MEVAGISSEY AND DISTRICT MUSEUM

Registered charity 1186068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The museum has a collection of exhibits and photographs depicting life in a fishing village from the 1800s. It is set in part of a former boat building yard dating back to 1745. The collection depicts life in a Cornish fishing village from the 1800s. There are translations available in several languages to help overseas visitors with their understanding of the museum.

Objects

1. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC A LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN MEVAGISSEY. 2. TO WORK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MEVAGISSEY AND DISTRICT AS FROM TIME TO TIME CONSTITUTED BY STIMULATING INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE SAID TOWN AND BY ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION OF FEATURES FO GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTEREST THEREIN.

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 total receipts were £31,863 against total payments of £91,828, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £56,443 but has decided that no reserves are necessary given the absence of commitments that could not be met by asset disposal. The trustees report no significant exposure to major risks and confirm the charity is continuing as a going concern.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mevagissey and District Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £60k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE JANE MORGANchair
• Anthony Peter Middleton
• DEIRDRE ELIZABETH ALLEN
• JAMES MUSTOE
• JUDITH ANN BARRON
• John Peter Fillingham
• Julia Anne Jory
• Kevin Ivor Werry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Larry Beardsmore
• Rev Anne-Marie Mitchell
• SUSAN ELLEN COATES

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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