CAVALCADE OF COSTUME LIMITED

Registered charity 1052471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of The Cavalcade of Costume Limited are to provide for the advancement of public education a museum for the display of costumes together with such other exhibits or items of social history or other educational interest from time to time.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION A MUSEUM FOR THE DISPLAY OF COSTUMES TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER EXHIBITS OR ITEMS OF SOCIAL HISTORICAL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INTEREST FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,043 for the year, resulting in a deficit. The trustees note that underlying income decreased to £20,000 excluding one-off project grants, and that £7,000 invested in advertising did not generate a corresponding increase in visitor numbers. Despite these challenges, the charity holds £20,000 in reserves, which is below its stated policy target of approximately six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months expenditure (reserves figure: £20k)

“The museum’s ongoing aim is to hold approximately six months expenditure in reserves” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Investment
Paying staff
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 45
Government income: £11,500 — grants £11,500 (2); 14% of the £83,316 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £32,742 — grants £32,742 (4); 51% of the £64,521 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 45
Government income: £6,780 — grants £6,780 (2); 15% of the £44,920 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £230k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Anya Glinski
Dr Miriam Phelan
John Lindlar
Rebecca Clare Mitchener
Rebecca Lucy Pride

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£83k	£87k
31/12/2024	£65k	£63k
31/12/2023	£45k	£108k
31/12/2022	£78k	£84k
31/12/2021	£100k	£40k

Common questions

Is CAVALCADE OF COSTUME LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,043 for the year, resulting in a deficit. The trustees note that underlying income decreased to £20,000 excluding one-off project grants, and that £7,000 invested in advertising did not generate a corresponding increase in visitor numbers. Despite these challenges, the charity holds £20,000 in reserves, which is below its stated policy target of approximately six months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAVALCADE OF COSTUME LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAVALCADE OF COSTUME LIMITED as a grant recipient include DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Conservation of 16th century manuscript volume 'Visitation of Devon!

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	08/02/2024	£39k	"Blandford Fashion Museum: Designing a resilient future"

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
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£50k
THE CMF CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSEUM OF BRANDS.

MUSEUM OF BRANDS income £851k
THE COSTUME SOCIETY income £145k
DENDE COLLECTIVE income £40k
BRITISH DRESSAGE income £5.0m
GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST income £85k
THE PEOPLE SHOW LIMITED income £70k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAVALCADE OF COSTUME LIMITED	£83k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSEUM OF BRANDS FY2025	£851k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE COSTUME SOCIETY FY2025	£145k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DENDE COLLECTIVE FY2025	£40k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH DRESSAGE FY2025	£5.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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