WOKING MUSEUM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE

Registered charity 1073543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LIGHTBOX, WOKING MUSEUM ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE

Latest income

£948k

Latest spending

£855k

Registered

1999

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£948k

Total spending

£855k

Cost of raising funds

£117k

Reserves (reported)

£570k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Andrew Bell
Barry Cook
CHRIS LACEY
Cherry-Anne Russell · trustee of 1 other charity
John Siebert
NATHALIE DE POTTER
RICHARD BROWNE
Richard Bolton

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£948k	£855k
31/03/2024	£907k	£866k
31/03/2023	£777k	£957k
31/03/2022	£875k	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£983k	£758k

Common questions

Who funds WOKING MUSEUM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOKING MUSEUM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k

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	12/11/2025	£149k	"Unlocking Woking's Heritage Collection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/12/2023	£250k	"The Lightbox ? transformation to ensure survival and future sustainability."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/02/2017	£9k	"Celebrating 10 years of community heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/08/2014	£10k	"The Horse at War 1914-18"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/10/2013	£7k	"New Vision New Perspective"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/10/2012	£6k	"Local Heroes and Local Tales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/09/2008	£50k	"Ways of Seeing - A Community Curated Exhibition of Modern British Art"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/06/2006	£49k	"Woking's History"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/12/2003	£1.6m	"Woking Museum Arts & Crafts Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/04/2003	£50k	"Woking Living Words"