THE WEARDALE MUSEUM

Charity number: 1185086
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We are a small independent folk museum run by volunteers for the past 35 years and located at the High House Methodist Chapel .We provide a sense of place for those who live and visit Weardale by telling the stories of its history and heritage. We provide a family history service using our 70,000 database of Weardale families and we hold extensive collections of Weardale photographs and artefacts.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 29 February 2024

Total income: £55,304
Total expenditure: £74,618

People

10 Trustee(s)

146 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:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Durham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 August 2019: CIO registration
  • 26 June 2020: Funds received from 517100 THE WEARDALE MUSEUM
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
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
Phillippa Carne Rowe Chair 26 April 2019
None on record
Susan Hindes Trustee 05 November 2024
None on record
Michael James Beer Trustee 06 February 2024
None on record
Philip Newbold Trustee 01 February 2023
None on record
William Robert Bevil Wilson Trustee 19 January 2022
None on record
John Fenwick Jackson Trustee 03 November 2021
None on record
Dr Owain Gardner Trustee 02 November 2021
None on record
Eleanor M Williams Trustee 01 September 2021
None on record
John Linsley Norman Trustee 26 April 2019
None on record
ROY ALLAN PERCIVAL Trustee 26 April 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 29/02/2020 28/02/2021 28/02/2022 28/02/2023 29/02/2024
Total gross income £36.12k £128.59k £72.85k £193.07k £55.30k
Total expenditure £11.69k £91.41k £88.59k £93.03k £74.62k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £25.00k N/A £56.76k 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 29 February 2024 15 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 29 February 2024 15 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2023 29 December 2023 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2023 29 December 2023 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2022 30 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2022 30 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2021 18 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2021 18 September 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 February 2020 31 December 2020 2 days late
Accounts and TAR 29 February 2020 31 December 2020 2 days late 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 - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Aug 2019

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM COMPRISING ANY ITEMS OR EXHIBITS WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF OR DONATED TO THE MUSEUM WHICH MAY BE DEEMED WORTHY OF PUBLIC DISPLAY (WHICH ITEMS OR EXHIBTS ARE HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COLLECTION").

Contact information

Address:
High House Chapel
Ireshopeburn
BISHOP AUCKLAND
DL13 1HD
Phone:
01388517433
Email:
zeldah@sky.com
Website:

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