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Description
***in liquidation*** the charity provides a national forum for preserving, exploring and studying britain's cultural heritage associated with its former empire and today's commonwealth. It operates from a museum located at temple meads, bristol.the main activities are exhibitions; conservation of materials, images and archives; and through education programmes.
Also known as
- The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
- The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum
- British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (BECM)
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Removed
Postcode
BS1 5QD
Latest income
£801,507 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- Giving is Great
- Wikipedia: British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
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Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 1 active record and 2 inactive records, from 1 data source.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1097205 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (this record) (inactive)
Museum of Empire and Commonwealth Trust (inactive)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Museums, zoos, parks, historical sites and similar institutions
A12
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103 -
Education
ED -
Heritage
HR» HistoryHR103 -
Heritage
HR» MuseumHR105
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
GB-CHC-1097205Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-25 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2007-12-31 | 2,021,763 | 1,680,159 |
| 2008-12-31 | 987,794 | 1,384,285 |
| 2009-12-31 | 618,234 | 777,590 |
| 2010-12-31 | 865,525 | 1,349,623 |
| 2012-06-30 | 801,507 | 1,663,392 |
| 2015-04-22 |
Removed |
|
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2012 £ |
2010 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 7 | 7 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | - |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
GB-CHC-1097205Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2012 £000s |
2010
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 28.6 | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | 6.4 |
| Donations and legacies | 28.6 | 6.4 |
| Income from charitable activities | 26.1 | 36.2 |
| Income from other trading activities | 659.3 | 465.8 |
| Income from investments | - | - |
| Other income | 87.5 | 357.1 |
| Total | 801.5 | 865.5 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 87.2 | 445.9 |
| Charitable activities | 87.2 | 445.9 |
| Other spending | 601.6 | 677.4 |
| Total | 1,663.4 | 1,349.6 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (861.9) | (484.1) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2012 £000s |
2010
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | 2,687.7 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| - | 2,687.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1,210.8 | 2.5 |
| Other current assets | 13.4 | 125.6 |
| 1,224.2 | 128.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (1,013.1) | (772.8) |
| Net current assets | 211.1 | (644.8) |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 211.1 | 2,043.0 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | (970.0) |
| Net assets | 211.1 | 1,073.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | - |
| Unrestricted funds | 211.1 | 1,073.0 |
| 211.1 | 1,073.0 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2012 (the latest year with data available) or 2010.
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| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants |
£770,000 | Grant to British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (BECM) | ||
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£5,000
1 year |
American Indian Week
Jul 2005 to Jul 2006 |
||
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£5,000
1 year |
Indian Summer celebration week.
May 2004 to May 2005 |
||
|
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Project Planning Grants |
£50,000 | Grant to British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
Data source
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- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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