Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

BEWNANS KERNOW 

Bewnans Kernow undertakes activities to:Advance the education, development, appreciation, preservation, research, recording of and participation in indigenous Cornish culture and heritage.Develop capacity and skills of Cornish cultural organisations. Improve the well-being of, and promote equality and diversity for, members of the Cornish National Minority and others.
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 7 years

www.bewnanskernow.org

admin@bewnanskernow.org

01736762713

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
05/04/23£3£5£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
05/04/22£10£5£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£42£34£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£13£0£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£3£0£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,

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
DCMS - CRF20 Bewnans Kernow
£46,800 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Activities Programme
£10,000 27/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to develop an activity hub for members of the local community. The project aims to bring people together and provide volunteering opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2017, number: 1170991
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

BOSTRASE HOUSE
MILLPOOL
GOLDSITHNEY
PENZANCE
CORNWALL
TR20 9JG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT, APPRECIATION, PRESERVATION, RESEARCH AND RECORDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF INDIGENOUS CORNISH HISTORY, ARTS HERITAGE AND CULTURE.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS, PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, CONDUCTING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF CORNWALL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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