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.

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

Latest income
£603k
Latest spending
£470k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin 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)

Total income
£603k
Total spending
£470k
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£451k
Employees
29

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£603k£470k
31/12/2023£556k£444k
31/12/2022£555k£374k
31/12/2021£356k£255k
31/12/2020£225k£220k

Common questions

Is DEAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2024£164k"Dean Heritage Centre – Investing in the Past, Present and Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2020£20k"COVID19:Dean Heritage Museum Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/05/2014£10k"Home Front Dean - Life in the Forest of Dean during the First World War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/03/2010£131k"Dennis Potter Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2005£5k"A Community Exhibition Gallery Will Be Established For Community Groups To 'Tell Their Own Stories And Histories In Their Own Way'."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2001£84k"Foresters and the Forest of Dean"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2000£400k"Dean Heritage Centre"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST£603k0unclearno doubt
DEAN FOREST RAILWAY SOCIETY FY2024£118k0unclearno doubt
FOREST OF DEAN GYMNASTIC CLUB FY2025£304k0aboveno doubt
THE SOUTH WEST HERITAGE TRUST FY2024£5.2munclearno doubt
FOREST OF DEAN COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024£341k£20,001 - £30,0000aboveno doubt
FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE FY2025£279k0unclearno doubt

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