SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1077086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHARPES POTTERY MUSEUM

Provide museum collections open to the public.Provide a base for local community groupsProvide opportunities for volunteeringProvide opportunities for people to research local history

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,626 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £448,160 to £442,534. The trustees acknowledge the financial position but confirm the preparation of accounts on a going concern basis, noting that systems are in place to mitigate major risks. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £395,689 against current liabilities of £42,688, though it reports a net current asset deficit of £25,380.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Amos Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£143k£148k
31/03/2024£153k£152k
31/03/2023£131k£158k
31/03/2022£120k£187k
31/03/2021£234k£222k

Common questions

Is SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,626 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £448,160 to £442,534. The trustees acknowledge the financial position but confirm the preparation of accounts on a going concern basis, noting that systems are in place to mitigate major risks. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £395,689 against current liabilities of £42,688, though it reports a net current asset deficit of £25,380. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Amos Accountancy Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/08/2020£29k"COVID19: Sharpe's Pottery Heritage & Arts Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2018£60k"SharpeÂ’s – Securing the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/07/2016£5k"The Working Potter"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/12/2011£46k"'Toilet Story' Public Health, A Heritage and Legacy from South Derbyshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/12/2000£997k"Sharpe's Resource Centre"

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED£143k0unclearno doubt
PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£197kUnder £60,0000aboveno doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k0unclearno doubt
LITTLE PARC OWLES TRUST FY2024£103k0aboveno doubt
Culture& Arts and Heritage FY2025£523k0unclearno doubt
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.2maboveno doubt

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