CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED

Registered charity 272381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£952k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1976

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income

£952k

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£138k

Reserves (reported)

£228k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

AMANDA LEA MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Alison Clare Woodhams · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthony Edward Mitcheson
Linda Valerie Cannon
Malin Helena Sofia Lundin
Neil Renshaw Goulder
PATRICIA MARY PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Joseph Ernest Salem
VERENA CLARK

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£952k	£1.1m
31/01/2024	£817k	£1.0m
31/01/2023	£903k	£986k
31/01/2022	£772k	£684k
31/01/2021	£964k	£724k

Common questions

Who funds CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST, ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£35k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	FY2025	£175

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2025	£240k	"Pathways to Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/07/2020	£129k	"COVID19: Chiltern Open Air Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2017	£10k	"Local Heroes - Commemorating WWI in the Chilterns"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£10k	"Catalysing new income generation through weddings and individual donations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2013	£220k	"Handing over the Heritage Baton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/08/2012	£48k	"Haddenham Heritage Fusion"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2010	£220k	"Tomorrow's Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/08/2007	£6k	"This Museum Focuses On Promoting Interest In Historical Architecture. An Award Will Enable Them To Develop New Activity Sessions And Worksh"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/02/2000	£90k	"Life Cycle Access Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/07/1998	£23k	"Chiltern Open Air Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/04/1997	£97k	"Chiltern Open Air Museum - Security Proposal"