WHITBY LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 529699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITBY MUSEUM

The Charity seeks to educate the public in the interests of Science, the Humanities and literature by providing a Museum, Library and Archives, by arranging lectures on relevant topics and attracting educational visits from school parties.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF SCIENCE, THE HUMANITIES AND LITERATURE BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM, A LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£0
Latest spending
£0
Registered
1967

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Policies the charity declares

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£0£0
30/09/2024£0£0
30/09/2023£0£0
30/09/2022£0£0
30/09/2021£0£0

Common questions

Who funds WHITBY LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHITBY LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE GOSHEN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2022£889

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2006£47k"Fylingdales Moor"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2000£41k"Archive and Book Cataloguing Project - Whitby Literary and Philosophical Sociey"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/06/2000£842k"Whitby Museum Building Extension"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/06/1995£40k"Whitby Museum and Art Gallery (Conservation of Geological Collections), Whitby"