WHITSTABLE COMMUNITY MUSEUM AND GALLERY

Registered charity 1171101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We operate Whitstable Museum & Gallery. Our unique Whitstable focused collections, connect people to the past and the present engendering a sense of place, identity, pride and belonging. We encourage the exploration of other heritage sites in the area to inspire continued research and learning. As well as exhibitions, our programme includes both historical and contemporary visual art and craft.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN WHITSTABLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF HERITAGE CENTRES, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND LIBRARIES AND BY RELATED PROGRAMMES OF OUTREACH AND RESEARCH, FOSTERING KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, HISTORY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

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 achieved its best business result in three years, with unrestricted income rising to £73,590 and unrestricted cash funds increasing to £146,460. The trustees note that while the charity is financially resilient, it faces delays in securing a £175,000 Arts Council grant for building repairs due to ongoing negotiations regarding building ownership with Canterbury City Council.

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 3 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Michelle BODDYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gail Rogers · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER JOHN BANBURY · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEVE KEELER

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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