Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY

To advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£177£95£82n/a
31/03/22£235£0£235n/a
31/03/21*£0£0£0n/a
31/03/20*£0£0£0n/a
31/03/19*£0£0£0n/a
31/03/18?*£0£0£0n/a
31/12/17*£0£0£0n/a
31/12/16£0£0£0n/a
31/12/15*£0£0£0n/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.thehds.com

chairman@thehds.com

02392522429

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£237,120 02/03/2022
The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce ....more
DCMS - Museum Estate and Development fund
£100,000 09/02/2022
This is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance backlogs which are beyond the scope of day-to-day ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Historical Diving Society
£10,000 21/12/2015
First steps to restore a Victorian Gun Battery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-85
  • ANTHONY JOHN HOLT MARSHALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • ELIZABETH FERNANDE JAMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engineer
  • JAMES ALEXANDER JOHN CULLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engineer
  • KEVIN FRANCIS CASEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Professional Diver
  • LUCY ROSALIND MARDER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • MICHAEL BRENDAN O'MEARA (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • PETER HENRY DICK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN JAMES ROUE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2014, number: 1159032
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2014, number: 09204944
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR21: 6 days late, AR20: 37 days late, AR19: 16 days late, AR18: 376 days late, AR17: 28 days late, AR15: 129 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY on 12/12/2022
Main office

The Civil Defence Contact Centre
35 The Avenue
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 2JS

Objectives

“The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the public in the study of the history of diving and to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public and preservation of items of historical and educational value.”

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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