Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 8

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: -3

BLACKPOOL MUSEUM TRUST

The Blackpool Museum Trust will support the Blackpool Museum Project (Showtown) to promote the education of the public by supporting the establishment and maintenance of the Museum. It will promote the awareness and appreciation of popular culture, including nationally important objects relating to Blackpool's heritage.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/03/22	£9	£0	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£151	£0	£151	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£5	£0	£5	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

museumproject@blackpool.gov.uk

01253476824

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£150,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£131,592
The Pilgrim Trust	£10,000
DCMS	£4,600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Blackpool Museum Trust & Blackpool Council
£11,963	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Blackpool Museum Trust & Blackpool Council
£119,629	31/08/2021 24	Towards core costs to support key senior staff roles for Blackpool Showtown, the new museum for one of the UK’s most deprived areas; delivering community, cultural and economic regeneration.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Blackpool Museum Trust
£10,000	24/06/2021 8	Conserving nationally important circus collections for display and interpretation at Blackpool’s Showtown museum
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,600	03/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£150,000	07/02/2020	Showtown: The Museum of Fun and Entertainment

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-68

KATHERINE ANNE O'CONNOR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant

LAURENCE RODERIC LLEWELYN-BOWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Designer

STEVEN THOMPSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Local Government Director

SIR ANDREW PARMLEY PHD Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR, MANSION HOUSE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME,

NIGEL JOHN ARTHUR PATTERSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BLACKPOOL HERITAGE AND MUSEUM TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/11/2016, number: 1170082
Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2015, number: 09854607

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

FYCreative
154-158 Church Street
Blackpool
FY1 3PA

Objectives

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN BLACKPOOL, KNOWN AS THE BLACKPOOL MUSEUM PROJECT, TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF POPULAR CULTURE IN BLACKPOOL AND IN THE UK GENERALLY.

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