DOVER TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY

Registered charity 289484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Museum for the benifit of the public

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSPORT,PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Area of benefit: THE TOWN OF DOVER

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a healthy financial surplus for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing to £567,797. The trustees confirmed that reserves were sufficient to support the charity's operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity operates with no paid staff, relying on approximately 75 active volunteers to deliver its museum activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JOHN ATKINSchair
• BRIAN DOUGLAS FLOOD MBE, QPM
• EDWIN REGINALD WOODRUFF
• ERNEST MONTGOMERY DIXON
• Peter Wright
• Philip John Letchford
• Rev John Leonard Lines MBE
• Richard John Preece
• Stephen James Agg

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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