SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM

Registered charity 528225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To collect and preserve historical material relevant to Saddleworth.To provide displays and exhibitions using the collections.To work with schools and other organisations.To develop the Art gallery as a multi purpose space to provide cultural and social functions at the Museum.To act as a community resource for groups, charities and individuals to provide community services to the area.

Objects

PUBLIC MUSEUM FOR THE DISTRICT OF SADDLEWORTH.

Area of benefit: SADDLEWORTH AD DISTRICT

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £34,944 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £1,158,217. The trustees note that the balance between income and costs becomes tighter every year as costs continue to rise, particularly in energy provision. However, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £211,744 and has secured significant grant funding for future projects.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Heritage Fund — ““Saddleworth Museum – Our villages, past, present and future” made possible by The National Heritage Fund​.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN AINLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• NEIL BARROW
• STEPHEN WHITEHEAD

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Lancashire · Leeds City · Oldham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND.

• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM income £748k
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• MUSEUM OF POWER income £429k
• WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED income £3.4m
• Bexhill Museum income £322k

Side by side with its peers

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