THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM

Registered charity 306636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAIRLYNCH - MUSEUM

The establishment and maintenance of an arts centre and museum for the benefit of the inhabitants of the beneficial area and visitors thereto.

Objects

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA AND VISITORS THERETO.

Area of benefit: BUDLEIGH SALTERTON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

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

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Registered contact address: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an Independent Examiner’s Report and does not contain financial statements, reserve figures, or operational data. Consequently, no assessment of financial health, reserves, or income sources can be derived from the text.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £4,680 — grants £4,680 (1); 19% of the £24,609 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£29k£20k
31/01/2025£33k£22k
31/01/2024£25k£62k
31/01/2023£25k£34k
31/01/2022£64k£59k

Common questions

Is THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is an Independent Examiner’s Report and does not contain financial statements, reserve figures, or operational data. Consequently, no assessment of financial health, reserves, or income sources can be derived from the text. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2022£906Replacing boxes, allowing the organisation to pack safely a rare costume collection. Funds are sought to pay for Ryder boxes and acid free tissue to replace 60

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/04/2018£15k"RALEIGH400 - celebrating the life of Sir Walter Raleigh"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2013£6k"Budleigh Salterton and Lower Otter valley First World War heritage"

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 THE BOLLINGTON ARTS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM£29k——unclear—no doubt
THE BOLLINGTON ARTS CENTRE FY2026£67k——unclear—no doubt
ORIEL MYRDDIN FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON HEALTH CENTRE CHARITY FY2026£138k—0unclear—no doubt
ST AUSTELL ARTS CENTRE FY2026£88k—0unclear—no doubt

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