Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED 

Acquisition and maintenance of land and buildings of significance to Cornwall's Heritage and presentation of such sites to to the public. Provision of grants to support preservation of buildings artefacts and other items or contributions of significance to Cornwall's Heritage. Education of of the public and in particular education of young people about Cornwall's Heritage.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£471£387£85n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£253£266£-12n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/21£159£200£-40n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£146£278£-132n/an/an/an/an/a116
31/03/19£185£202£-16n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£121£217£-96£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£174£190£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£135£178£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£161£128£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£2,094£75£2,018£7£2,537£2,474393.810
31/03/13£39£75£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£105£139£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£238£72£166£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£42£40£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£50£41£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£100£37£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£43£45£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£93£36£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£69£78£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£113£139£-25£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 39 years

www.cornwallheritagetrust.org

info@cornwallheritagetrust.org

01209707008

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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
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£289,900
Architectural Heritage Fund£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£49,832
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Cornwall Community Foundation£16,194
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Cornwall Heritage Trust Limited
£250,000 05/07/2023
Ragdres Gwedhynder (Cornish for "Resilience Project")
Cornwall Community Foundation - The Lowenna Project
£6,194 30/03/2023
Cornwall Heritage Trust preserves and promotes Cornwall's heritage through site management, educational programs, project support, and community engagement, inspiring care and appreciation for ....more
Cornwall Community Foundation - New Interpretation for Historic Sites in Cornwall
£10,000 28/02/2023
Cornwall Heritage Trust preserves and promotes Cornwall's heritage through site management, educational programs, project support, and community engagement, inspiring care and appreciation for ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 16/09/2022
Cornwall Heritage Trust Resilience Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Cornwall Heritage Trust Jubilee Volunteering Scheme
£49,832 03/03/2022
This funding will be used to establish volunteering groups at two heritage sites in Cornwall to raise awareness of them improve accessibility and increase the variety of activities available there ....more
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to The Cornwall Heritage Trust Ltd
£50,000 07/12/2020
Cornwall Heritage Trust sites
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Heritage Trust
£39,900 26/05/2020
COVID19:Cornwall Heritage Trust
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Cornwall Heritage Trust
£30,000 14/02/2018
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Luxulyan Valley; restoring and maintaining the Treffry Viaduct
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cornwall Heritage Trust
£47,700 15/04/2015
Cornwall Forever! - Kernow Bys Vyken! - A Digital History Resource for Cornwall
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-80
  • ELIZABETH CARNE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Primary School Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/1985, number: 291607
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/04/1985, number: 01901905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

G03 The Percy Williams Building
Krowji
West Park
Redruth
Cornwall

Objectives

TO ACQUIRE LAND OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE AND TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION PROPERTY IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORNWALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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