THE BURTON AT BIDEFORD

Registered charity 1165520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON ART GALLERY & MUSEUM

To advance education and the arts in particular by the establishment of a museum and art gallery which promotes public knowledge, enjoyment and appreciation of the arts, local heritage and learning.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY WHICH PROMOTES PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATE OF THE ARTS, LOCAL HERITAGE AND LEARNING.

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: Torridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £98,110 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income rising to £714,501. Unrestricted reserves stood at £320,063, which the trustees describe as close to their policy target of six months' expenditure. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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).

• Freelands Foundation — “Freelands Foundation today announces The Burton at Bideford in North Devon as one of the first winners of a major new £1.5 million awards sc…” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (48% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Hugo Millwardchair
• Benjamin Fitzhugh
• Benjamin James Liddell
• Bryony Robins
• Claire Clutterbuck
• Elizabeth Green
• Hannah Nash
• Ian Huggett · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicholas John Beer
• Robert Kevin Woolley
• Samuel Thomas Laughton Astill

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSEUM BRIDPORT DORSET.

• THE MUSEUM BRIDPORT DORSET income £97k
• BRIGHTON SEAFRONT HERITAGE TRUST income £67k
• CHARDON TRUST income £88k
• THE BOURNE FOUNDATION income £36k
• THE M T AND S D BURTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £78k
• BUSHEY MUSEUM TRUST income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.