THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1153345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is set up to operate a museum service and is contracted for that purpose by Buckinghamshire County Council

Objects

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR ART GALLERY AND ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS; AND/OR2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM AND THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS; AND/OR3) PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE, AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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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Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £2,236 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £160,336, which is below the stated policy target of £300,000, although the trustees note that a £110,000 grant was received to help reinflate reserves.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Robert Keith Sutcliffechair
• Mark Colin Eric Hall
• Simon Roger Kearey · trustee of 4 other charities
• Susan Jane Imbriano · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSHEY MUSEUM TRUST.

• BUSHEY MUSEUM TRUST income £35k
• BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST income £12.6m
• BRITISH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MUSEUM TRUST income £188k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £67k
• SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST income £5.5m
• BERKHAMSTED TOWN HALL TRUST income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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