THE DORCHESTER KEEP MILITARY MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1200607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity governs The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, in succession to The Devon and Dorset Military Museums Charity (1054956)

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported an overall deficit of £14,902 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by unrestricted expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, the Museum was temporarily closed from October 2024 due to building safety concerns, which halted visitor-generated income and necessitated a budget for 2025 assuming prolonged closure. Despite the deficit, total net assets increased to £431,394, supported by investment gains and unrestricted reserves of £307,515.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “resilience project, which has been funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible thanks to National Lottery players.” (source page)

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 (15/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brigadier RICHARD H D TOOMEY CBE DLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Allan James Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel DAVID JAMES LORD SWANN CBE DL · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Francis Herbert Jones
• George Richard Pinney · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY MICHAEL ARCHER MA · trustee of 3 other charities
• Martin Fausset TD
• Philip Ashley Cooper
• Simon Davies
• VICTORIA JANE DE WIT

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Devon · Dorset · Plymouth City · Poole · Torbay

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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