THE AUDREY MURIEL STRATFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1045027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AUDREY MURIEL SRATFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

To advance education by the establishment and maintenance of a collection of documents, records and recordings illustrating the past, and developing history of King's Lynn. Making, acquiring, maintaining records of any or every aspect of King's Lynn's geology, prehistory and history. Making such collection available for public use.

Objects

(1) TO BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF KINGS LYNN AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY: (A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS RECORDS AND RECORDINGS ILLUSTRATING AS COMPLETELY AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE THE PAST CONTEMPORARY AND DEVELOPING HISTORY OF KINGS LYNN BY: (I) MAKING ACQUIRING INDEXING STORING AND MAINTAINING (BY WHATSOEVER MEANS) RECORDS OF ANY OR EVERY ASPECT OF KINGS LYNN'S GEOLOGY PREHISTORY AND AND HISTORY (SUCH RECORDS TO INCLUDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS DIARIES LETTERS PROPERTY DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS COMPUTERISED RECORDS MAPS CHARTS AND FILMS) (II) MAKING ACQUIRING INDEXING STORING AND MAINTAINING (BY WHATSOEVER MEANS) AUDIO AND VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THE SOUNDS AND SIGHTS OF CONTEMPORARY AND DEVELOPING KINGS LYNN (III) COMMENCING AND ADVANCING THE COMPILATION (AS SUCH COMPILATION IS FROM TIME TO TIME FACILITATED BY TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS) OF A COMPREHENSIVE STREET PLAN OF KINGS LYNN SHOWING CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP TENANCY AND USE OF PROPERTIES FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS AT KINGS LYNN UNTIL THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL AGE AND THEREAFTER (B) MAKING SUCH COLLECTION AVAILABLE (BY WHATSOEVER MEANS AND AT SUCH REASONABLE CHARGES IF ANY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT) FOR PUBLIC USE BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BY PERSONS CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH (WHETHER IN KINGS LYNN OR ELSEWHERE AND WHETHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE) (2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF KINGS LYNN AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: KINGS LYNN.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £2,364,791 as of 5 April 2025, with the trustees considering this level of retained reserve appropriate for its objectives. The group reported a net loss of £162,995 for the year, primarily driven by trading losses in its subsidiary, Stratfords Limited, despite a surplus in the charity's own investment and grant-making activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mapus-Smith & Lemmon LLP. 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: STRATFORDS LIMITED Companies House 00167923 · Financial health read from its filings

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEFFREY ALBERT HAZELchair
• Julie Maria Easter
• Paul Anthony Croker
• SHARMAN ELIZABETH MURIEL KUNES

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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