THE WYMONDHAM HERITAGE SOCIETY

Registered charity 299548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYMONDHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM

The society provides an accredited museum with interesting and changing displays of local interest. The society encourages interest in Wymondham past, present and future. Regular monthly meetings are held and a newsletter is published. The society seeks to protect the local environment and the town's conservation area is closely supervised.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANY OTHER ITEMS THE MAJORITY OF WHICH SHALL BE CONNECTED WITH WYMONDHAM. (B)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE) OF WYMONDHAM. (C) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING WYMONDHAM. (D) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATUION, PROTECTIONAND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN WYMONDHAM.

Area of benefit: WYMONDHAM AND DISTRICT

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a planned loss of £2,415 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily due to the absence of Open Gardens and essential electrical inspections. Despite this, total funds decreased slightly to £51,262, with unrestricted reserves standing at £51,262. The trustees remain confident in the charity's future financial health, citing healthy reserves and expected surplus in the coming season.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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

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• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

• Christopher James Grant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diana Margaret Grant · trustee of 2 other charities
• Georgette Vale · trustee of 5 other charities
• JANIS RAYNSFORD
• Janet Mary Benjafield
• Laura Justina Osadciw
• PAULINE ANNE CLARKE
• Sarah Rebecca Standley
• Simon James Long · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRANTHAM COMMUNITY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION.

• GRANTHAM COMMUNITY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION income £37k
• WYCOMBE HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST income £246k
• DOWNHAM MARKET & DISTRICT HERITAGE SOCIETY income £33k
• THE WYMONDHAM BRIDEWELL PRESERVATION TRUST income £50k
• WYMONDHAM CENTRAL HALL income £106k
• THE WIMBLEDON SOCIETY income £48k

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