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home >> charity search >> the dorchester keep military museum trust
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE DORCHESTER KEEP MILITARY MUSEUM TRUST

The Charity governs The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, in succession to The Devon and Dorset Military Museums Charity (1054956)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
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?£117£117£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£137£88£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£103£83£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£109£104£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£111£104£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£83£93£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£79£102£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£124£108£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£110£128£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£110£85£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£90£87£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£114£95£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£85£83£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£92£125£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£115£141£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£185£112£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£64£50£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£75£81£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£48£48£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.keepmilitarymuseum.org

director@keepmilitarymuseum.org

01305264066

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Devon, Dorset, Plymouth City, Poole, Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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 Heritage Fund - Grant to The Devon and Dorset Military Museums Charity
£51,900 05/06/2013
The contribution and sacrifice of the people of Devon and Dorset in the Great War

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRIGADIER RICHARD H D TOOMEY CBE DL (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • COLIN ALBERT PARR MBE Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID JAMES LORD SWANN Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID FRANCIS HERBERT JONES Appointed: 2022
  • JEREMY MICHAEL ARCHER MA Appointed: 2022
  • MARTIN FAUSSET TD Appointed: 2024
  • MICHAEL WORTHY KINNEY Appointed: 2023
  • PHILIP ASHLEY COOPER Appointed: 2023
  • SIMON DAVIES Appointed: 2024
  • VICTORIA JANE DE WIT Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2022, number: 1200607
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DEVON AND DORSET MILITARY MUSEUMS CHARITY on 15/12/2023
Main office

The Keep Military Museum
The Keep
Barrack Road
DORCHESTER
DT1 1RN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING REGIMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTS OF DEVON AND DORSET, PASTAND PRESENT, AND THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THOSE COUNTIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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