BURSLEDON BRICKWORKS MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1170043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBMT

Museum of bricks and brickmaking aiming to preserve and maintain knowledge of the history and heritage of brickmaking. Provide an understanding of the importance of bricks to industrial and built heritage to the general public.

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Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£233k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,766 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £84,762. The trustees acknowledge a budgeted loss for 2025 but express confidence in the charity's solvency and long-term viability through the Business Plan and upcoming commercial projects.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's regular annual budgeted income (held: £85k)

“Acontingency of one year's regular annual budgeted income of the Trust” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Mark Elford
Aubree Slavik · trustee of 1 other charity
David Michael Hubbard · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr George William Roberts
ELEANOR DORIS BELL
JUDITH MARIA BEVIS
James Chalk
Keith Aldis
MAGGIE JOHNSTON
Paul West · trustee of 1 other charity
Tim Bristow

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£217k	£233k
31/12/2023	£370k	£391k
31/12/2022	£163k	£190k
31/12/2021	£189k	£125k
31/12/2020	£101k	£69k

Common questions

Is BURSLEDON BRICKWORKS MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,766 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £84,762. The trustees acknowledge a budgeted loss for 2025 but express confidence in the charity's solvency and long-term viability through the Business Plan and upcoming commercial projects. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/09/2025	£79k	"Connecting Communities"
UK government	01/04/2024	£8k	Bursledon Brickworks Museum, Southampton
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2020	£28k	"COVID-19 Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/02/2019	£9k	"Bombs, bricks and belles - our brickworks in the War"