BUCKINGHAM OLD GAOL TRUST

Registered charity 292807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUCKINGHAM HERITAGE TRUST, BUCKINGHAM HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED

Restoration and maintenance of 'The Old Gaol' Buckingham and its development as a heritage centre museum and source of education for the benefit of the people of Buckingham and Bucks.

Objects

TO PURCHASE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE BUILDING KNOWN AS BUCKINGHAN GOAL AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND DEVELOP THE SAME AS A HERITAGE CENTRE MUSEUM AND GALLERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF BUCKINGHAM AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net outgoing resource of £1,815 for the year ended 31 March 2026. Per the trustees' report, the balance of unrestricted funds stood at £80,131, providing a reserve against the identified risks of maintaining the historic building.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Brock
• DAVID FELL
• Diane Chappenden
• HOWARD JAMES MORDUE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joanne Margaret Thompson
• Michael Neville Wisbach
• Philip Dutton

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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