CONGLETON MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 701430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Presenting and interpreting the heritage of Congleton and surrounding area through its collections to residents and visitors by permanent and temporary exhibitions; delivering effective educational and research opportunities for all ages and abilities; collecting and conserving objects associated primarily with the history of the area to support the Museum's educational and learning activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLICE IN THE TOWN OF CONGLETON AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE PROVISION AF A MUSEUM.

Area of benefit: TOWN OF CONGLETON 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: 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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an unrestricted deficit of £8,388, a reduction from the previous year's shortfall, though this was largely driven by reduced staffing costs. The trustees report holding £45,720 in cash reserves, which they consider sufficient to maintain operations for six months of expenditure. However, the financial review highlights a structural deficit and reliance on stagnant public funding as primary long-term risks.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 31/03/2023, 59 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter James Lanechair
• Anne Gubbins
• Brenda Proudlove
• Della Ann Bordley
• Felicity Anne Whitelock
• Geoffrey Pettengell
• John Whitelock
• Michael Keith Laurence
• Penelope Kay Wesley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sian Hampson
• Suzanne Jane Firkin

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CONGLETON TOWN TRUST.

• THE CONGLETON TOWN TRUST income £30k
• PORTLAND MUSEUM TRUST income £57k
• SLOUGH MUSEUM income £29k
• SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM income £130k
• STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM income £42k
• GRANTHAM COMMUNITY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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