COLCHESTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 283354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LTD · listed website unreachable when last crawled

The objectives of the Trust are to advance the education of the public in the science of archaeology and to promote the appropriate preservation, recording, excavation and interpretation of archaeological sites and historic buildings in Colchester and the neighbouring districts.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £98,332 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the trustees confirm that general reserves of £1,159,845 remain sufficient to cover 1 year and 2 months of management and administrative expenses, and the auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Attenboroughs (Accountants) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neal Benjaminchair
• ELISABETH ANNE BOURTON
• Emma Jane Arnolda
• Geoffrey Lunn
• JOHN MALLINSON
• JONATHAN CHARLES PEARSALL
• Linda Christine Green
• NEIL CLIFFORD STAFF
• NIGEL COCHRANE MA
• Paul Anthony Knappett
• William Edward Richard Lawrance

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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