LOUTH NATURALISTS', ANTIQUARIAN AND LITERARY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1145436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOUTH NATURALISTS', ANTIQUARIAN AND LITERARY SOCIETY LIMITED

The Society operates Louth Museum, Lincolnshire open to the public during April to October, public lectures, talks and tours; research and publications.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY ANTIQUES, NATURAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF LOUTH AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,515 for the year, reducing total funds from £628,985 to £616,470. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £120,448 are considered adequate working capital to maintain operations for the next 12 months. The charity holds a healthy bank balance of £79,797 and owns three properties, two of which are rented out to generate income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Cooper
• Anita Muchall
• David Roderick Start
• Dita Lacey
• Julie Rebecca Markham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Locking · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL BARRETT CHRISTMAS
• Richard William Mould

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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