THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S REGIMENT LANCASHIRE INFANTRY MUSEUM

Registered charity 276150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMENT (REGIMENTAL MUSEUM), THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMENT MUSEUM TRUST

Safe Guard the Museum collections, training, research and education

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) SHALL BE 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.

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Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £15,284 for the year, with total expenditure of £63,199 exceeding total income of £47,915. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stood at £108,108, which the trustees have designated to cover the cost of moving the archive and any future shortfalls. The accounts were independently examined, and no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: available to cover the move of the Archive to the Lancashire County Council (LCC) Records Office and any shortfalls (held: £108k)
“The Board has agreed that the Financial Reserve is available to cover the move of the Archive to the Lancashire County Council (LCC) Records Office and any shortfalls.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£48k£61k
31/12/2024£50k£44k
31/12/2023£52k£46k
31/12/2022£47k£54k
31/12/2021£48k£45k

Common questions

Is THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S REGIMENT LANCASHIRE INFANTRY MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a deficit of £15,284 for the year, with total expenditure of £63,199 exceeding total income of £47,915. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stood at £108,108, which the trustees have designated to cover the cost of moving the archive and any future shortfalls. The accounts were independently examined, and no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue its operations. 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 Fund23/09/2013£95k"Lancashire Heroes Project"