NANTWICH MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 509386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRESERVING LOCAL HERITAGE AND PRESENTING THIS TO COMMUNITY AND WIDER PUBLIC.EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BASED UPON LOCAL HISTORY AND MUSEUM ARTEFACTS

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY, COMMERCE, ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF NANTWICH AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Area of benefit: NANTWICH AND ITS ENVIRONS

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: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£145k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £248,411 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees consider to be a strong reserves position. The charity reported a net expenditure of £18,138 for the year, predicting a similar loss for the upcoming fiscal year despite economic uncertainties. The trustees maintain that sufficient funding is available for the museum to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% of income)

“Total income 92,664 21,489 - 114,153” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £248k)

“It is the policy of the Trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six months’ expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £32,000 — grants £32,000 (2); 22% of the £145,285 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £32,200 — grants £32,200 (2); 28% of the £114,153 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £64,000 — contracts £32,000 (2), grants £32,000 (2); 50% of the £127,609 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Trevor Evanschair
Ana Paula Martins
Anna Burton
Anne Louise Pickton
Anya Louise Quinn
Colin Baxter
Dr Helen Cooke
Esme Louise Major
Mary Teresa Habesch
Michael Colin McCarthy
Peter Davies
Peter Graham Groves
Peter Michael Broad
Thomas Mark Smith Haynes

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£145k	£140k
31/03/2025	£114k	£132k
31/03/2024	£128k	£128k
31/03/2023	£226k	£100k
31/03/2022	£116k	£83k

Common questions

Is NANTWICH MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £248,411 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees consider to be a strong reserves position. The charity reported a net expenditure of £18,138 for the year, predicting a similar loss for the upcoming fiscal year despite economic uncertainties. The trustees maintain that sufficient funding is available for the museum to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2026	£87k	"Nantwich Salt: the story behind the growth of the town"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/01/2014	£4k	"The Impact of War on a Market Town"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/03/2012	£19k	"Life in Nantwich Under Elizabeth I & II"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/11/2006	£89k	"Community Learning Officer"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£168k
The John Gurney Charitable Trust	1	£22k
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOPSHAM MUSEUM.

TOPSHAM MUSEUM income £58k
DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k
THE WARWICK ARTS TRUST income £59k
THE STAITHES MUSEUM AND HERITAGE TRUST income £100k
SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £143k
UTTOXETER HERITAGE TRUST income £46k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NANTWICH MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	£145k	—	above	—	no doubt
TOPSHAM MUSEUM FY2025	£58k	—	unclear	—	noted
DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST FY2025	£59k	—	unclear	7.2%	no doubt
THE WARWICK ARTS TRUST FY2025	£59k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE STAITHES MUSEUM AND HERITAGE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	below	—	no doubt
SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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