EMPATHY MUSEUM

Registered charity 1172596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the public the promotion of moral or spiritual welfare or improvement of the community and the advancement of the arts by creating artworks that focus on the theme of empathy using a variety of forms including (but not limited to) theatre performance arts and interactive exhibitions.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROMOTION OF MORAL OR SPIRITUAL WELFARE OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS BY CREATING ARTWORKS THAT FOCUS ON THE THEME OF EMPATHY USING A VARIETY OF FORMS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THEATRE PERFORMANCE ARTS AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITIONSFOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE THE TERM "EMPATHY" MEANS THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS AND PERSPECTIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

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 total income for the year was £338,981 against total expenditure of £276,988, resulting in a net surplus of £61,993. The charity held free unrestricted reserves of £46,648 at the year-end, which the trustees consider appropriate for the size and nature of its operations. The trustees are satisfied with the cash position and confirm resources are adequate to continue activities.

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.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09941846

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DOUGLASS, Olivia — director, appointed 03/09/2024on trustee list
• KRINGELBACH, Helene Neveu — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
• KRINGELBACH, Morten Lindtner — director, appointed 16/09/2021on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Judith Anne — director, appointed 08/08/2019on trustee list
• GAMMAN, Lorraine Patricia — director, appointed 11/12/2017on trustee list
• KRZNARIC, Roman — director, appointed 08/01/2016on trustee list
• LONERGAN, Eric — director, appointed 08/01/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIC LONERGAN
• Helene Neveu Kringelbach
• Judith Anne Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorraine Patricia Gamman
• Morten Lindtner Kringelbach
• Olivia Osas Efe Douglass
• Roman Alexander Krznaric

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · Germany · Italy · Netherlands · Portugal · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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