VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM (WANTAGE)

Registered charity 1126995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running a museum for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Vale and Downland area.

Objects

A TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VALE AND DOWNLAND AREA THE EXISTING MUSEUM OWNED BY THE VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM TRUST OR ANY SUCCESSOR MUSEUM AND THEREBY TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS ANDB TO TAKE OVER ALL THE ASSETS AND UNDERTAKING OF THE VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM TRUST

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 the charity reported a surplus of £6,592 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,743,912. However, the trustees note that free reserves have decreased to £62,495 and that cash reserves are declining due to increasing costs, though they consider the current level adequate to meet ongoing needs.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Iain Robertson Cameron
• Geoffrey Rice
• Giles Vaughan Dawson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Theresa Hannaby · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Henry Smythe
• Julia Reynolds
• Richard Talbot
• Ronald Michael Batstone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Jill Seymour

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED.

• WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED income £3.4m
• DOWNLANDS TRUST income £557k
• VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY LIMITED income £2.1m
• VALEHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £234k
• THE SID VALE ASSOCIATION CIO income £319k
• TOWN LANDS OF WANTAGE income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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