/09/2019
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Trainee Miller: to preserve, promote and share traditional milling skills
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Green's Windmill Trust
£3,321 19/11/2018
Money would fund all grain/flour, materials and supplies needed to accommodate local schools and run the community events programme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Green's Windmill Trust
£10,000 20/08/2014
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2015, number: 1163116
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/2015, number: 09483696
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Greens Mill Science Centre
Windmill Lane
Sneinton
Nottingham
NG2 4QB

Objectives

1.TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRESERVING GREEN'S MILL AND SCIENCE CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF GREEN'S MILL AND SCIENCE CENTRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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