Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -4

ORKNEY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MUSEUM

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/10/17	31/10/18	31/10/19	31/10/20	31/10/21	31/10/22	31/10/23
Total income	£89,894	£124,874	£142,985	£109,915	£219,144	£211,094	£118,648
Total spending	£75,626	£113,611	£150,580	£142,203	£217,182	£151,437	£135,659
Surplus/deficit	£14,268	£11,263	-£7,595	-£32,288	£1,962	£59,657	-£17,011

Established: 55 years

www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Orkney Islands

Who it helps

Children or young people
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Orkney Natural History Society
£10,000	25/02/2019	Scapa 100: Conference and Exhibition - The Orkney Story
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Orkney Natural History Society Museum
£6,288	29/11/2017	We want to bring young and old generations together to research and celebrate our heritage, creating a lasting memory through creativity.
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards a professional curator and Collections Development Team
£75,078	30/03/2017 36	Towards the salaries of a new Collections Development Team to strengthen the curatorial capacity of Stromness Museum
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Orkney Natural History Society
£9,700	27/03/2017	SSB Listening to the piers - Exploring the history of Stromness through the town piers

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 30/01/1969, number: SC021455

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

52 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DH

Objectives

The advancement of education in local history. The advancement of the heritage and culture of Orkney, in particular of Stromness and the ethnographic, natural and maritime history of the islands. In furtherance of this we will establish and run a Museum in accordance with the Museum Association Code of Ethics 2015, as amended.

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