KINGSWOOD HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1006501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ESTABLISH A MUSEUM TO PROMOTE, AND PRESERVE THE HERITAGE OF KINGSWOOD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION AT KINGSWOOD IN THE COUNTY OF AVON AND ELSEWHERE OF A MUSEUM RELATING PARTICULARLY TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HISTORICAL INDUSTRIAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF KINGSWOOD AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE KINGSWOOD AVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust incurred a deficit of £28,407.30 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a closing balance of £40,252.22. The Chair's report notes that funding for the restoration of The Tower remains unclear and that costs for surveys and scaffolding continue to escalate, while the library requires heating that may need to come from reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LYNDA BLACKWELLchair
• Alan Chillcott
• FRED ALAN BRYANT
• Ian Gareth Humphreys
• Margaret Frances Wills
• Paul James Hunt · trustee of 1 other charity
• RODNEY GEORGE STONE MBE
• STEPHEN JOHN WOOD

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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