ATHELSTAN MUSEUM MALMESBURY

Registered charity 1174110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATHELSTAN MUSEUM, FRIENDS OF ATHELSTAN MUSEUM, MALMESBURY MUSEUM

Athelstan Museum Malmesbury operates within Malmesbury Town Hall. It also owns and manages the Julia and Hans Rausing Building, a restored former Moravian Church at 12B Oxford Street in Malmesbury as a cultural and educational centre.

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Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £1,495,724 at the end of the financial year, with total net assets of £1,504,319. The trustees confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £150k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£105k£51k
31/03/2024£51k£26k
31/03/2023£43k£39k
31/03/2022£80k£52k
31/03/2021£95k£70k

Common questions

Is ATHELSTAN MUSEUM MALMESBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £1,495,724 at the end of the financial year, with total net assets of £1,504,319. The trustees confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2019£381k"JMW TURNER Malmesbury Abbey"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2018£36k"Athelstan Museum Moravian Church garden and storage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/07/2016£47k"The Malmesbury Coin Hoard"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/05/2014£4k"Malmesbury 'Living History' 14/15 June 2014. Civil War comes to Malmesbury"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/09/2007£199k"FOAM Renovation and Refurbishment Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ATHELSTAN MUSEUM MALMESBURY£105k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST FY2024£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
WESSEX MUSEUMS TRUST FY2025£488k—0above—no doubt
GLASTONBURY ABBEY FY2025£1.9m—1unclear—no doubt
THE GREIG HALL FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MERCERS HALL GLOUCESTER FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.