THE KIMMERIDGE TRUST

Registered charity 1106638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSEUM OF JURASSIC MARINE LIFE

In Kimmeridge, Dorset, we are in the process of establishing an accredited museum to conserve "The Etches Collection" of marine fossils, which is unique and of world importance. The new building will also provide Kimmeridge with a state of the art community cultural centre, for the benefit of the Kimmeridge residents in particular and the wider community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A JURASSIC MARINE LIFE CENTRE IN DORSET FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: LULWORTH, PURBECK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £393,040 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in visitor admissions and retail sales. Total funds carried forward were £4,319,957, with unrestricted funds at £548,492, which exceeds the stated reserves policy minimum of £100,000. The trustees confirm that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Carter & Coley Limited. 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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 — The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (80% 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: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Neil Langley Frewin
• Dr Stephen Earwicker
• Gary Suttle
• Nick Ford
• Peter Sheppard
• Professor John Edward Alan Marshall
• Robert Vearncombe
• Rosemary Clarke
• Sir Richard Lambert
• Tim Pennington

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LYME REGIS PHILPOT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED.

• LYME REGIS PHILPOT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £430k
• NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL TRUST income £2.4m
• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• CHARMOUTH HERITAGE COAST CENTRE income £282k
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• SENHOUSE MUSEUM TRUST income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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