Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery Limited

Registered charity 1108817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETERSFIELD MUSEUM LIMITED, Petersfield Museum

The charity seeks to educate the public by the establishment and maintenance of a museum for items of historical and archaeological interest, archives, photographs, flora and fauna and arts and crafts especially those relating to the town of Petersfield and the surrounding area.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £282,921 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decline in total funds from £3,819,602 to £3,536,681. The Trustees note that while liquidity remains manageable, it is increasingly fragile, and the charity is below its stated reserves policy target of six months of running costs. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~25.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN DOUGLAS JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Margot Shaw
• Benedick Swann
• Elizabeth Ann Courtenay Brooks
• Frances Cook
• Isabel Hughes
• Jaane Rowehl
• Jeremy David Mitchell FRSA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Joseph Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lady Winifred Anne Charlotte Normington CBE
• Luc Blais
• PAUL Anthony MARTIN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Edward Joseph Foster

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Sussex

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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