MUSEUM OF POWER

Registered charity 1087459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSEUM OF POWER LTD (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

To preserve for the community the Langford Steam Pumping Station and to develop a significant regional power related museum, which will both educate and entertain the public at large.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS REGISTERED IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ACQUIRING HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE AND BY ESTABLISHING ACQUIRING MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS GALLERIES LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH PURPOSES MAY BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY HAPPEN

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN GOVERNING DOCUMENT IN PRACTICE LANGFORD AND ULTING IN ESSEX

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £113,226 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,829,269. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. Reserves are held to cover operational commitments and meet matched funding requirements for specific grants.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Museum of Power (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Roger Griffinchair
• Ann Elizabeth Bell · trustee of 3 other charities
• Colin David Waylen
• Irene Allen
• JOHN HERBERT LOWE BEM
• RICHARD DENNIS WAYLEN
• Stephen Edward Capper
• Timothy Barber

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POWER HOUSE (POOLE).

• THE POWER HOUSE (POOLE) income £108k
• Heritage and Communities Trust income £172k
• STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM TRUST LTD income £3.2m
• WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
• THE HOLLYCOMBE WORKING STEAM MUSEUM LIMITED income £322k
• KEMPTON GREAT ENGINES TRUST LIMITED income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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