DEAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 298647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEAN HERITAGE CENTRE

The museum of the Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND ADMINISTER, FOR THE PUBLIC, MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE CENTRES FOR THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN.

Area of benefit: THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £848,023, with unrestricted reserves at £466,704. The charity reported a net income of £132,969 for the year, supported by significant grant income and trading activities. The trustees noted the organization is working to ensure a sustainable financial future.

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 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Iain Bairdchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Breton
• CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL MILES
• Mark Edwards
• Simon Charles Phelps · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Frederick Cotterell

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEAN FOREST RAILWAY SOCIETY.

• DEAN FOREST RAILWAY SOCIETY income £118k
• FOREST OF DEAN GYMNASTIC CLUB income £304k
• DEAN FOREST LOCOMOTIVE GROUP income £117k
• CYNON VALLEY MUSEUM TRUST income £165k
• THE SOUTH WEST HERITAGE TRUST income £5.2m
• NEW FOREST HERITAGE TRUST income £470k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.