THE CENTRE FOR MAIDENHEAD HERITAGE

Registered charity 1193240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY MUSEUM & ARCHIVE, ATA MUSEUM, MAIDENHEAD HERITAGE CENTRE, MHC

Running a heritage museum

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A HERITAGE MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF MAIDENHEAD AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £20,304, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £7,441. The trustees note that the going concern basis assumes the transfer of the freehold property and a £455,000 loan from the Baylis Trust, which is repayable by December 2026. The trustees identify the repayment of this loan and difficulties raising substantial funds as principal risks facing the charity.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 24/10/2024, 267 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/10/2024, 610 days after the 31/01/2023 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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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Harry Mellinschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Stewart White
• Richard Poad MBE

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

Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k
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• SAMLESBURY HALL TRUST income £1.3m

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