FRIENDS OF THE MINT HOUSE

Registered charity 1197900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our activities: 1. fundraising to purchase, restore and preserve the Mint House, Pevensey, as a Tudor Museum and local Heritage Centre. 2. fundraising for the provision of community charitable activities to include groups traditionally excluded from heritage, 3. fundraising for building, historical, archaeological and artwork surveys for the education and benefit of the community.

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Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held very little reserves as at 5 April 2025, with unrestricted cash funds of £5,947 and restricted funds of £771. The trustees do not yet have a formal reserves policy in place and are constantly monitoring the limited cash available. The charity relies heavily on grants and fundraising events to cover expenditure, with total charitable expenditure significantly exceeding unrestricted income for the year.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£66k£90k
05/04/2024£60k£29k
05/04/2023£10k£7k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF THE MINT HOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held very little reserves as at 5 April 2025, with unrestricted cash funds of £5,947 and restricted funds of £771. The trustees do not yet have a formal reserves policy in place and are constantly monitoring the limited cash available. The charity relies heavily on grants and fundraising events to cover expenditure, with total charitable expenditure significantly exceeding unrestricted income for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/01/2024£86k"Ye Olde Mint House - A New Heritage"