POLLOCK'S TOY MUSEUM

Registered charity 313622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organise exhibitions and public events in libraries and other public places to promote the interest in old toys and toy theatre for educational and research purposes. Publish printed and online material relating to the Charity's objectives. Work with Pollock's Toy Museum on conservation and cataloguing of the collections.

Objects

1. TO ACQUIRE BY WAY OF PURCHASE GIFT OR LOAN A COLLECTION OF TOYS AND GAMES OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 2. TO DISPLAY THE SAID COLLECTION IN A MUSEUM WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO BE KNOWN AS "POLLOCK'S TOY MUSEUM", IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL VALUE TO CHILDREN, STUDENTS, RESEARCH WORKERS AND SCHOLARS. 3. TO PROMOTE LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF TOYS AND GAMES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS; 4. TO ESTABLISH A LIBRARY OF BOOKS, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDINGS AND FILMS ON THE SUBJECTS A FORESAID OR ANY OF THEM. 5. TO ACQUIRE BY WAY OF PURCHASE OR LEASE PREMISES SUITABLE FOR THE HOUSING OF THE SAID COLLECTION AND THE OTHER PURPOSES AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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What the accounts disclose

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 03/11/2025, 3 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 02/11/2023, 2 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 09/01/2023, 70 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pollock's Toy Museum Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ALAN A R POWERSchair
• DAVID POWELL
• DEBBY BROWN
• EDWARD COULSON
• Emily Maude Cross
• Liudmila Rastorgueva
• Panagiota Kotoula
• Sarah Peasgood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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