HITCHIN BRITISH SCHOOLS TRUST

Charity number: 1010345
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Operating The British Schools Museum, a museum of the history of elementary education within a group of Grade II and II* Listed buildings (dating 1837 to 1905). Artifacts and documents collection relating to the education and social history of childhood. Volunteering opportunities, education programmes for schools and outreach programmes. Fundraising programmes of talks, concerts and other events.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £251,187
Total expenditure: £166,633

Total income includes £150 from 1 government grant(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

130 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 April 1992: Standard registration
  • 20 October 2020: Funds received from 1091056 THE HITCHIN SOCIETY
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BENCHMARK (Working name)
  • BENCHMARK AT THE BRITISH SCHOOLS (Working name)
  • THE BRITISH SCHOOLS MUSEUM HITCHIN (Working name)
  • HITCHIN BRITISH SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
02576495 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Fathima Nabeela Ameen Trustee 01 July 2024
None on record
Francis Hon Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Douglas Black Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Wendy Watson Trustee 15 June 2022
None on record
Abigail Kikuchi Trustee 15 June 2022
None on record
Dr Zibiah Loakthar Trustee 15 June 2022
None on record
Esther Green Trustee 15 June 2022
None on record
Lucy Margaret Unger Trustee 10 December 2020
None on record
Lesley Saunders Trustee 05 November 2020
None on record
Richard John Atterton Trustee 09 July 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £140.87k £227.26k £125.91k £157.84k £251.19k
Total expenditure £153.32k £120.78k £102.55k £153.89k £166.63k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £46.45k £62.38k £1.60k £150

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 16 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 16 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 15 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 15 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 15 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 15 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 NOVEMBER 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 MARCH 1992, 2 NOVEMBER 2003, 6 NOVEMBER 2005 AND 10 MARCH 2008 as amended on 11 Mar 2017

Charitable objects

(I) TO PRESERVE A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT GROUP OF BUILDINGS IN HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, KNOWN AS THE BRITISH SCHOOLS (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF SCHOOLING BY: (A) PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHILDREN (B) PRESENTING THESE BUILDINGS AND COLLECTION AS A MUSEUM OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND CHILDHOOD (C) DELIVERING A LIVING EXPERIENCE OF HISTORIC SCHOOLDAYS TO ALL

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

HITCHIN

Contact information

Address:
42 Queen Street
Hitchin
SG4 9TS
Phone:
01462429240
Email:
admin@hitchinbritishschools.org.uk
Website:

www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk Open in new window