ANSON MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 518587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ANSON ENGINE MUSEUM

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS RESCUING, RESTORING & DISPLAYING COMBUSTION ENGINES OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON GAS ENGINES MADE IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA. IT ALSO RESCUES, RESTORES & DISPLAYS ITEMS OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST RELATING TO POYNTON'S HISTORY WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LOCAL COALMINING INDUSTRY & INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- (A) RESCUING, RESTORING AND DISPLAYING A COLLECTION OF EARLY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON GAS ENGINES MADE IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA.(B) RESCUING, PRESERVING AND DISPLAYING ITEMS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF POYNTON OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE LOCAL COALMINING INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £280,995 from £267,497 in the prior year, driven by net incoming resources of £13,498. The charity holds £50,991 in cash and has no material debt liabilities beyond a £2,000 bank loan. The filing confirms the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEOFF CHALLINOR MBEchair
• John Peter Moseley
• TONY GREEN MBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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