MILTON KEYNES MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 803675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILTON KEYNES MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY AND RURAL LIFE

Local museum with emphasis on changes of community since the new City of Milton Keynes whilst seeking to draw attention to the area's importance across the centuries.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE STACEY HILL COLLECTION OF INDUSTRY AND RURAL LIFE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state the charity reported a net surplus of £203,810 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £535,854. The trustees confirmed the museum has sufficient funds to withstand an operational deficit in the following year, indicating a stable going concern position despite a decrease in visitor numbers.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Harris · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID NEIL LOUDON
• David Hopkins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jane Palmer
• Martin Petchey
• Paul Kitchen
• Rachel Sumner
• Shwetal Patel

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST.

• BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST income £12.6m
• SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST income £5.5m
• THE SIR MAX AITKEN MUSEUM income £113k
• NANTWICH MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £145k
• CONGLETON MUSEUM TRUST income £30k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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