THE OLIVE MATTHEWS COLLECTION

Registered charity 1194375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CIO achieves its objectives by renting The Cedars, a Grade II listed Regency town house in Chertsey, to Runnymede Borough Council under a long-term agreement. The Council runs a local history museum from The Cedars known as Chertsey Museum. Under the agreement the Council curates, stores and displays items from the collection. The CIO pays the Council a contribution towards its costs.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH MAINTAINING THE OLIVE MATTHEWS COLLECTION IN ITS ENTIRETY AND MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC:(A) BY RUNNYMEDE BOROUGH COUNCIL IN ITS MUSEUM IN CHERTSEY OR IN SOME OTHER SUITABLE MUSEUM IN THE BOROUGH OF RUNNYMEDE; OR(B) IN SUCH OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY, REGIONAL OR NATIONAL MUSEUM(S) WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FITPROVIDED THAT IF THERE IS, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, MORE THAN ONE SUITABLE MUSEUM THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DIVIDE THE COLLECTION BETWEEN SUCH MUSEUMS IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH SHARES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 3 (AND IN THIS CONSTITUTION MORE GENERALLY) “THE OLIVE MATTHEWS COLLECTION” AND THE “COLLECTION” MEANS THE COLLECTION OF COSTUMES, BRODERIES, BUCKLES, FANS, WATCHES, OTHER FASHION ACCESSORIES, SILVER AND OTHER OBJECTS OF ANTIQUE CRAFTSMANSHIP OR HISTORIC INTEREST ORIGINALLY SETTLED ON TRUST BY OLIVE MARY MATTHEWS PURSUANT TO A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12 MARCH 1969 AND MADE BETWEEN (1) OLIVE MARY MATTHEWS; AND (2) SYDNEY ALFRED OLIVER, BERNARD FREDERICK JONES PARDOE AND JOHN AUSTEN NELSON-JONES, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONS TO THAT COLLECTION PROVIDED THAT THE CIO MAY ALSO MAINTAIN AND DISPLAY SEPARATE COLLECTIONS, WHICH NEED NOT FORM PART OF THE COLLECTION, AND CLAUSE 3(1) SHALL BE READ ACCORDINGLY.

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 FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of a £124,803 decrease for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a £137,014 loss on assets, despite an operating profit of £12,211. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,876,034, with £215,454 held in the general fund available for unrestricted use. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing sufficient working capital and cash holdings of £314,060.

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 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy John Hardestychair
• Estrella Diane De Glanville
• Gerald John Drake · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET ELIZABETH WOOD
• Richard Thomas Jones

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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