LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT

Registered charity 1032032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVING ARCHIVE

To advance public knowledge by fostering, promoting and coordinating the development of the artistic and educational interpretation of oral and documentary historical material about Milton Keynes and its surrounding area.

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Latest income
£112k
Latest spending
£118k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £14,972 to £18,625 (note: text says 18,642 in review but 18,625 in balance sheet, using balance sheet figure for accuracy of statement) while total funds fell due to restricted fund deficits. The charity maintains reserves within its stated policy of 12-24 weeks of expenditure. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12-24 weeks of expenditure (held: £19k)
The charity's policy is to maintain a reserve of unrestricted funds equivalent to at least 12 weeks of expenditure (and not more than 24 weeks) — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£112k£118k
31/03/2024£113k£83k
31/03/2023£113k£83k
31/03/2022£43k£73k
31/03/2021£71k£56k

Common questions

Is LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £14,972 to £18,625 (note: text says 18,642 in review but 18,625 in balance sheet, using balance sheet figure for accuracy of statement) while total funds fell due to restricted fund deficits. The charity maintains reserves within its stated policy of 12-24 weeks of expenditure. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT as a grant recipient include ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500Charitable Donation

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/04/2023£10k"Pioneer Tales Revisited"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/08/2020£20k"COVID19 Living Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2020£9k"Remembering VE day 75 years on."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2017£61k"Milton Keynes at Fifty - celebrating the history of a new town"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/04/2015£45k"Milton Keynes History of Rugby"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2013£61k"World War One Remembered"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/08/2008£35k"Living Archive On Line - New Communities"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2008£2kRisking the Redways
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/03/2007£43k"The Football Heritage of Milton Keynes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2006£23k"Music that Moves You"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2005£5kFilm on young peoples mental health issues
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/07/2005£838"The Living Archive Project In Milton Keynes Will Use An Award To Hold A 'Down Memory Lane' Event, This Will Involve Older People With Memori"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2005£14kDown Memory Lane Event(WW2)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2003£23k"Bletchley's Railway Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/01/2003£39k"ME MK (Multi Ethnic Milton Keynes)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/04/1999£72k"Peoples Story of Milton Keynes"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT£112k0unclearno doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2023£895k0unclearno doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k0unclearno doubt
MEDIA ARCHIVE OF CENTRAL ENGLAND LIMITED FY2025£322k0unclearno doubt
LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED FY2024£340k0aboveno doubt
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED FY2025£3.0maboveno doubt

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