THE BLANDFORD FORUM MUSEUM, HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1190608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aims of Blandford Museum are to record, conserve and display all aspects of the prehistory and history of Blandford and the surrounding region, and to bring the records and displays to the attention of the public. Recording is accomplished by maintaining archives and library facilities and making these available to the public; display of Blandford history is managed by means of exhibitions.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN BLANDFORD FORUM FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL ITEMS, COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITS AND RECORDS RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(2) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ARTISTIC MERIT WITH A FOCUS ON PRESENTING WORK WITH A LINK TO BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(3) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held at the end of 2025 were £119,373, comprising £16,506 in restricted funds and £102,867 in unrestricted or designated funds. The trustees report that the charity continued to work against an approved budget and maintain financial stability, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cindy Wood
• Cinnamon Trundle
• Gina Hartwell
• Heather Anne Packwood
• Joy Reynolds
• Julie Dunk
• LINDA JOHNSON
• Richard Gerald Ringrose
• Shaun Christopher
• Sheila Nicola Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Teresa Cooper

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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