THE MALVERN MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 508766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish, maintain and equip premises for use as a local history museum for the benefit of the general public including school parties for educational purposes and local history research.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH, EQUIP AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING OR BUILDINGS FOR USE AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE IN MALVERN IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND WORCESTER OR ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: MALVERN AND ELSEWHERE

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

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

Registered contact address: Malvern Hills, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £2,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £58,453. The trustees note that income is expected to fall below £25,000 in the next financial year, though current cash is held as contingency for future repairs and storage needs. The filing of accounts was delayed due to the sudden death of the accountant/auditor.

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 5 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Michael Backhousechair
• David Charles Boorn
• Emma Wilson
• James Melrose Vance Gilmer
• Jennifer Davies
• ROBERT LAWRENCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER FRANCIS HALL-JONES

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY LIMITED.

• THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY LIMITED income £209k
• SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM income £130k
• THE TOWCESTER MUSEUM income £36k
• THE HALESWORTH AND DISTRICT MUSEUM income £39k
• AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE income £1.2m
• THE MUSICAL MUSEUM income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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