THE PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TRUST

Registered charity 1068563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To save and care for objects relating to East Dorset.

Objects

1) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND KINDRED SCIENCES AND PAINTING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE TOWN OF WIMBORNE MINSTER, THE DISTRICT OF EAST DORSET AND THE COUNTY OF DORSET2) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS, VOLUMES AND DOCUMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL OR GENERAL INTEREST, MAPS, PICTURES, RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND SIMILAR OBJECTS AND TO PROMOTE EXHIBITIONS INVOLVING THE EXCHANGE AND LOAN OF ITEMS AND COLLECTIONS.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF EAST DORSET AND THE COUNTY OF DORSET

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £104,959, which exceeds its stated policy target of £100,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Priest's House Museum Trust

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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