Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

THE FROME MUSEUM - ARTEFACTS TRUST 

To maintain, manage and enhance the museum's collection of artefacts and library resources in accordance with its collections management policy and to make these resources accessible to researchers and the general public. To provide a modern museum with an industrial focus.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • 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
31/12/23£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/15£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/14£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/13£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/08£27£13£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/06£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/05£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/04£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

www.frome-museum.org

info@frome-museum.org

01373454611

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-76
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/03/1967, number: 309956
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/04/1989, number: 02377177
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

FROME MUSEUM
1 NORTH PARADE
FROME
BA11 1AT

Objectives

PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FOR PROMOTING THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY GEOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF THE TOWN OF FROME IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD,(OR OF SUCH WIDER AREAAS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER DESIRABLE). TO MAINTAIN EXHIBITIONS, WHETHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY, AT THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

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Data Sources

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