THE WARMINSTER ATHENAEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1086353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATHENAEUM ARTS CENTRE WARMINSTER WILTSHIRE

The charity has roots back to 1850, with the current trust created in September 2000 by merging the Athenaeum Trust and the Bleeck Memorial Hall charities. The Trust serves residents of Warminster and the surrounding areas in the provision of Education, Community Support and Entertainment, for both residents and visitors to the town.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(B) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CENTRE FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(I) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(II) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION; AND(C) TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: WARMINSTER AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resources of £11,263 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £139,668. The trustees' report indicates that reserves are regularly reviewed to ensure they are adequate to fulfil the charity's continuing obligations, with no specific target amount or policy duration explicitly stated in the text.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wiltshire Community Lottery — “We’ve teamed up with the Wiltshire Community Lottery, a weekly online lottery run by Wiltshire Council. Tickets cost just £1, and for every …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip John Keeblechair
• Andrew Carpenter
• Andrew Charles Frostick
• Anthony Jackson
• Bernice Choi
• Creswick Roger John Southcott
• Estelle Brennan
• Jack Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Ellis
• Paul Barnes
• Susi Tenty

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERLIN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED.

• MERLIN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £270k
• FOUNDATION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WARMINSTER income £133k
• WARMINSTER SCHOOL income £11.2m
• LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY PROJECT income £163k
• VISCOUNTESS BARRINGTON'S MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £197k
• WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD income £257k

Side by side with its peers

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