Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

FRIENDS OF SHENSTONE TOWER

Friends of Shenstone Tower is raising funds to repair and put into community use Shenstone's old church tower. We are doing this through grants and fund-raising from our local community. Once we have raised sufficient funds, we will repair the Tower. We will then open to the public and community use; and raise sufficient funds to ensure ongoing maintenance.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/12/23	£12,880	£29,468	£-16,588
31/12/22	£299,570	£350,251	£-50,681
31/12/21	£241,652	£162,650	£79,002
31/12/20	£31,012	£18,091	£12,921

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://theoldchurchtoweratshenstone.org/fost

ADMIN@SHENSTONE-STAFFS.GOV.UK

01543481947

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£105,677
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£7,254
The Pilgrim Trust	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Friends of Shenstone Tower
£7,254	15/12/2023	Research and display historical information about our heritage and community
DCMS - Church Tower north of church of St John, Shenstone, Staffordshire
£83,871	01/04/2022	Repair the tower, ensure ongoing maintenance, and bring it into community and public use 3 phase programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	03/09/2021	Renovate Shenstone’s Old Church Tower
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Church Tower north of church of St John, Shenstone, Staffordshire
£21,806	01/04/2020	Development work. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the Heritage at Risk Register. ....more Development work. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the Heritage at Risk Register. The focus of grants is on those sites which are most in need of repair, and where, without our grant, a project would not be able to go ahead
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to FOST
£5,000	20/03/2020 12	Save Shenstone Old Tower

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

BRONWEN BRAZELL ROSS Appointed: 2019

IAN RICHARD LAW Appointed: 2023

JEREMY DAVID COTTON (Chair) Appointed: 2019

JOSEPH JAMES DAVID MATILE Appointed: 2020

KAREN JANE WELCH Appointed: 2019

PAULA BALL Appointed: 2019

PETER WILLIAM LAWRENCE Appointed: 2023

SHIRLEY ANN O'MARA Appointed: 2019

STUART ALAN JONES Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/01/2020, number: 1187173

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
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Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

25C Main Street
Shenstone
LICHFIELD
Staffordshire
WS14 0LZ

Objectives

RESTORE, PRESERVE, REPAIR, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDER PUBLIC, THE HISTORIC ENGLAND GRADE 2* LISTED (AT RISK) OLD CHURCH TOWER (LIST ENTRY NUMBER 10388300) SPECIFICALLY TO:DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY USE OF THE TOWER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC; AS AN INTIMATE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS; AS AN HISTORICAL LEARNING CENTRE AND AS A VIEWING PLATFORM ON THE ESTABLISHED SHENSTONE HERITAGE TRAIL.