Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

TOOLEY'S BOATYARD TRUST

The Trust aims to maintain Tooley's Boatyard as a working heritage centre of narrowboat maintenance and construction
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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/23?£9,393£23,287£-13,894
30/09/22£20,327£15,587£4,740
30/09/21?£73,626£40,545£33,081
06/09/20£32,387£32,292£95
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

To be confirmed

john@tooleysboatyardtrust.org

07831421175

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tooley's Boatyard Trust
£8,974 10/08/2022
The Future for Narrowboat Hardy
DCMS - The Old Forge (Tooley's Boatyard)
£22,500 09/11/2020
Emergency repair works to the roof, gutters and downpipes. Repointing to the east, west and south elevations. Repairs to the south and east elevation windows. Replacement railing

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW MCHUGH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Councillor
  • ANNA LOUISE TAYLOR Appointed: 2023
  • DANIEL HUGH CLACHER Appointed: 2019
  • DR CATHERINE SAFFIN Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN ERNEST SPRATT Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN ROGER MADDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • JONATHAN MARK WALTON Appointed: 2023
  • PAUL RODGERS Appointed: 2023
  • SIR FRANK JOHN DAVIES CBE Appointed: 2023
  • VERNA SMITH Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2019, number: 1182371
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

47 SOUTH STREET
MIDDLE BARTON
CHIPPING NORTON
OX7 7BU

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING TOOLEY’S BOATYARD AS A WORKING HERITAGE CENTRE OF NARROWBOAT MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF NARROWBOATS AND CANAL LIFE AND THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY BANBURY, AND TOOLEY’S BOATYARD IN PARTICULAR, IN THE HISTORY OF CANALS. 2) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TOOLEY’S BOATYARD AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC INTEREST.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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