THE MARRIOTTS WAREHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1153929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In order for the Warehouse building to be open for the education of the people of King's Lynn and beyond the Trust was set up to create a welcome space where themes of River, Trade, Buildings and People of the Warehouse on The Wash are explored in both permanent and temporary displays. Lectures, talks and day schools are arranged and the building used by heritage and cultural groups.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING AN EXHIBITION AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE; AND TO PROMOTE THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF THE TOWN OF KINGS' LYNN TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THE TOWN'S HISTORY

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £6,386 for the year, primarily due to backlog maintenance work. Despite this deficit, the trustees remain satisfied with the results, and unrestricted reserves decreased from £38,958 to £32,635. The charity holds sufficient cash and current assets to meet its current commitments as defined by its reserves policy.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08334042 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KENT, Sarah Danette — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• PERRISS, Deborah — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Marion — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
• HEATHCOTE, Kerry Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/09/2024on trustee list
• WALKER, Gary James — director, appointed 30/06/2023on trustee list
• MACKEE, Stephen Patrick — director, appointed 06/02/2023on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Margaret Evelyn — director, appointed 20/10/2021on trustee list
• GIDNEY, Peter Charles Temple — director, appointed 27/06/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Perriss
• Gary Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kerry Elizabeth Heathcote
• Margaret Evelyn Taylor
• Marion Coleman
• Peter Charles Temple Gidney
• STEPHEN PATRICK MACKEE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Danette Kent

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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