Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

FRIENDS OF THE VIGILANCE

Fund raising, including grant applications, to support the preservation and conservation of the Brixham-based heritage sailing trawler, "Vigilance BM76" for the public bemefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£241£271£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/22£38£32£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/21£107£17£90n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/20£8£14£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/19£36£9£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£23£9£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£12£4£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.friendsofthevigilance.org.uk

finance@vigilanceofbrixham.co.uk

07429374458

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
DCMS£11,000
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 29/07/2022
Phase 1 - Vigilance Centenary Conservation Project
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 11/07/2022
towards the Vigilance 'SOS' restoration fund (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - CRF21 Friends of The Vigilance
£11,000 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 27/11/2020
Vigilance Centenary Conservation Project
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 14/02/2019
towards the restoration and preservation of The Vigilance
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 07/03/2018
Vigilance Red Sails Appeal

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CAROLYN BROWN Appointed: 2023
  • HEATHER KEELING Appointed: 2023
  • PETER MILLIGAN Appointed: 2023
  • REV CHRISTOPHER DAVID NORTH Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT CHARTERIS MURRAY (Chair) Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2016, number: 1168570
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

13 Deep Dene Close
BRIXHAM
Devon
TQ5 0DZ

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF SAILING TRAWLERS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION, IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION OF THE BRIXHAM-BASED HERITAGE SAILING TRAWLER VIGILANCE BM76, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECT OF VIGILANCE BM76, SAIL TRAWLERS AND THE SOCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SAILING HERITAGE AND HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS”

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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