WALLINGFORD MUSEUM

Registered charity 1113236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- to provide for the public of all ages a Museum which presents the past in and around Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in an entertaining and informative way- to collect and conserve historic items and to research and present special exhibitions on specific themes of local historical interest- to provide special educational facilities for children and adults on local historical topics

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN AND ADMINISTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC A MUSEUM FOR WALLINGFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT;2. TO SECURE BY PURCHASE, GIFT, EXCHANGE, BEQUEST OR IN OTHER MANNER, MATERIAL FOR EXHIBITION OR RESEARCH;3. TO PREPARE, EDIT, PUBLISH, PRINT, AND DISTRIBUTE BULLETINS, NEWS-SHEETS, REPRODUCTIONS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS AND LITERARY WORKS CONNECTED WITH LOCAL AND GENERAL HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, AND4. TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND PROMOTE EDUCATION RELATING TO HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY BY MEANS OF LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS AND OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: WALLINGFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 total unrestricted funds increased by £10,917 to reach £289,855 at the end of the financial year. The charity reported a net surplus of £10,917 against total incoming resources of £31,270. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05597310

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GEDYE, Boudewina — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Garry — director, appointed 03/12/2024on trustee list
• POULTER, Jane Elizabeth Shelford — director, appointed 03/12/2024on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Susan — director, appointed 05/02/2020on trustee list
• KEATS-ROHAN, Katharine Stephanie Benedicta, Dr — director, appointed 04/05/2010not on trustee list
• WILDER, Lucy Anne — director, appointed 07/02/2006on trustee list
• DEWEY, Judith Mary — director, appointed 19/10/2005on trustee list
• CARPENTER, Jennifer Ann — director, appointed 19/10/2005on trustee list
• CAPEL-DAVIES, Stephen Charles — director, appointed 19/10/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN CHARLES CAPEL-DAVIESchair
• Boudewina Gedye
• Dr KATHARINE STEPHANIE BENEDICTA KEATS-ROHAN PHDFRHISTS
• Garry Elliott
• Jane Elizabeth Shelford Poulter
• MRS ANNE WILDER
• MRS JENNIFER ANN CARPENTER
• MRS JUDITH MARY DEWEY
• Susan Wright

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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