Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

FRIENDS OF DARWEN CEMETERY

The Friends of Darwen Cemetery aim to preserve and improve Darwen Cemetery and promote its historical, environmental and cultural significance. They also seek to encourage community participation in their work especially by the youth of the town.

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This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining

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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	£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£3	£4	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£3	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£3	£2	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£27	£28	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£3	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£3	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£9	£11	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£8	£7	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£6	£4	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.darwencemetery.org.uk

contact@darwencemetery.org.uk

01617642821

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Community Fund - Darwen Nature Memorial Garden
£10,000	21/10/2010 12	This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Darwen, Lancashire. The group will use the funding to restore and make safe a derelict garden area in the cemetery. This will provide volunteering ....more This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Darwen, Lancashire. The group will use the funding to restore and make safe a derelict garden area in the cemetery. This will provide volunteering opportunities and a community space for multiple uses. The award includes funding for a stonemason, wildlife advisor, equipment and tools._x000B_

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

COLONEL STEVE DAVIES MBE Appointed: 2013

DIANE WALSH Appointed: 2011

GRAHAM ARDIS Appointed: 2021

JILL MARR Appointed: 2011

JOHN EAST Appointed: 2011

MICK WALSH Appointed: 2012

MR TONY FOSTER BA MA (Chair) Appointed: 2011

PAUL DARGAN Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2011, number: 1142815

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

142 Cotswold Crescent
Bury
BL8 1QP

Objectives

1.TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DARWEN CEMETERY AND ITS HISTORIC BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, TOMBS AND OTHER HISTORIC PHYSICAL FEATURES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE, PLANTS AND NATURAL LIFE AT DARWEN CEMETERY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING AVAILABLE MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE BURIED IN DARWEN CEMETERY AND THEIR MONUMENTS BY COLLECTING, STORING AND MAKING AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE GENEALOGIES, CONDITIONS AND LIFE STYLES OF THE INHABITANTS OF DARWEN AND RELATED AREAS THROUGH THE AGES BY MANAGING AND DISPLAYING MATERIAL TO DEMONSTRATE ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF DARWEN CEMETERY AND THOSE BURIED IN IT AND BY PREPARING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER BODIES WHO WISH TO VISIT THE CEMETERY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR PROGRAMMES, COURSES AND SYLLABUSES.4. TO SECURE THE PROPER CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND CARE OF THE BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE, HISTORIC BURIAL RECORDS, CREMATION RECORDS AND OTHER ARCHIVES RELATING TO THE DARWEN CEMETERY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.5. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC DEVELOP THE SITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL AS CULTURAL, HERITAGE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE ENGAGING AND INCLUDING ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY6. TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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