WYCOMBE HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1155456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHAT

Provide a well-managed and accessible collection that reflects the material culture of communities across Wycombe District in an enjoyable, friendly, safe and surprising environment that actively encourages life-long learning for all.To strengthen partnerships internally and externally, in order to promote the Museum as a valuable resource for the community visitors and heritage specialists.

Objects

1) To maintain a museum and art gallery for long-term public benefit, including managing, conserving, researching, exhibiting and interpreting the museum?s collection. 2) To advance education by the running of a Heritage and Arts Service.? 3) Such other charitable purposes beneficial to the public consistent? with the objects?above as the trustees acting reasonably shall determine.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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 generated a net deficit of £23,514 for the year, reducing its total funds to £97,785. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £81,000 remain within the stated policy target of £50,000 to £100,000, ensuring the museum can continue to deliver its objectives.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 3.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Guy Richard John Foremanchair
• David Gilbert
• Eleftheria Chrysovalantou Neep
• Fay Ewing
• James Gordon Peters
• Lyndsey Feeney
• Poppy Ellen Lawrence Carr
• Rosemary Margaret Anne Brake
• Susan Linda Leighs · trustee of 1 other charity

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 WYCOMBE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE.

• WYCOMBE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE income £198k
• SMETHWICK HERITAGE CENTRE TRUST income £41k
• BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST income £12.6m
• WORCESTERSHIRE HERITAGE, ART AND MUSEUMS income £78k
• WYCOMBE MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATION income £183k
• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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