RUDDINGTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEUM LIMITED

Registered charity 1087998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q98092582 · also known as RUDDINGTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEUM

The Framework Knitters museum operates as working museum in the original nineteenth century buildings with handframes & circular machines, holds a knitting collection and specialist library, maintains knitting & framesmithing skills and provides training, in order to advance the education of the public by recording & preserving, interpreting & presenting to the general public the buildings, machin

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TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RECORDING AND PRESERVING, INTERPRETING AND PRESENTING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE BUILDINGS, MACHINERY, SKILLS, LIVING CONDITIONS, HISTORY AND INFLUENCE OF THE FRAMEWORK KNITTERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £189,428, which is below the trustees' stated aspiration of holding free reserves equal to one year's operating costs. The charity reported a net income increase of £95,148 for the year, driven by a significant rise in total income to £258,212. Despite these improvements, the trustees noted ongoing financial challenges and escalating expenditure in the previous period.

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

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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• 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

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/02/2024, 22 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £395k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Jane Love
• Bryn Smith
• Dr Rebekah Ellen Pickering-Wood
• Martha Irene Jasko-Lawrence
• Nigel Bellamy · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER FREDERICK MCGOWAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Samantha Penfold · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sayali Goyal
• Susan Russell
• Terence Alexander Cooper
• Thomas Gregory

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRAMEWORK KNITTERS EDUCATION CHARITY.

• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRAMEWORK KNITTERS EDUCATION CHARITY income £69k
• YORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING LIMITED income £749k
• THE FUSILIERS MUSEUM AND LEARNING CENTRE LIMITED income £368k
• DITCHLING MUSEUM OF ART + CRAFT income £577k
• RICHMOND FURNITURE SCHEME income £381k
• MUSEUM OF TIMEKEEPING income £26k

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