Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

OLD KILN MUSEUM TRUST

The trust operates a country life museum, the Rural Life Centre, to educate and entertain the public in matters relating to farming, crafts and rural living.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£299	£314	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£245	£302	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/21		£276	£188	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/20		£251	£238	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	220
31/03/19		£251	£230	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	155
31/03/18		£230	£235	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£165	£214	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£197	£208	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£244	£189	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£184	£186	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£161	£187	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£202	£177	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£207	£191	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£169	£163	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£156	£148	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£132	£141	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£134	£122	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£115	£108	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£149	£72	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£97	£82	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 40 years

www.rural-life.org.uk

info@rural-life.org.uk

01252795571

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

DCMS	£70,200
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£35,000
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - CRF20 Old Kiln Museum Trust
£70,200	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Old Kiln Museum Trust
£35,000	09/06/2020	COVID 19: Old Kiln Museum Trust
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000	28/11/2019	towards the new Learning post
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Old Kiln Museum Trust
£76,000	15/07/2014	The Frimley Village Workshop

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID RICE-JONES Appointed: 2013

ERIC KINGE

MICHAEL JOHN GOOLDING

STEPHEN O'GRADY Appointed: 2012

BRUCE JOHN OELMAN Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO,

IAN ERIC JOHN CHATFIELD Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT COMBINED CHARITIES, OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO,

JOHN ROBERT COOKSLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO,

JUDITH FRANCES HEWINS Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1984, number: 289150

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR04: 26 days late,

Main office

RURAL LIFE CENTRE
OLD KILN MUSEUM
THE REEDS
TILFORD
FARNHAM
GU10 2DL

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM COMPRISING SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION (THE COLLECTION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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