JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE MUSEUM

Registered charity 1156458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, ESPECIALLY THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN THE HOUSE IN CHAWTON, HAMPSHIRE THAT WAS HER HOME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF HER LIFE

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, ESPECIALLY THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN. ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS WILL INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HOUSE AT CHAWTON, HAMPSHIRE THAT WAS JANE AUSTEN’S HOME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF HER LIFE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £60,313 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Total funds carried forward were £3,619,464, with unrestricted funds at £2,788,823 and restricted funds at £830,641. The document does not explicitly state a reserves policy or confirm going concern status beyond the standard financial reporting.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jane Austen's House Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louisa Frances Swee Lin Pricechair
• Annabel Mary Partridge
• Anne Elizabeth Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• Davina Wai Ting Levy
• Elizabeth Su-Kim Scott
• Geoffrey David Marsh
• Isabella Mead
• Keith Anthony Harrison
• Louise Jane Kergoat

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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