THE DUNWICH READING ROOM AND MUSEUM

Charity number: 310305
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Local museum and Dunwich village Reading Room

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £249,924

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 September 1962: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Matt Salusbury Chair 18 January 2018
None on record
Professor David Ayres Sears Trustee 11 February 2021
None on record
Caroline Gay Way Trustee 11 February 2021
THE DUNWICH COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTRE
Received: On time
SUSANNE HARDY Trustee 01 October 2019
FROSTENDEN PLAYING FIELD
Received: On time
FROSTENDEN VILLAGE HALL
Received: On time
KATHARINE CHANT Trustee 01 April 2016
THE DUNWICH COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTRE
Received: On time
DAVID COOK Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £61.03k £58.29k £50.93k £48.20k £0
Total expenditure £30.20k £40.91k £57.59k £39.99k £249.92k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £20.00k 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 2025 19 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 23 May 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 23 May 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 04 May 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 04 May 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.

CONVEYANCE AND TRUST DEED DATED 5TH MAY 1952

Charitable objects

A READING ROOM, LIBRARY OR LECTURE ROOM FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION, ENTERTAINMENT OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DUNWICH.

Area of benefit

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

THE PARISH OF DUNWICH

Contact information

Address:
Dunwich Museum
St. James's Street
Dunwich
SAXMUNDHAM
Suffolk
IP17 3DT
Phone:
01728648927
Email:
mattsal@gn.apc.org
Website:

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