THE WANDLE INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

Registered charity 288655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W I M

A museum providing information about the history of industrial activity in the Wandle Valley with particular reference to the River Wandle and its mills both at its premises in Mitcham and by way of outreach to schools and community centres

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GREATER LONDON BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £30,524 against charitable expenditure of £28,416, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds total unrestricted funds of £43,348 and cash at bank of £52,908, with the trustees confirming there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01792482

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HARDING, John James — director, appointed 10/12/2021on trustee list
• PENNELLS, David Malcolm Benedict, Father — director, appointed 25/08/2017on trustee list
• HAWKS, John Nicholas — director, appointed 04/10/2015not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fr David Pennellschair
• JOHN NICHOLAS HAWKS MA · trustee of 2 other charities
• John James Harding
• NICHOLAS DAVID HART

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

Operates in: Merton · Surrey

Income and spending

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