Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

NORFOLK MILLS AND PUMPS TRUST 

The activities of the trust are the preservation of;a) Windmills, watermills & windpumps of interest or the sites and remains of former windmills, windpumps & watermills b) Machinery for milling corn, saw milling, grist milling, paper milling & other similar industrial purposes or pumping water however powered; buildings & machinery ancillary to and occupied with such mills, sites or machinery.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 30 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales

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£70£21£49n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£67£63£4n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£157£132£25n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£117£224£-107n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£116£146£-30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£103£108£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£120£45£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£104£111£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£88£77£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£107£92£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£33£80£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£107£89£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£71£79£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£72£77£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£77£94£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£331£65£266£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£131£146£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£171£230£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£145£166£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£183£169£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 volunteers

Who's supporting 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Old Buckenham Mill, Old Buckenham, Norfolk NR17 1SG
£79,837 01/04/2020
Repair and stabilisation of windmill. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/12/2018
Wicklewood Mill House Restoration project
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Norfolk Mills and Pumps Trust
£20,000 14/11/2018
8
Wicklewood Mill House Restoration Project
DCMS - Old Buckenham Mill, Old Buckenham, Norfolk
£13,950 01/04/2018
repairs to Old Buckenham Mill, Old Buckenham, Norfolk
DCMS - Billingford Windmill, Norfolk
£3,500 01/04/2018
Tower brickwork repairs to the mill. The curb has moved by 100-150mm relative to the wall head with damage and distorition affecting the upper brick courses. Damage and loose bricks and/ or mortar to ....more
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£35,000 22/08/2017
Tower brickwork repairs to the mill. The curb has moved by 100-150mm relative to the wall head with damage and distorition affecting the upper brick courses. Damage and loose bricks and/ or mortar to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/1994, number: 1033274
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

NORFOLK WINDMILLS TRUST
Norfolk County Council
County Hall
Martineau Lane
NORFOLK
NR1 2SG

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION (INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE OF: A) WINDMILLS, WATERMILLS AND WINDPUMPS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST OR THE SITES AND REMAINS OF FORMER WINDMILLS, WINDPUMPS AND WATERMILLS; B) MACHINERY FOR MILLING CORN, SAW MILLING, GRIST MILLING, PAPER MILLING AND OTHER SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES OR PUMPING WATER HOWSOEVER POWERED; C) BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY ANCILLARY TO AND OCCUPIED WITH SUCH MILLS, SITES OR MACHINERY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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