18th February 2008, 02:59 PM
Just to correct a point of fact.
I think Peter may have confused me with someone else, because I am not sure how he has worked out our profit and loss. If we [u]had</u> made 1.8m last year then I would be laughing - as would my colleagues in other parts of our large and unwieldy organisation.
Ironbridge Archaeology is an archaeology unit which operates as part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The figures for the Museum as a whole are to be found on the Charities Commission website. This shows that for 2005 the Museum [u]as a whole</u> made a surplus of 27,452 and in 2006 the Museum [u]as a whole</u> made a loss of 219,947 - in both cases on an overall turnover slightly over 3.5m. The archaeology unit is one small department of a Museum which also operates 10 visitor sites, an education department, conservation and curatorial services, maintenance (we have over 30 listed buildings and SAMs in our care) etc. etc.; the archaeological contribution has tended to average about 1/10 of the total turnover.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum recieves no core funding from central or local government, and is entirely reliant for income on visitor admissions and other services (such as shop sales, archaeology, or corporate events) to support the work of the Trust.
In terms of the archaeology unit there is considerable difference in scale between ourselves and others. Thus the Oxford unit made a surplus of 277,095 in 2006 on a turnover of over 9m. Wessex made 423,093 on a turnover of around 7m.
Edited to remove weird formatting of pound signs.
I think Peter may have confused me with someone else, because I am not sure how he has worked out our profit and loss. If we [u]had</u> made 1.8m last year then I would be laughing - as would my colleagues in other parts of our large and unwieldy organisation.
Ironbridge Archaeology is an archaeology unit which operates as part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The figures for the Museum as a whole are to be found on the Charities Commission website. This shows that for 2005 the Museum [u]as a whole</u> made a surplus of 27,452 and in 2006 the Museum [u]as a whole</u> made a loss of 219,947 - in both cases on an overall turnover slightly over 3.5m. The archaeology unit is one small department of a Museum which also operates 10 visitor sites, an education department, conservation and curatorial services, maintenance (we have over 30 listed buildings and SAMs in our care) etc. etc.; the archaeological contribution has tended to average about 1/10 of the total turnover.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum recieves no core funding from central or local government, and is entirely reliant for income on visitor admissions and other services (such as shop sales, archaeology, or corporate events) to support the work of the Trust.
In terms of the archaeology unit there is considerable difference in scale between ourselves and others. Thus the Oxford unit made a surplus of 277,095 in 2006 on a turnover of over 9m. Wessex made 423,093 on a turnover of around 7m.
Edited to remove weird formatting of pound signs.