STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM

Charity Number: 1156849
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision and maintenance of a museum for public exhibition of a collection of objects and specimens of antiquity, natural history, art, archaeology or science and the extension, advancement, conservation and maintenance of the objects and specimens in the said collection.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £62,386
Total expenditure: £24,572

People

7 Trustee(s)

37 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 April 2014: CIO registration
  • 03 December 2014: Funds received from 311486 STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM CHARITY
  • 21 October 2020: Funds received from 1154377 FRIENDS OF STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM
  • 09 December 2020: Funds received from 1154377 FRIENDS OF STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • The Cowle Trust (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANDREW JAMES BLUETT Chair 30 April 2018
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST
Received: On time
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
Received: On time
Arthur Penn Trustee 06 February 2023
None on record
Amanda Jane Lowery Trustee 08 October 2018
None on record
Shannon Wood Newton Trustee 05 February 2018
None on record
Helen Jeffrey Trustee 02 October 2017
None on record
CAMILLA HALE Trustee 10 May 2017
STROUD PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
Mrs Dorothy Marion Hearfield Trustee 06 July 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 £3.17k £45.13k £28.82k £351.80k £62.39k
Total expenditure £2.53k £3.00k £12.57k £10.24k £24.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 10 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 10 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 24 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 24 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 07 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 07 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 18 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 18 December 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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 29 Apr 2014 as amended on 28 Jul 2020

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: A) THE PROVISION IN THE MUSEUM-IN-THE-PARK, STRATFORD PARK, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE OR IN ANY OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM, FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS AND SPECIMENS OF ANTIQUITY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, ARCHAEOLOGY OR SCIENCE (INCLUDING PICTURES, BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST); AND, B) THE EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENT, CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OBJECTS AND SPECIMENS COMPRISED IN THE SAID COLLECTION.

Contact information

Address:
Museum in the Park
Stratford Park
Stratford Road
STROUD
GL5 4AF
Phone:
01453763394
Email:
museum@stroud.gov.uk
Website:

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