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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ASHWELL VILLAGE MUSEUM

Collects material relating to Ashwell and its neighbourhood and makes it available to the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£18£18£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£12£14£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£15£19£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£28£20£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£209£185£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£32£10£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£10£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£10£6£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£12£11£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14*£8£18£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13*£14£10£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£10£7£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£24£26£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£44£32£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07*£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£11£15£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 48 years

ashwellmuseum.org.uk

enquiries@ashwellmuseum.org.uk

01462742956

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ashwell Village Museum
£9,000 26/02/2021
NL20: Ashwell Museum Community Archive and on-line catalogue: Development, Security and Future Proofing
DCMS - Ashwell Village Museum, Baldock, Hertfordshire
£132,021 01/04/2019
Project development work
DCMS - Ashwell Village Museum, Baldock, Hertfordshire
£11,822 18/04/2018
Project development work

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLIFFORD PETER JENKINSON Appointed: 2011
  • DR BRIDGET LONG Appointed: 2023
  • DR MARTIN GEOFFREY HOFFMAN Appointed: 2011
  • EDWIN JOHN RHODES Appointed: 2011
  • JOHN DAVID HALL Appointed: 2015
  • SHIRLEY MARY WARDROP Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1976, number: 271473
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 23 days late, AR13: 75 days late, AR12: 21 days late, AR10: 9 days late, AR09: 48 days late, AR07: 357 days late, AR05: 147 days late,
Main office

ASHWELL VILLAGE MUSEUM
SWAN STREET
ASHWELL
HERTS
SG7 5NY

Objectives

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A MUSEUM WITH OR WITHOUT A READING ROOM AND LIBRARY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ASHWELL AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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