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)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING REGIMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTS OF DEVON AND DORSET, PASTAND PRESENT, AND THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THOSE COUNTIES.

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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Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £110,196 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by extraordinary grants and compensation payments from the Ministry of Defence. Unrestricted reserves stood at £309,217, held as investments to mitigate funding risk and ensure cashflow during the museum's closure. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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

• 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
• Jean Mary Lang · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin Fausset TD
• Philip Ashley Cooper
• Simon Davies

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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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
• DORSET ARCHIVES TRUST income £55k
• ADJUTANT GENERALS CORPS MUSEUM TRUST income £114k
• THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM AND TRUST FUND income £52k
• DOVER TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY income £154k
• THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £25k

Side by side with its peers

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