RHODES BIRTHPLACE TRUST

Charity Number: 1090267
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Rhodes houses a museum, auditorium, meeting rooms, dance studios and a cafe/bar area. The complex provides local access to the arts and facilities for a range of cultural activities including dance, theatre, education and cinema. The Bishop's Stortford Museum is a valuable educational resource and exhibits both African and local collections with occasional special displays.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2023

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £0

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 January 2002: Standard registration
  • 27 June 2024: Removed (Funds transferred (incor))
  • 27 June 2024: Funds transferred to 1189853 BISHOP'S STORTFORD MUSEUM AND ARTS CIO
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • RHODES CENTRE BIRTHPLACE TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023
Total gross income £1.06m £1.18m £802.86k £0 £0
Total expenditure £1.02m £1.12m £750.34k £4.35m £0
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £255.00k £344.64k £647.20k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £265.02k £349.18k £651.84k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £181.85k £190.81k £35.11k N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £606.74k £639.76k £112.51k N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment £3.21k £3.73k £2.91k N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £923.92k £1.01m £713.13k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £93.25k £107.83k £37.21k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £18.06k £18.05k £24.57k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2023 10 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2022 25 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2021 31 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 31 May 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2020 13 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 13 January 2021 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2019 24 January 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 24 January 2020 On Time

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27/09/2001 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 27/11/2012

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO 1) ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY; A) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM KNOWN AS THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD MUSEUM ("THE MUSEUM") IN THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS' RHODES HOUSE' THE BIRTHPLACE OF CECIL JOHN RHODES (ALSO KNOWN AS (' NETTLESWELL HOUSE') AND 'THORLEY BOURNE' BISHOP'S STORTFORD HERTFORDSHIRE AND MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THE SAID PROPERTIES; B) MAINTAINING THE MUSEUM AS PARTLY FURNISHED IN THE STYLE OF THE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY; C) MAINTAINING AT THE SAID PROPERTIES A LIBRARY A LOCAL MUSEUM AND AN ART GALLERY UNDER THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACTS; D) MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING THE COLLECTIONS FORMERLY OF THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY AND THE CECIL RHODES MEMORIAL MUSEUM TOGETHER WITH SUCH EXHIBITS AND ITEMS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLECTION RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AS MAY BE ACQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME ("THE COLLECTION"); E) CONDUCTING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH INTO THE LOCAL HISTORY OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD AND ITS DISTRICT AND/OR THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; F) STAGING EXHIBITIONS DISPLAYS TALKS LECTURES VISITS AND EXCURSIONS; G) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING. (II) TO USE SUCH PART OF THE SAID PROPERTIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC HALL AND ROOMS ("THE HALL") FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF NATIONALITY SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS FOR MEETINGS LECTURES CLASSES PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

HERTSFORDSHIRE