ALDEBURGH MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1166357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We maintain a museum within the 450 year old Moot Hall of Aldeburgh, interpreting and making accessible to the general public this important Grade 1 timber-framed building. Our collections seek to explain the history of Aldeburgh, its people and its immediate neighbourhood.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased slightly from £57,364 to £56,517 due to a net expenditure exceeding income for the year. The charity reports sufficient funds to continue operating on a going concern basis, despite a noted 12.7% reduction in total income compared to the previous year.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£43k£43k
31/12/2024£49k£47k
31/12/2023£44k£45k
31/12/2022£84k£71k
31/12/2021£85k£59k

Common questions

Is ALDEBURGH MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased slightly from £57,364 to £56,517 due to a net expenditure exceeding income for the year. The charity reports sufficient funds to continue operating on a going concern basis, despite a noted 12.7% reduction in total income compared to the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2020£5k"COVID19: Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2016£825k"Aldeburgh's Museum and Moot Hall Regeneration Project"