RYE HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1187978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rye Heritage Centre maintains a centre for public benefit in the Ancient Town of Rye, by acting as a gateway to Rye's maritime and rural history by signposting other heritage sites across Rye; advancing the education of culture and heritage of the Rye, through the Town Model and related exhibitions and events; fostering the spirit of volunteering and commitment to Rye .

Objects

The objects3. The objects of the CIO are to advance education for the public benefit in the history and heritage of the Ancient Town of Rye and its surrounding historic landscape by maintaining a heritage centre and organising exhibitions and events. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

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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Registered contact address: Rother, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £29,998 and restricted reserves of £240 at the year end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their minimum reserve aim of £5,000. The charity reported a net income of £11,448 for the year, an improvement from the previous year's deficit, and expressed confidence in remaining solvent through prudent financial management.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2025 (received 02/03/2026, 29 days after the 01/02/2026 due date); year ending 01/04/2023 (received 13/02/2024, 12 days after the 01/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Robert Hoggartchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Mary Pascall
• Ian Graham Walker
• Martin Timothy Blincow
• Michael Winston Eve
• STEPHEN JAMES BLATTMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Michael King

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RYE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION.

• RYE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £32k
• WYE HERITAGE income £30k
• THE RYE ART GALLERY TRUST income £160k
• RYE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION income £179k
• FRIENDS OF RYE HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE income £79k
• CREWE HERITAGE TRUST income £97k

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