MUSEUM OF TIMEKEEPING

Registered charity 1176495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BHI MUSEUM TRUST., BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM TRUST

Museum of Timekeeping holds for public benefit a collection and library to inspire and promote public understanding and appreciation of horology and the history, science, art and craft of timekeeping, by collecting, documenting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting a collection and library to promote public enjoyment and understanding through exhibitions, public & educational programmes.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY, ART, CRAFT AND SCIENCE OF HOROLOGY AND TIMEKEEPING

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 reported a net expenditure of £1,444 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £26,337 to £24,893. Revenue streams were restricted following the termination of all staff contracts, leading to a 36% reduction in revenues, although direct costs were reduced by approximately 81%. The trustees anticipate that the reduction in revenue will be reversed in forthcoming periods.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Powellchair
• Arthur Jan Wright
• Gary Martyn Williams
• JAMES ARNFIELD
• Reginald John Griffths

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY.

• TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY income £93k
• MUSEUM OF HOMELESSNESS income £314k
• Bexhill Museum income £322k
• THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY income £188k
• THE TOWCESTER MUSEUM income £36k
• MUSEUM OF BRANDS income £851k

Side by side with its peers

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