DACORUM HERITAGE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1026161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D H T

Maintains museum store of artefacts, mounts exhibitions and undertakes outreach work and events concerned with the heritage of the Dacorum area of Hertfordshire.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ACQUIRING HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN HISTORICALAND OR EDUCATIONAL NATURE AND BY ESTABLISHING ACQUIRING MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS GALLERIES LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH PURPOSES MAY BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY OCCUR

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE

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

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

Registered contact address: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£124k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £79 for the year ended 31 March 2026, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £106,575, which is above the stated policy target of £80,000 (equivalent to 12 months of running costs). The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income)

“Income from charitable activities was £115,564 (2025 - £131,756)” — page 16

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 months of running costs for the Museum Store which is estimated as £80,000 (reserves figure: £107k)

“The current reserves policy is to hold as reserves a sum equivalent to 12 months of running costs for the Museum Store which is estimated as £80,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 13
Government income: £70,703 — grants £70,703 (3); 57% of the £124,170 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £70,703 — grants £70,703 (3); 50% of the £141,133 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 16
Government income: £62,120 — grants £62,120 (2); 39% of the £159,331 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Antony Barham · trustee of 2 other charities
Fiona Jayne Page
Francis Robin Herzberg
Katherine Elizabeth Cassels
Khaled Galal
Louis Warden
Maria McEvoy
Rachel Heather Frances Benvie
Simon Ratcliffe

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£124k	£124k
31/03/2025	£141k	£122k
31/03/2024	£159k	£160k
31/03/2023	£67k	£76k
31/03/2022	£72k	£87k

Common questions

Is DACORUM HERITAGE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £79 for the year ended 31 March 2026, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £106,575, which is above the stated policy target of £80,000 (equivalent to 12 months of running costs). The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/09/2023	£91k	"Dacorum Heritage 30:30 - reflecting our 30th anniversary and looking 30 years into the future."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2017	£10k	"Commemorating Peacetime in Dacorum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/11/2013	£10k	"Restoration of Cranstone's Water Fountain"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/05/2007	£10k	"Lefevre Cranstone Collection"
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2007	£8k	Mobile Shelving Phase II
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2007	£8k	"The Dacorum Heritage Trust Is A Non-Profit Organisation That Manages A Museum In Hertfordshire. They Collect, Restore And Exhibit Items Of L"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/11/2004	£2k	"This Registered Charity Would Use An Award To Organise An Exhibition To Celebrate The Important Role Played By Local Men And Women In The He"
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2004	£13k	WW2 Exhibition

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£6k
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED	1	£3k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DACORTIUM.

DACORTIUM income £340k
CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST income £247k
AXMINSTER HERITAGE LIMITED income £35k
DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £3.1m
WYCOMBE HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST income £246k
EXETER HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £131k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DACORUM HERITAGE TRUST LTD	£124k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DACORTIUM FY2025	£340k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST FY2025	£247k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AXMINSTER HERITAGE LIMITED FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WYCOMBE HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST FY2025	£246k	—	0	within	83.8%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.