Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

KEW BRIDGE ENGINES TRUST AND WATER SUPPLY MUSEUM LIMITED 

The charity is principally engaged in the operation for public enjoyment of the museum and historic pumping engines at Kew Bridge Pumping Station, Brentford, Middlesex.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and 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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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£332£403£-71n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/12/21£417£352£65n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/20£432£336£97n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£379£385£-6n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/18£397£398£-2£0£0£0n/a0105
31/12/17£380£430£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£495£529£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£371£500£-129£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£998£889£108£12£346£1692.360
31/12/13£1,558£1,649£-92£10£238£1771.360
31/12/12£481£386£95£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£376£370£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£302£264£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£369£381£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£284£291£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£221£275£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£120£109£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£375£143£232£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£313£297£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 49 years

www.waterandsteam.org.uk

museum@waterandsteam.org.uk

02085699978

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 41 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£242,792
London Borough of Hounslow£72,058
DCMS£68,947
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
City Bridge Trust£3,580
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to London Museum of Water & Steam
£44,725 30/06/2023
Community Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kew Bridge Engines Trust & Water Supply Museum (The)
£242,792 07/06/2023
#DYC Steaming towards Sustainability
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Museum of Water and Steam
£3,580 05/04/2023
£3,580 to meet the costs of an independent access audit for the museum and heritage site.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to London Museum of Water & Steam
£21,000 24/02/2022
Wild Play Space
National Lottery Community Fund - The Steam Team
£10,000 05/03/2021
5
The funding will be used to provide volunteering and training opportunities for young people who are not in education employment or training. The project aims to improve employment opportunities and ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to London Museum of Water & Steam
£6,333 18/08/2020
5
Opening up of the large spaces of the Museum for community organisations, to enable safe, socially distanced inside meetings
DCMS - LMWS Core costs
£68,947 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kew Bridge Engines Trust
£10,000 22/10/2013
Kew Bridge Steam Museum membership development and fund raising project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-58
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/05/1975, number: 269285
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/1974, number: 01190608
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 11 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR06: 12 days late,
Main office

Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Green Dragon Lane
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 0EN

Objectives

TO CREATE A MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF LONDON'S WATER SUPPLY AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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