HEUGH GUN BATTERY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1106882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Visitor attraction, Museum with collection, regeneration and maintenance of a Scheduled Monument. Refreshment facility, educational facility, employment and volunteering opportunity in an area of deprivation. Open to the public.

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Latest income
£174k
Latest spending
£327k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £152,774 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £407,444 to £254,670. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £39,962 fall short of the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of annual expenditure. The trustees consider the immediate future secure based on secured funding and plan to build reserves through operational surpluses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £40k; policy: three to six months of annual expenditure)
At 31 May 2025 reserves fall short of this level.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hartlepool

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£174k£327k
31/05/2024£442k£171k
31/05/2023£168k£172k
31/05/2022£130k£151k
31/05/2021£135k£86k

Common questions

Is HEUGH GUN BATTERY TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £152,774 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £407,444 to £254,670. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £39,962 fall short of the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of annual expenditure. The trustees consider the immediate future secure based on secured funding and plan to build reserves through operational surpluses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£3kHeugh Coastal Artillery Battery, immediately NW of Heugh Lighthouse, Hartlepool
UK government25/01/2024£498kMuseum Estate and Development fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/07/2020£25k"COVID 19: Heugh Gun Battery Trust Ltd"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/01/2014£31k"Looking to the future, Protecting the past"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/05/2010£50k"The Heugh Battery World War 1 Trench Experience"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/11/2006£315k"Heugh Gun Battery Restoration Phase 2"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/04/2005£543"Heugh Gun Battery Trust In Hartlepool Will Use An Award To Host A Two Day Event On The 7th And 8th Of May 2005 To Commemorate The 60th Anniv"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2005£9kCommemorative Weekend Celebration

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEUGH GUN BATTERY TRUST LIMITED£174k0belowno doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£2.5m£90,000 - £99,9991belowno doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9munclearno doubt
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST FY2025£10.4m£120,001 - £130,0004unclearno doubt
BRESSINGHAM STEAM PRESERVATION COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.0m0aboveno doubt
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£112k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.