WOODHALL SPA COTTAGE MUSEUM

Registered charity 1114268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODHALL SPA COTTAGE MUSEUM TRUST

MAINTAINING & DEVELOPING A MUSEUM OF LOCAL INTEREST

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COTTAGE MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTEFACTS AND NATURAL EXHIBITS REPRESENTING THE LIFE AND CULTURE OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF WOODHALL SPA AND LOCALITY AND SO AS TO ADVANCE THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF WOODHALL SPA AND ITS LOCALITY.

Area of benefit: WOODHALL SPA AND ITS LOCALITY

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

Registered contact address: East Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£57k

Latest spending

£53k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £3,900 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £600,320. The trustees have designated the entire unrestricted free reserve fund as an emergency reserve to meet obligations in case of income shortfalls. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no matters requiring attention were found.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments - increase in value (24% of income)

“Investments - increase in value 22,867” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: The trustees have reviewed its free reserve policy and have turned its entire unrestricted free reserve fund into an emergency reserve to enable Woodhall spa Cottage Museum to mest its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure. (reserves figure: £600k)

“The trustees have reviewed its free reserve policy and have turned its entire unrestricted free reserve fund into an emergency reserve to enable Woodhall spa Cottage Museum to mest its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 26

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 27
Government income: £15,091 — grants £15,091 (2); 23% of the £66,954 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 28
Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (1); 12% of the £49,208 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID HILLchair
Annette Southcott · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDITH EVERITT
Lynnette Needham
Mary-Anne Price
PHILIP RANGECROFT GROVES · trustee of 1 other charity
Tina Delaney

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£57k	£53k
31/12/2024	£67k	£91k
31/12/2023	£49k	£111k
31/12/2022	£40k	£76k
31/12/2021	£148k	£65k

Common questions

Is WOODHALL SPA COTTAGE MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £3,900 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £600,320. The trustees have designated the entire unrestricted free reserve fund as an emergency reserve to meet obligations in case of income shortfalls. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no matters requiring attention were found. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/08/2020	£4k	"COVID19 Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/12/2009	£742k	"Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum Development"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/07/2007	£3k	"A Project To Develop Current Outreach And Information Programmes Offered By This Local Heritage Museum In Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. The P"
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2007	£3k	Archive Display Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/08/2003	£2k	"This Group Promote Awareness And Provide Education About The Historical Development Of Woodhall Spa, As Well As Collecting Artefacts And Pre"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£90k
THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
CIVIC POWER FUND	1	£1k
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED.

ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED income £3.0m
WOODLANDS EXTRA income £539k
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW AND INFORMATION CENTRE income £664k
SOUTH WOODHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £211k
PRESERVATION income £92k
ROTHWELL PRESERVATION TRUST income £28k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOODHALL SPA COTTAGE MUSEUM	£57k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST HUGH'S SCHOOL (WOODHALL SPA) LIMITED FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
WOODLANDS EXTRA FY2025	£539k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW AND INFORMATION CENTRE FY2025	£664k	more than £60,000	1	below	—	no doubt
SOUTH WOODHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£211k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESERVATION FY2025	£92k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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