THE WITHERNSEA LIGHTHOUSE CIO

Registered charity 1178912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WITHERNSEA LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM

Collection and display of local memorabilia for the benefit of the local population

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE FURTHERANCE AND PURSUANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PROVIDING HISTORICAL EDUCATION TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS TO WITHERNSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH EXHIBITIONS WITHIN THE MUSEUM AND TOURS OF THE WITHERNSEA LIGHTHOUSE. THE CIO COLLECTS RECORDS AND MEMORABILIA TO PRESERVE LOCAL AND MARITIME HISTORY OF THE AREA.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £10,850 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased costs and invoicing errors. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £307,101 are considered adequate to sustain operations for more than 18 months despite the economic trading conditions being expected to remain 'bumpy'.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr BRIAN WELLSchair
• Darren Hickey
• David Gallagher
• Dr Eric Doudu
• Ivan Frederick Sindall
• James Medcalf
• KATHLEEN SPECK
• MARGARET READ
• Rachel Speck
• STEPHEN PHILLIPS
• TERRENCE BEARPARK
• WILLIAM STEPHENSON

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

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