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EPPING FOREST DISTRICT MUSEUM CIO

Registered charity 1204614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Museum

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Latest income
£342k
Latest spending
£229k
Registered
2023
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FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £113,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £113,377. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves accord with the charity's stated policy of holding between three and six months of annual expenditure. The charity is primarily funded by grants and has no outstanding secured debt.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of annual expenditure (held: £113k)
“unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets held by the charity should be between three and six months of annual expenditure” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: IT expenses incurred from Integrations Limited, owned by the husband of trustee Helen Kane.
“During the year, the charity incurred IT expenses of £1,700 at open market value from integrations Limited: this company is owned by the husband of trustee, Mrs. Helen Kane.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£342k£229k
31/03/2024£7k£6k

Common questions

Is EPPING FOREST DISTRICT MUSEUM CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £113,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £113,377. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves accord with the charity's stated policy of holding between three and six months of annual expenditure. The charity is primarily funded by grants and has no outstanding secured debt. 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 Fund23/01/2020£60k"The Boys: Holocaust Survivors in the Epping Forest District"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2018£40k"Walter Spradbery, Artist in War and Peace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/09/2016£15k"King Harold 950 Festival"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/05/2012£1.7m"The Museum at the Core"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2005£994"Epping Forest District Museum Will Use A Grant To Organise An Exhibition Under The Title Of 'Keep Smiling Through'. This Will Reflect Upon T"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2003£17k"The Garden, Epping' By Lucien Pissarro"