DYSON PERRINS MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1198566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSEUM OF ROYAL WORCESTER

We look after and display the largest collection of Worcester porcelain in the world, and its unique archive, in the place where it was made. We engage locally and globally with people of all ages and backgrounds through sharing stories and experiences of Worcester porcelain. We connect communities with this shared interest and increase the sum of knowledge of Worcester's porcelain heritage.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EXHIBITION OF CHINA, PORCELAIN AND OTHER ARTICLES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE MANUFACTURED BY THE ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN COMPANY LIMITED AND ITS PREDECESSORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £196,193 for the year, bringing total funds to £542,940. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £127,219, which the trustees note is below their policy target of six months' running costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters requiring further attention.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Serrellchair
• Deborah Jagla · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoffrey William Ballard · trustee of 5 other charities
• John Sandon
• Lloyd Griffiths
• Maynard Burton
• Paul Crane
• Thomas Chapman
• Tor Pingree
• Tricia Cavell-Hill

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORCESTERSHIRE HERITAGE, ART AND MUSEUMS.

• WORCESTERSHIRE HERITAGE, ART AND MUSEUMS income £78k
• THE PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TRUST income £86k
• WEYMOUTH MUSEUM TRUST income £110k
• WESSEX MUSEUMS TRUST income £488k
• THE STEYNING MUSEUM TRUST income £143k
• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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