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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AND RELEVANT COLLECTIONS CONCERNED WITH THE HISTORY OF ALDEBURGH, ITS PEOPLE AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The refurbishment of the Council Chamber and the Museum has been made possible by support from: The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)
• Aldeburgh Carnival — “with match funding provided by: Aldeburgh Carnival” (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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Jane Louise Barnetson
• James Matthew Cable
• Julia Ransome
• Julie Mary Cook
• Sara Elizabeth Fox · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sunil Das
• TONY BONE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tessa Ingaborg Annette Brown

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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