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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE FRIENDS OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUMS

The Friends of the Ipswich Museums is an organisation which supports the work of the Ipswich Museum, Christchurch Mansion and the High Street Art Gallery. We help with grants for new museum acquisitions, conservation work, exhibitions and museum development. We hold talks, excursions and social events throughout the year to keep our membership involved in everything that we do.
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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 well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/23£34£23£11n/a
31/12/22£186£182£4n/a
31/12/21£17£25£-9n/a
31/12/20£16£15£1n/a
31/12/19*£9£6£3n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.friendsofipswichmuseums.org.uk

contact@foim.org.uk

01473433554

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Art galleries and exhibitions
How it operates
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£75,000 29/11/2022
to help restore and renovate Ipswich Museum - including a complete redisplay, improved access and a new dedicated learning suite
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000 01/04/2022
Ipswich Museum - Inspiring a New Generation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW SEWELL Appointed: 2019
  • CHRISTOPHER STRANG Appointed: 2020
  • DENISE FIENNES Appointed: 2019
  • ERICA BURROWS Appointed: 2019
  • JEAN ATTENBORROW Appointed: 2019
  • RICHARD WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • SHEILA BROOKS Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2019, number: 1184000
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 1 days late,
Main office

Ipswich Museum
High Street
IPSWICH
IP1 3QH

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING, SUPPORTING, ASSISTING AND IMPROVING THE IPSWICH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHICH WILL:(1) SUPPORT PRESERVATION, PRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLECTIONS OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN CO-OPERATION WITH ITS MANAGEMENT AND STAFF;(2) PROMOTE AWARENESS OF AND STIMULATE INTEREST IN THE IPSWICH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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