WOODBRIDGE MUSEUM

Registered charity 1194042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public by the provision and maintenance of a museum in or near Woodbridge for the exhibition to the public of specimens of the fine and useful arts, ethnology, archaeology, geology, botany and natural history with particular reference to Woodbridge and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY(A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN OR NEAR WOODBRIDGE FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF SPECIMENS OF THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS, ETHNOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, BOTANY AND NATURAL HISTORY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO WOODBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA(B) THE EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENTS, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM(C) THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, A LIBRARY, LECTURES AND OTHER FACILITIES OF EDUCATION(D) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH RELATING TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM AND THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE RESULTS THEREOF(E) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL HISTORY RESOURCES OF THE MUSEUM TO ASSIST FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH.

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: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the museum is entirely reliant on volunteer stewards to function and is funded through donations and shop profits. The trustees report that recent capital investments in solar panels are substantially reducing annual energy costs, which they believe benefits the museum's financial viability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Thomas Sylvesterchair
• Andrew John Pritchatt
• Christine Holding
• Dr Ann Elizabeth Clutton BA, PhD
• Hazel Judith Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lindsay Jane Duckworth
• Michael David Cullington B.Sc
• Nicola Louise Hopwood

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM.

• SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM income £130k
• SHERBORNE MUSEUM income £62k
• PORTLAND MUSEUM TRUST income £57k
• STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM income £42k
• WALLINGFORD MUSEUM income £31k
• Bexhill Museum income £322k

Side by side with its peers

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