PALESTINE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1190148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We run a Museum in the centre of Bristol, open regularly to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 11.00am to 6.00pm. We open by request for group visits at other time. We also curate and respond to requests to host events, such as film nights, poetry evenings, musical events, talks and discussions to increase knowledge about Palestine and its people. We are run entirely by volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY , HERITAGE, CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE OF PALESTINE AND ITS PEOPLE.

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 generated a surplus of £12,523 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased visitor numbers and product sales. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £29,565, which is in excess of the stated policy target of six months' essential running costs (approximately £6,000). The trustees confirm the charity has no significant liabilities or financial commitments and remains 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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PEACE CHAS ROBERTO MOON TREE HANDOVSKYchair
• Angus MacPherson
• Dr Helen Watts

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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