BAKEWELL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1184842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAKEWELL OLD HOUSE MUSEUM AND HISTORY SOCIETY

We encourage education for all through the preservation of Bakewell's history and architecture via the Bakewell Old House Museum, a Grade II*House dating from 1534 which exhibits 9,000 objects in 13 rooms. We also present an annual programme of social and educational events and publish the Society's annual Journal and quarterly Newsletters. For more information go to: www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk

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Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net loss of approximately £8,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by one-off expenditure on surveys and repairs. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £96,123 and has no liabilities, with bank balances totaling £96,470.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kenneth Ronald Smithchair
Alison Edwards
Eleanor Jane Whitehead
Lesley Ayers
Lisa Ann Simpson
Megan Jones
Oliva Mitchell
Richard John Hildebrand

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£83k	£91k
31/12/2023	£55k	£44k
31/12/2022	£65k	£51k
31/12/2021	£47k	£32k
31/12/2020	£44k	£56k

Common questions

Is BAKEWELL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a net loss of approximately £8,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by one-off expenditure on surveys and repairs. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £96,123 and has no liabilities, with bank balances totaling £96,470. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/01/2026	£198k	"Old House, New Horizons"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/09/2007	£382k	"Improvements to Bakewell Old House Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/04/2006	£2k	"The Group Runs The Old House Museum In Bakewell. The Project Is To Restore And Clean Three Key Costumes Which Are Part Of The Museum'S Colle"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/06/2005	£14k	"Old House Museum, Bakewell"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/03/2001	£87k	"Old House Museum, Bakewell"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/08/2000	£4k	"This project aims to create a video recording the history of the Old House Museum in Bakewell and of Bakewell itself. This video will form p"