HEREFORD CIDER MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1158061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Collect and care for items associated with the history and practice of making and selling cider, including the social history, and with items involved in the use of cider, cider brandy and related crafts.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,370,990, supported by significant investment assets valued at £5,068,651. The trustees consider the donated funds to be akin to expendable endowments invested to generate sufficient income to meet operational shortfalls. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Harper Sheldon Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~124.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (52% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN ROE
• CHRISTOPHER FAIRS
• Callum Bulmer
• Catriona Ward
• Dr David Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fenella Mary Tyler
• Gillian Turner
• Helen Thomas
• James Bisset
• James Taplin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).