Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Dormant: -10
No PartB

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -6

THE MORRAB LIBRARY

Independent subscription lending library holding over 40,000 volumes. Historic book collection. Archival material and photographic archive, literary courses, lectures. Accessible to the general public for research purposes and day visits, including links with schools and universities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£190	£143	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/12/21		£114	£124	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/12/20		£126	£102	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/12/19		£217	£229	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/12/18		£218	£140	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	38
31/12/17		£143	£140	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£136	£115	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£104	£97	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£254	£189	£65	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£167	£156	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	*	£83	£87	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£42	£57	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£48	£53	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£40	£54	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£42	£57	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£83	£49	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£51	£44	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£41	£45	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£57	£57	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: less than 1 year

www.morrablibrary.org.uk

enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk

01736364434

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Libraries

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Cornwall,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Morrab Library
£10,000	28/11/2021 1	Preservation of Morrab Library's collection of historic volumes
National Lottery Community Fund - Penwith Engagement Project; Phase Two.
£9,850	01/02/2017 12	This group will use the funding to carry out further restoration works and interior repairs of the library building in this rural location. This will improve and ensure continued use of this ....more This group will use the funding to carry out further restoration works and interior repairs of the library building in this rural location. This will improve and ensure continued use of this community building.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINA CARSON Appointed: 2023

DAVID FALCON Appointed: 2023

HENRY SPRY-LEVERTON (Chair) Appointed: 2023

IAN JOHN SUMMERS Appointed: 2024

PAGET ANNE MACDONALD Appointed: 2023

PAUL INMAN Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: CORNWALL THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED,

PETER WILLIAM CHAPMAN Appointed: 2023

RICHARD JOHN DAVIES Appointed: 2023

STEPHEN JOHN OLIVER Appointed: 2024

VICTORIA CLARE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2023, number: 1204735

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR12: 119 days late, AR10: 9 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MORRAB LIBRARY on 16/05/2024

Main office

MORRAB LIBRARY
MORRAB HOUSE
MORRAB GARDENS
PENZANCE
TR18 4DA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CORNWALL AND BEYOND, ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO PROVIDE ITS MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC WITH LIBRARY REFERENCE, AND RESEARCH FACILITIES (INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OTHER ARCHIVES), AND LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS.

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