THE BROOKE HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1153988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to advance charitable aims through strategic projects that inspire learning, preserve and extend knowledge, and engage diverse communities for the greater good. We aim to achieve this mission by bringing the Brooke history and legacy to life through storytelling, record and artefact preservation and imaginative historical projects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF THE HISTORY OF SARAWAK AND THE PERIOD AND LEGACY OF THE BROOKE RAJ; B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO SARAWAK; C. THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDINGS, SITES, ARTEFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS AND MATERIAL OF AN EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO SARAWAK.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £55,795 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £711,086 to £655,291. The trustees report that free reserves were in a deficit of £72,581 against a stated target of £45,000, although they note that post-year-end proceeds from a leasehold sale materially strengthened the financial position by allowing full mortgage repayment.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07168282

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.

• MOK, Benjamin — director, appointed 07/04/2026on trustee list
• BYRNE, Ciara — director, appointed 19/02/2023on trustee list
• NGUI, Yih May — director, appointed 30/11/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Mok
• Ciara Byrne
• Yih May Ngui

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

Operates in: Devon · Malaysia · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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