THE HOLLYCOMBE WORKING STEAM MUSEUM LIMITED

Registered charity 1061693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLLYCOMBE STEAM COLLECTION

To assemble at Hollycombe a comprehensive collection of working steam engines and equipment performing, so far as possible, their original functions

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC'S EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF STEAM ENGINES AS A SOURCE OF POWER, ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND OF THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION; AND FAIRGROUND ART AND MUSIC AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIOSCOPY AND MOVING PICTURES

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £237,713, which is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of around £75,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £76,122 for the year, supported by visitor income and donations, while maintaining a positive net asset position of £2,959,721.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR JAMES JERVOISE SCOTT BTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Archie Patrick Richard Howes
• BRIAN MICHAEL GOODING
• DAVID BALDOCK
• JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON · trustee of 6 other charities
• PATRICK WILLIAM ULVEDALE CORBETT

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
• THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED income £198k
• MUSEUM OF POWER income £429k
• CROMFORD STEAM RALLY SOCIETY income £176k
• HADDENHAM STEAM RALLY income £131k
• STALLCOMBE HOUSE income £3.9m

Side by side with its peers

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