BRIXHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM & HISTORY SOCIETY

Registered charity 306633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIXHAM MUSEUM AND HISTORY SOCIETY, THE BRIXHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM, THE BRIXHAM MUSEUM

The Brixham Heritage Museum and History Society was founded for the purpose of recording, saving and displaying the heritage of the historic town and fishing port.

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

Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,002 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total funds increasing to £112,930. Core income is provided by Torbay Council, which is reviewed annually, and unrestricted reserves stand at £91,701. The trustees have adopted the SORP 2015 and the accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£56k£50k
05/04/2024£40k£48k
05/04/2023£28k£46k
05/04/2022£54k£35k
05/04/2021£48k£33k

Common questions

Is BRIXHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM & HISTORY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,002 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total funds increasing to £112,930. Core income is provided by Torbay Council, which is reviewed annually, and unrestricted reserves stand at £91,701. The trustees have adopted the SORP 2015 and the accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 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 Fund11/05/2016£10k"Writing Home to Brixham in the Great War: Lives Across A Century"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/10/2012£5k"Discovering the lives of Victorian and early Edwardian families on Berry Head, Brixham (Torbay, Devon)"