WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED

Latest income

£3.4m

Latest spending

£3.8m

Registered

1969

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£3.4m

Total spending

£3.8m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£951k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Received assets from another charity (30/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/04/2026	£240k	"Building Resilience Through Development, Audience Growth and Digital Innovation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2017	£550k	"Investing In The Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/01/2016	£86k	"Weald & Downland Museum Transition Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/03/2014	£10k	"Remembering the First World War in the South Downs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/03/2013	£4.2m	"The Gateway Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/12/2008	£7k	"This Museum Will Use The Award To Develop A New Programme Of Theatrical Performances Which Will Use The Museums Many Historical Buildings As"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/12/2001	£96k	"Weald and Downland Museum - Conservation Timber Store"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2000	£850	"This group aims to stimulate public interest in and promote the preservation of buildings of historical and architectural interest and to pr"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/10/1998	£1.2m	"Weald & Downland Museum Downland Gridshell"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/03/1997	£36k	"Poplars Cottage, Weald & Downland Museum - Reconstruction"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/02/1997	£140k	"Weald & Downland Open Air Museum - Timber Frame Repair Workshop and Museum Stores"