ELY MUSEUM CIO

Registered charity 1156024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and maintenance of a museum in or near the City of Ely for the public exhibition of articles illustrative of the history of Ely and the fenland, and specimens of the fine and useful arts, ethnology, archaeology, geology, botany and natural history. The extension and preservation of the collection. The provision of lectures and other facilities of education. The promotion of research.

Objects

? THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF ELY FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF ARTICLES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF ELY AND THE SURROUNDING FENLAND AREA, AND SPECIMENS OF THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY;? THE EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENT, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM;? THE PROVISION OF LECTURES AND OTHER FACILITIES OF EDUCATION: AND? THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS THEREOF.

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

Registered contact address: East Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £323,010 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily driven by increased payroll costs and a significant impairment of heritage assets following a theft. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity holds sufficient unrestricted funds to meet its reserves policy target of £36,000 and maintain a going concern basis for at least 12 months.

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
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)
• East Cambridgeshire District Council — “East Cambridgeshire District Council through the Community Infrastructure Levy” (source page)
• Thomas Parsons Charity — “Thomas Parsons Charity” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• The Foyle Foundation — “The Foyle Foundation” (source page)
• Ely Community Unit Trust — “Ely Community Unit Trust” (source page)
• The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust — “The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Phillip King Charitable Trust — “Phillip King Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Sir John & Lady Baird — “Sir John & Lady Baird” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary Christine Burkechair
• Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill
• Catriona Mary Wilson
• Dr Lee Gilpin-Davies
• Ellanor Jane Ponton-Hewitt
• Jane Victoria Greaves
• Joanne Clare Jolley
• Richard James Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Hazel Bjorkegren
• Victoria Jayne Teresa JAMESON

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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 THE FARMLAND MUSEUM.

• THE FARMLAND MUSEUM income £159k
• ELLY CHARITY income £83k
• THE FRIENDS OF ELY CATHEDRAL CIO income £941k
• THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM income £2.0m
• Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery Limited income £341k
• CRAWLEY MUSEUMS CIO income £76k

Side by side with its peers

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