BUSHEY MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 294261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSHEY MUSEUM, BUSHEY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

The advancement of education in Bushey and district by the provision of a community museum and art gallery and local studies centre with material of archaeological, historical, artistic and social interest.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BUSHEY IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM.

Area of benefit: BUSHEY

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: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted deficit of £26,056 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily driven by a £24,105 diminution in investment value and a £15,900 write-off for a CCTV system. Despite this deficit, the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £55,545, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately 75% of current expenditure (£45,997). The trustees note that long-term sustainability depends on maintaining physical facilities and securing external funding for future refurbishment.

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 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 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
• Paying staff
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/02/2024, 6 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Bushey Museum and Art Gallery has Full Accreditation status with the Arts Council England (RD 1048).” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• AUDREY ADAMSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ADELE TAYLOR
• ANTHONY WOOLLARD
• Barry Stanley Hyman
• Brenda Ann Batten · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Dawn Earle
• David Delit Singh Johal
• Hannah Schoenholtz
• MARGARET WILLIAMSON CRAIG GRAY
• RITA JOYCE CASTLE Hon ARAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Anne Penketh

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM TRUST.

• THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM TRUST income £935k
• SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST income £5.5m
• TOPSHAM MUSEUM income £58k
• THE BURTON AT BIDEFORD income £715k
• BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST income £12.6m
• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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