THE MILLENNIUM EMBROIDERY GROUP SUNBURY-ON-THAMES

Registered charity 1162121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is responsible for the care and the permanent public display of the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery and for the maintenance and administration of the gallery that houses the work. Entry to the view the work is free and talks are regularly given to visiting groups including local schools. The gallery hosts accompanying exhibitions and engages in a number of community projects.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, WILDLIFE, DEVELOPMENT AND DAILY LIFE OF SUNBURY-ON-THAMES

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 faced financial challenges due to increased operating costs, including a 9.8% rise in the national minimum wage and higher energy and ingredient costs. Despite these pressures, the charity reported a net profit of £8,970.85 for the year. The trustees noted that the charity remains self-sustaining through café revenues and community fundraising, although it is dependent on securing future funding for its capital redevelopment project.

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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Robertson
• Catherine Petrina Jane Baumann
• Christopher John Baumann
• Diana Huntingford
• Gina Traboulsi Smith
• Jenny Starr
• Matt Cocquelin
• NICK TILT
• PAUL WATTS
• ROBERT SHAW
• SIMON WHEATLEY BARRISTER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILTON KEYNES GYMNASTIC LIMITED.

• MILTON KEYNES GYMNASTIC LIMITED income £878k
• ST HILDA'S OLD SCHOOL income £120k
• NEW MILTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £131k
• NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY income £2.1m
• THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD income £167k
• Q YORK income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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