FRIENDS OF THE RED HOUSE MUSEUM AND GARDENS

Registered charity 307087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE RED MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

fund raising for the enhancement of the museum.events arranged to raise the public profile.assist with running the programme of events organised by the Museum staff.

Objects

TO SUPPORT AND TO ASSIST THE RED HOUSE MUSEUM CHRISTCHUCH AND TO PROMOTE ITS USE AND ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC AND IN SO DOING AID RESEARCH INTO LOCAL HISTORY, TO RAISE FUNDS, AND TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE PUBLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL WORKS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £12,457.85 at the end of the financial year, derived from total income of £38,454.81 and total expenditure of £6,807.02. The trustees report that all funds except for a specific £2,000 reservation are unreserved, and the accounts were successfully examined following income exceeding the £25,000 threshold.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BOB MADDOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Jane Guest · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRS GILL PITT
• Richard Giddings
• Susan Doreen Pilgrim

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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