THE AMERSHAM FAIR ORGAN MUSEUM

Registered charity 1102001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The establishment and maintenance of a museum in Amersham or elsewhere in the United Kingdom of fairground organs and their ancilliary equipment,figarines, carvings, pictures, prints and other works of art associated with fairgrounds,for the benefit of the public.

Objects

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN AMERSHAM OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF FAIRGROUND ORGANS AND THEIR ANCILLIARY EQUIPMENT, FIGURINES, CARVINGS, PICTURES, PRINTS AND OTHER WORKS OF ART ASSOCIATED WITH FAIRGROUNDS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.MAINTENANCE REPAIR RENOVATION RENEWAL AND ACQUISITION OF THE FAIRGROUND ORGANS AND THEIR ANCILLIARY EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ARTISTIC WORKS BELONGING TO OR IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUISITION BY THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: IN AMERSHAM OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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 reported a net deficit of £176,289 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant repair and maintenance costs. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted net assets of £1,397,664, supported by a substantial legacy received in the previous year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin John Elychair
• ADAM TYLER-MOORE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Kellett
• Kevin Graham Meayers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Robert Frampton
• PAUL ROBERT DAVIES
• Paul Carlino
• RAY ELLIOTT
• ROBERT ANTHONY CAMPBELL

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST.

• THE FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST income £283k
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST income £10.4m
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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