RAGGED SCHOOL MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 800538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ragged School Museum offers visitors and school groups a chance to learn about the social history of and Victorian education in the east end of London.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves of £118,151 exceed the trustees' policy target of approximately £80,000, representing three months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £139,219 for the year, with total income of £588,760 against total expenditure of £449,541. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02308621

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ragged School Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BAZALGETTE, Simon Louis — director, appointed 13/02/2017on trustee list
• OWENS, Alastair John — director, appointed 13/10/2016on trustee list
• MOYE, Robert John — director, appointed 26/01/2012on trustee list
• VON WISTINGHAUSEN, Magnus — director, appointed 26/01/2012not on trustee list
• VON WISTINGHAUSEN, Magnus — secretary, appointed 10/12/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAGNUS VON WISTINGHAUSEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Alastair Owens
• ROBERT JOHN MOYE
• Simon Louis Bazalgette

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

Operates in: Essex · Kent · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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