BERKHAMSTED LOCAL HISTORY AND MUSEUM SOCIETY

Registered charity 1210846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society promotes interest in local history of Berkhamsted and district, holds illustrated lectures, publishes annual journal of historical research, newsletters, arranges Heritage Open Days, encourages historical research and collects artefacts stored in accredited Museum

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE AREA OF THE CIVIL PARISHES OF BERKHAMSTED (INCLUSIVE OF THAT PART OF THE ASHRIDGE ESTATE EXTENDING INTO THE CIVIL PARISH OF LITTLE GADDESDEN), NORTHCHURCH (INCLUSIVE OF THAT PART OF COW ROAST EXTENDING INTO THE CIVIL PARISH OF WIGGINTON) AND NETTLEDEN WITH POTTEN END IN THE BOROUGH OF DACORUM IN HERTFORDSHIRE, BY(1) A STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY;(2) ACQUIRING, HOUSING, CONSERVING, RESTORING, REPAIRING AND EXHIBITING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN HISTORICAL AND / OR EDUCATIONAL NATURE;(3) ESTABLISHING, ACQUIRING, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY OCCUR.

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: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £944,454, an increase from the previous year's £922,065, driven by a significant legacy income of £19,334 and total incoming resources of £35,750 against expenditure of £13,361. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial position is further strengthened by the holding of investment properties valued at £850,000, which are currently being marketed for sale.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARY CASSERLEYchair
• ALAN CUMMINS
• Adrian Antony Barham · trustee of 2 other charities
• BARRY MICHAEL - KNOWN AS BILL Willett
• Dr James Maxwell Guthrie Moir FIPM · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANICE MAY BOAKES
• NORMAN SOUTER GROVES
• Peter Kenneth Morgan
• Richard James North · trustee of 3 other charities
• Robin Gee
• Sandra Jenkins

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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Government & lottery funding

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