Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE CROSSNESS ENGINES TRUST

Conservation and development for public benefit of the Victorian southern outfall of the London sewer system. The main buildings, the Boiler House, Triple Expansion Engine House and the Beam Engine House are Grade I listed. The Beam Engine House contains fine examples of Victorian decorative wrought ironwork and four rotative beam steam engines, built originally by the James Watt Company.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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

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

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
31/10/22	*	£187	£209	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/10/21		£135	£246	£-112	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/10/20		£167	£167	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/19		£409	£455	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/10/18		£433	£585	£-153	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	60
31/10/17		£257	£204	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£563	£814	£-252	£18	£1,974	£156	2.3	2	0
31/10/15		£250	£192	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£192	£174	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£106	£162	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£63	£168	£-106	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£622	£177	£445	£5	£2,312	£54	3.6	0	0
31/10/10		£431	£130	£301	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£1,502	£44	£1,458	£4	£1,566	£89	24.3	0	0
31/10/08		£64	£56	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07		£126	£113	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06		£174	£232	£-58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05		£55	£112	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04	*	£57	£75	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 37 years

www.crossness.org.uk

mike.jones@crossness.org.uk

07947864139

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bexley,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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	£50,400
DCMS	£29,600
CAF	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - CRF20:Crossness Engines Trust
£29,600	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Crossness Engines Trust
£50,400	04/09/2020	COVID19 The Crossness Engines Trust
CAF - Grant to The Crossness Engines Trust
£7,500	15/06/2020 3	Grant to The Crossness Engines Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - Crossness Pumping Station, Bexley (enhanced)
£6,885	01/04/2019	Asbestos remediation works
DCMS - Crossness Pumping Station, Bexley (enhanced)
£74,700	01/04/2018	Asbestos remediation works
DCMS - Crossness Pumping Station, Bexley
£11,140	01/04/2018	Asbestos remediation works
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Crossness Engines Trust
£88,200	02/03/2017	Governance Review and Business Planning to ensure a sustainable future for Crossness

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-87

COLIN WAI KIN CHIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

EMMA FAY JEPSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Manager

RAYMOND GEORGE FLEMING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

SARAH BEACOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo

ALBERT NEHER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Conservation Manager

FREDERICK KENNEDY GERMANUS-KUNDA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

GREG WARNER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

KEVIN MILES RIDLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Engineer

MICHAEL JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

PETER JAMES NELSON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/09/1987, number: 297585
Registered at Companies House on 22/06/1987, number: 02141756

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 21 days late, AR04: 6 days late,

Main office

230 PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD
LONDON
SE18 2RS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE INITIATE ADVANCE ENCOURAGE ADMINISTER SUPPORT PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PROCURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE COLLECTION PRESERVATION CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE RESTORATION RECONSTRUCTION RENOVATION REINSTATEMENT REPLACEMENT REPRODUCTION DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION OF SITES BUILDINGS PUMPS ENGINES PLANT EQUIPMENT ARTEFACTS APPARATUS DEVICES GADGETS CONTRIVANCES EXHIBITS PLANS MODELS AND INVENTIONS OF HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INTEREST PARTICULARLY AS THE MAY RELATE TO THE ESTABLISHMENTENT AND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. THE HANDLING OF SURFACE WATER AND/OR WHERE THEY ARE ASSOCIATED ASPECTS OF SCHEMES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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