RYEDALE FOLK MUSEUM

Registered charity 1145218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Museum activities include the education of the public by the promotion or maintenance of collections and a museum of bygone chattels, books, manuscripts, coins, buildings or other erections, furnishings (whether indoor or outdoor), implements and other objects of antiquarian interest as a reminder of British culture and history and be a museum for and about all the people of Ryedale.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PULIC BY THE PROMOTION OR MAINTENANCE OF A COLLECTION AND A MUSEUM OF BYGONE CHATTELS, BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, COINS, BUILDINGS OR OTHER ERECTIONS, FURNISHINGS (WHETHER INDOOR OR OUTDOOR), IMPLEMENTS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST AS A REMINDER OF BRITISH CULTURE AND HISTORY IN FORMER TIMES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£354k

Latest spending

£344k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £2,025,484, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £82,752. The trustees have a stated policy aspiration to hold reserves between £100,000 and £200,000, which is currently not met due to the deficit. The going concern basis is noted as dependent on uncertain future funding streams, including grants and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £100,000 and £200,000 (held: £-83k)

“The Trustees have an aspiration to hold a reserve fund of between £100,000 and £200,000, representing between three months and six months of charitable expenditure, to cover any eventuality.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and voluntary donations as well as museum entrance fees and shop revenues. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams.” — page 16

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.

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Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ryedale Folk Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander James Murray
Carol Ann Fenner
Carolyn Anne Lloyd Brown
Dr Brendan Paddison
Joanne Louise Boutflower
Karen Tyerman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£354k	£344k
31/10/2024	£324k	£358k
31/10/2023	£297k	£347k
31/10/2022	£294k	£310k
31/10/2021	£417k	£300k

Common questions

Is RYEDALE FOLK MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £2,025,484, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £82,752. The trustees have a stated policy aspiration to hold reserves between £100,000 and £200,000, which is currently not met due to the deficit. The going concern basis is noted as dependent on uncertain future funding streams, including grants and donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RYEDALE FOLK MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RYEDALE FOLK MUSEUM as a grant recipient include THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2021	£10k	Education/Culture
NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK TRUST	FY2023	£2k	to rescue and relocate a milking parlour of local historical importance to the museum for restoration and public display in 2025.
NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK TRUST	FY2024	£2k	to rescue and relocate a milking parlour of local historical importance to the museum for restoration and public

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	18/05/2020	£57k	"COVID19: Ryedale Folk Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/10/2013	£59k	"Re-housing and Re-interpreting our Elizabethan Glass Furnace"