AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE
Registered charity 278722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBERLEY CHALK PITS MUSEUM, AMBERLEY MUSEUM, AMBERLEY WORKING MUSEUM, SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CENTRE
The company was established to operate the museum at Amberley, to preserve and restore artefacts of interest and importance that might otherwise be destroyed, to maintain and develop the unique collections and by exhibitions, demonstrations, lectures printed publications and other means to educate the public in the tools, inventions, technologies, customs and social history of previous generations
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £231,422 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total consolidated income of £1,261,031. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £831,821, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Museum Entrance Fees (39% of income)
“Museum Entrance Fees 491,538”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Surrie Pascoe was paid a consultancy fee of £nil for specialist services provided to the Museum.
“During the year to 31 December 2024 Surrie Pascoe was paid a consultancy fee of £nil for specialist services provided to the Museum (2023: £3,938). There were no related party transactions (2023: £nil). The Museum has paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on payments to trustees when undertaking this transaction.” — page 29
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Amberley Museum (Retail) Limited
“The company owns the whole of the issued share capital of Amberley Museum (Retail) Limited, a company registered in England (company number 01995781).” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Parkers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Surrie Everett-Pascoe — Chair of Board of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£298k
Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (39% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Adrian Butcher
- Alan Brewer
- Jonathan Robert Vincent
- Michael Robert Winstone
- Paul Gregory Bernstein
- Professor Jeremy Daniel McKendrick Watson
- Scott Christian Clayton
- Steven Allan John Orman
- Surrie June Everett-Pascoe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £231,422 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total consolidated income of £1,261,031. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £831,821, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Parkers.
Who funds AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE PAVIORS' CHARITY.
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