BATH INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 800297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSEUM OF BATH AT WORK, Museum of Bath

The administration of the Museum of Bath at Work

Objects

3 OBJECTS 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM KNOWN AS "THE MUSEUM OF BATH" (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS "THE MUSEUM OF BATH AT WORK" AND THE "CAMDEN WORKS MUSEUM") FOR THE PRESERVATION EXHIBITION INTERPRETATION AND PROMOTION OF ITS COLLECTIONS OF ITEMS RELATING TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF BATH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GRADE II LISTED BUILDING THAT THE MUSEUM OCCUPIES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BUILDINGS HISTORY; AND SUCH OTHER ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST AS MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE CHARITY 3.1.2 TO EXTEND ENHANCE CONSERVE MAINTAIN AND STORE THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM; (THE "OBJECTS")

Area of benefit: CATCHMENT AREA OF MUSEUM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity's total funds decreased slightly from £236,694 to £235,978, with unrestricted reserves standing at £162,612. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £716 for the year, as expenditure of £169,934 exceeded incoming resources of £169,218. The trustees note that visitor numbers are lower than previous years due to cost of living pressures, but events attendance has increased.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Trevor John Turpinchair
• Aiden John Wiffen
• Andrew John Keith
• Ann Margaret Cullis
• Cleo Angharad Newcombe-Jones
• Dr Sara Leigh Frears
• EDWARD HENRY CROSS
• Matteo Robert Russo
• Professor June Brenda Hannam

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BATH PRESERVATION TRUST LTD.

• THE BATH PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £1.9m
• BATH FESTIVALS income £578k
• BATH INSTITUTE FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES income £104k
• UTTOXETER HERITAGE TRUST income £46k
• DO-IT TRUST income £241k
• BCH TRUST income £237k

Side by side with its peers

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