ISLE OF WIGHT BUS & COACH MUSEUM LIMITED

Registered charity 1097347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The museum advances public education by establishing a permanent display of historic commercial and public carriage vehicles on The Isle of Wight.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT DISPLAY OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC CARRIAGE VEHICLES AT A MUSEUM ON THE IOW AND FOR LIKE PURPOSE TO PROMOTE A PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF ALL HISTORIC COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC CARRIAGE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST OF ACTUAL POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATIVE VALUE

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £155,902 against expenditure of £138,642, resulting in a net surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £119,689, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet their policy target of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum (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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Richard Dean Bartram
• Daved Forrester
• Derek Priddle
• Graeme Brazier
• KEITH RANDLE
• LEO GERALD ROBERTS
• RICHARD JOHN NEWMAN
• Shirley Elizabeth Winn
• Trevor John Stuart Whelan
• Trevor Wood

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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