Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
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
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
31/12/22		£186,051	£182,190	£3,861	11
31/12/21		£16,825	£25,423	£-8,598	11
31/12/20		£15,999	£14,914	£1,085	11
31/12/19	*	£8,882	£6,037	£2,845	11

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.friendsofipswichmuseums.org.uk

contact@foim.org.uk

01473433554

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
11 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.

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

ERICA BURROWS Appointed: 2019

JEAN ATTENBORROW Appointed: 2019

RICHARD WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019

SHEILA BROOKS Appointed: 2019

DENISE FIENNES Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: COLCHESTER MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, STEPPS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2019, number: 1184000

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR19: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE IPSWICH MUSEUMS on 18/09/2019

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

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