Bexhill Museum

Charity Number: 1102638
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The object of the charity is to provide a museum in order to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public for their benefit particularly by the presentation of exhibitions, lectures and other means of study relating to local history, natural history, archaeology, history of costume, technology, engineering, the arts, ethnography, geology and social history.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £110,658
Total expenditure: £119,519

Total income includes £11,500 from 2 government grant(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

60 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 has one or more 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
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • East Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 March 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BEXHILL MUSEUM LIMITED (Previous name)
  • THE SOCIETY OF BEXHILL MUSEUMS LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
04959445 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses 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
Catherine Julia Hirst Trustee 06 December 2023
WENT TREE TRUST
Received: On time
Kim Jayne Byford Trustee 06 December 2023
None on record
Jason Bradley Trainor Trustee 06 December 2023
None on record
Dan Scales Trustee 07 December 2022
None on record
Dr Martin Bell Trustee 07 December 2022
None on record
Gordon Roy Smith Trustee 09 October 2019
BEXHILL MARITIME
Received: On time
Peggy Anne Goodberry Trustee 09 October 2019
None on record
Sally Hemmings Trustee 09 October 2019
None on record
Dr Anne Geraldine Stacey Trustee 03 October 2018
None on record
Georgina Doris Bradley Trustee 07 August 2015
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 £96.99k £123.71k £136.75k £126.54k £110.66k
Total expenditure £111.95k £108.76k £140.30k £122.44k £119.52k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £8.50k £55.71k £34.47k £32.00k £11.50k

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 06 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 06 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 03 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 03 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 24 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 24 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 04 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 04 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 11 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 11 November 2020 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 INCORPORATED 11/11/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/02/2004 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/10/2012 as amended on 20 Oct 2021 as amended on 20 Oct 2021

Charitable objects

PROVIDING A MUSEUM IN ORDER TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR BENEFIT PARTICULARLY BY THE PRESENTATION OF EXHIBITIONS LECTURES AND OTHER MEANS OF STUDY RELATING TO THE DISPLAY OF LOCAL HISTORY NATURAL HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGY THE HISTORY OF COSTUME TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING THE ARTS ETHNOGRAPHY GEOLOGY AND SOCIAL HISTORY.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BEXHILL ON SEA

Contact information

Address:
The Museum
Egerton Road
Bexhill-on-Sea
TN39 3HL
Phone:
01424213026
Email:
administration@bexhillmuseum.org.uk
Website:

www.bexhillmuseum.org.uk Open in new window