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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 13
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CIO

Promoting and advancing public education in the theory and practice of astronomy and related subjects.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£368£143£225n/a
31/03/22£0£0£0n/a
31/03/21*£0£0£0n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.sherwood-observatory.org.uk

info@sherwood-observatory.org.uk

01623552276

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£300,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£250,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£200,000
The Foyle Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society CIO
£250,000 09/06/2023
Restoration of Coxmoor Rd Pumping Station Underground Victorian Reservoir and Reuse as a Science Discovery Centre
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society
£300,000 08/06/2023
New planetarium and visitor centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£200,000 15/05/2023
Sherwood Observatory Science Discovery Centre and Planetary
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£100,000 28/04/2023
towards construction costs for the science discovery centre and planetarium

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRENDAN SCOULAR Appointed: 2024
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN DAKIN Appointed: 2024
  • CRAIG KEITH PETER MAPLESTON Appointed: 2024
  • DR STEPHEN WALLACE (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • MICHAEL GERARD RHODES LOWE Appointed: 2024
  • MICHAEL GERARD RHODES LOWE Appointed: 2024
  • NIGEL JOHN CUNNINGTON Appointed: 2024
  • PAULA TIMBERLAKE Appointed: 2024
  • STEPHEN ARTHUR BINNS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2020, number: 1187777
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY on 14/02/2023
Main office

Sherwood Observatory
Coxmoor Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 5LF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SUBJECTS INCLUDING BY:(1) ENCOURAGING PUBLIC INTEREST IN ASTRONOMY;(2) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, TRAINING, LECTURES, ADVICE, EDUCATION, GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO ASTRONOMY;(3) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION;(4) UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH ON ASTRONOMICAL AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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