THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS MUSEUM CIO

Registered charity 1190086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORSEPOWER, THE MUSEUM OF THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS

To educate the public and members of the Regiment in its history and military accomplishments, to promote military efficiency and encourage recruitment by public exhibition of the Collections in a Museum or Museums or such other places as the charity trustees may from time to time decide, and to conserve, restore, repair, re-construct and preserve articles in the Collections.

Objects

3.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM ARE:3.1.1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT IN ITS HISTORY AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT BY PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF THE COLLECTIONS IN A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS OR SUCH OTHER PLACES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, AND TO CONSERVE, RESTORE, REPAIR, RE-CONSTRUCT AND PRESERVE ARTICLES IN THE COLLECTIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £84,299 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to museum refurbishment costs. Total unrestricted funds decreased from £281,843 to £197,544, with the general fund dropping to £73,504. The charity remains solvent with net assets of £197,544 and cash holdings of £30,155.

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.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Miles Wade CBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BRIGADIER ALEXANDER THOMAS LINDSAY POTTS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Brigadier James Nicholas Niven Orr · trustee of 4 other charities
• CHRISTINE DOMINIQUE BERESFORD MBE
• Carl Donald
• JOANNA SUTCLIFFE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonathan Miller
• PIERS JAMES LAWSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Penkethman

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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