THE CONISTON INSTITUTE AND RUSKIN MUSEUM

Registered charity 1196305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community village hall and a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, Donald Campbell and The History of Coniston

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £266,695 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carrying forward at £2,370,818. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months' normal expenditure, and the current unrestricted general fund balance of £291,313 is compared against this target. The independent examiner noted a matter of concern regarding the inability to substantiate the stock valuation, but confirmed no other material issues were found.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEFFREY ROGER CARROLLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WALTON JOHNSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• DOREEN ANNE HALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEAN JOHNSON
• NICHOLAS JAMES EDWARD HUGH MONK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steven Ellerton

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).