WHITBY LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1171266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Owns and manages Whitby Museum in North Yorkshire, which includes a Library and Document Archive, on behalf of the people of Whitby.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,023 for the year ended 30 September 2025, following a deficit on charitable activities that was offset by investment gains. Free reserves stood at £670,451, which the trustees describe as sufficient to enable the Society to be sustainable.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whitby Museum (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr David Rodwell-Coxchair
• Colin Clifford Pyrah OBE
• Gregory Simon Pipe
• MRS A ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS R SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penny Cockill
• Robert Charles Smith
• Robert Henry Williams
• SARAH MARGARET BOOTH
• Susan Morton

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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