THE APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1073104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE

To safeguard, restore and preserve all industrial artefactsassociated with the Apedale Valley and its industrial past. The Apedale Heritage Centre will develop into a first class tourist destination where the past can be celebrated, understood and utilised to educate future generations in collaboration with relevant partners.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AT APEDALE AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM KNOWN AS THE APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE

Area of benefit: APEDALE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA

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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Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the auditor has issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the accounts give a true and fair view of the Heritage Centre's affairs and trading profit for the year ended 31st December 2024. The filing was prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies and SORP.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Russell Wade FCA. 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£143k£87k
31/12/2024£139k£86k
31/12/2023£125k£83k
31/12/2022£111k£78k
31/12/2021£77k£47k

Common questions

Is THE APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the auditor has issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the accounts give a true and fair view of the Heritage Centre's affairs and trading profit for the year ended 31st December 2024. The filing was prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies and SORP. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Russell Wade FCA.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/11/2013£5k"The oral history of Apedale"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2003£48k"Apedale Heritage Centre"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE£143k—0unclear—no doubt
AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE FY2024£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
BRYMBO HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£4.7m—0below—no doubt
THE APULDRAM CENTRE FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE DUNWICH COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTRE FY2025£338k—0above—no doubt
Heritage and Communities Trust FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt

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