THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM AND TRUST FUND

Registered charity 275468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND

Runs and maintains the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment Museum, a Suffolk Regiment display in Moyse's Hall, the Cambridgeshire Regiment display at IWM Duxford and the reserve collections for The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiments Museum .

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT IN THE HISTORY AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE REGIMENT AND TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT BY PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF THE COLLECTION IN A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS OR SUCH OTHER PUBLIC PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, AND TO CONSERVE, RESTORE, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCT AND PRESERVE OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £97,446 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a £57,999 loss on investment assets and total expenditure exceeding income. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,387,758, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover foreseeable expenses, with £1,359,000 held in longer-term investments.

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 5 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lieutenant Colonel Mark Hubert Wenhamchair
• Captain David Granfield
• Colonel Mark Knight MBE DL · trustee of 3 other charities
• LT COL ANTHONY DOUGLAS SLATER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lt Col David Sean Denson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Major Gregory Owen Luton
• Major Paul Joseph Machnicki
• Robert Craig Adam

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Suffolk

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