AXMINSTER HERITAGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1113818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a community building & carpet museum of national importance in Axminster.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HERITAGE OF THE TOWN OF AXMINSTER BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WORLD RENOWNED QUALITY OF ITS CARPET PRODUCTION.

Area of benefit: AXMINSTER

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £90,590 for the year, reducing its total funds from £994,990 to £904,400. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,404, which is below its stated policy target of holding reserves sufficient to operate for up to one year without charitable income.

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/12/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR LAURENCE HITCHCOCKchair
• ANDREW TIMOTHY MOULDING · trustee of 3 other charities
• David John Knapman
• Steven Peter Holt
• Stuart Courtman

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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