BAMPTON COMMUNITY ARCHIVE

Registered charity 1097295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAMPTON COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND LOCAL STUDIES CENTRE, THE BAMPTON MUSEUM AND HISTORY SOCIETY

Community exhibitions and collection of material for the history archive

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Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £17,545, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £58,481. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating that accounting records and accounts complied with statutory requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
Sales in the Vesey Room and Online in the year totalled £71,383. — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Bampton Archive Trading Ltd
The Charity has set up a limited company, Bampton Archive Trading Ltd (company number 08853943), to sell products to generate additional revenue for the Charity. — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£82k£64k
31/03/2024£76k£62k
31/03/2023£59k£105k
31/03/2022£162k£211k
31/03/2021£5k£9k

Common questions

Is BAMPTON COMMUNITY ARCHIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £17,545, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £58,481. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating that accounting records and accounts complied with statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/03/2005£793"Bampton Museum And History Society In Oxon Has Been Awarded A Grant To Enable Them To Host A World War Two Exhibition. The Content Will Incl"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/02/2005£4k"This Charity Collects And Preserves Artefacts And Materials Relating To The Social History Of Bampton. An Awards For All Grant Will Be Used"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2005£5kThe Impace of WW2 on the Village of Bampton
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2005£4kMuseum feasibilty study
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/08/2002£2k"This New Society Promotes And Encourages The Collection, Preservation, Storage And Display Of Archival Material Relating To Bampton. The Pr"