CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 1st April 2023 Period start date To 31st March 2024 Period end date Charity name: Leicester Museums Technology Association Charity registration number: 1052391 Objectives and Activities SORP referen Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document The main purpose of the charity is to assist the museum run Monthly events and open days, hold working parties involved with restoralion, maintenance and upkeep of museum, displays and vehicles and take vehicles lo local dis la We assist on open days so that items not usually on display to the public are accessable. We assist in tours of the Beam Engine House, explaining whal they were used for. We continue to work on and maintain vehicles in the collection Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.17 and 1.19 Para 1.18 We follow the guidance that is published by the Charity Commission in regards to public benefit Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about". SORP referen¢e Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Pard 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other Achievements and Performance SORP reference We have assisted in running a number of events successfully during the year that have attracted extra visitors to the Museum. Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 We have held work parties that have done maintenance work on vehicles that have been taken to various displays, the museum's beam engines and the on-site railway. We have also helped keep the site tidy. We have funded the repaint and minor repairs to one of the buses in the museum's collection. We have acquired a forklift truck for the museum to replace the one on site. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 The charity's income for the year was £34862. of which £15000 was a bequest, with the money not specified for a particular purpose, £4000 from another charity connected to the museum towards repainting of the bus and a £1000 grant from the local parish council for a garden railway to enhance the site The charity s expenditure was £34923. We spent £16000 on the repaint and minor repairs of one of the buses, but received £4000, as mentioned above, towards the cost. We have acquired a forklift truck for the museum at a cost of £6000. We also spent £5841 on the Site Railway and £3512 on Site running, safety and event costs. The charity was holding £109709 between the Bank, Building Society and in Cash Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statin are held Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Para 1.22 Para 1.22 £0 Para 1.22 As we are a Friends Associations of a Council run museum, we do not that feel we need a reserve, as we neither own the properly the museum is based in or any of Ihe exhibits either on display or in store. We do have designated funds for either forthcoming projects or, as was the case last year, money bequeathed or donated for the upkeeplmaintenance of specific items. Most of this money is held In a Building Societ Account £88212 as at 31 March 2024 There are no fund deficits Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern Para 1.24 Para 1.23 No known uncertainties about the charity as a going concem Additional information (optional} You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the Gharity Para 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of goveming document Para 1.25 Constitution as adopted on 4th December 1995. Last u date 03 Ma 2016. Unincorporated Association How is the charity constituted? Para 1.25 Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustees need to be proposed and seconded to be put fO￿ard for election at the AGM. We also have the Option to co opt trustees during the year if required Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charit name Other name the chari uses Re istered charit number Charity's principal address Leicester Museums Technolo Abbe Pumpin Station 1052391 Leicester Museums Technology CIO 34 Lessingham Orton Brimbles Peterborough PE2 5TP Association Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office lif anyl Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person lor body) entitled to appoint trustee ifan Anthony Kendall Jonathan Headland Brian Gillespie Chairman Treasurer Membership Secretary Secretary Newsletter Editor Nikki Atkins Christopher Dibben Simon Atkins To May 22nd 2023 Fred Crammond Roger Caunt Chrisopher Bates John Corley Steve Joy Paul Sole 10 To 22- May 2023 12 13 Denis Swann Caroline Corley 14 Secretary From 22. May 2023 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re ortwasa roved Director name Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole ar Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiation) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke ersonnel details Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature{s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date ,IAr LEICESTER MUSEUMS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION ,,IREGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 10523911 IINCOMÈ AND EXPENDITURE ACCONT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 2024 INCOME Subscriptions Note 1 1060 539 Operating Re¢eipt5 Refreshments (Note 21_ Asso¢ialion Sales & Brochures Railway Special Events Piovision of Staff Donations Visilois (Note 4)_.. Members ecial - Bequest Mrs B L Smith Christine Parker Victorian SocielL_ U3A Newton Harcourt Jubilee 6337 31 4346 525. 268 3097 1086 59 899 15000 126 350 150 60 Friends Of Leicester Museum LanGhesler club Grant for Garden Railway School Visit ainl 1000 26 Bank & Building Societ Interest i Balancing Enlry_INole 51 TOTAL INCOME Note 3 578 269 12 34862 32041 EXPENDITURE.. |Op_erating Costs Refreshments (Note ?)._. Special Events . Less LCC Coal Newsletter Advertising Leaflets Beam En9ine Booklets for Resale Miscellaneous Ex enses 'Balancin9 Entry INole 5). 1949 995 417 614 363 403 574 432 385,. 4443 3350 Acquisitions ', Frid&e ,F4iik Lilt Tiuck 6000 6000 1392 Runnin2Expenses and Sile Safel LCC L Holland PCV Training 3589 -1769 1820 1631 1631 ' Exhibits 5841 4970 4640 1 8eamE ine Less LCC Recie Vehicles Gallery Refurbishment Other Pro ects 16470,, 22660, 7253;, TOTAL EXPENDITURE 13626 SURPLUS FOR THE YÈAR -61 18415 ILEICESTER MUSEUMS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1052391) BALANCE SHEET-31 MARCH 2024 2024 2023 ACCUMULATED FUND: Balance 1 April 2023 Surplus for the year 109770 -61 91355 184151 109709 109770 Fund Allocation General Steam Shovel Restoration Locomotive, Leonard Railway Beam Engine Disbanded Bus Presrvation Group for TBC164 Vehicle Expenses Road Roller Gallery Fund Tables 29013:. 20832 1162 10800 10800, 20000 109709 109770 RÉPRESENTED BY: Current Assets Cash and Cheques Deposit Paid (Note 6) Cooperative Bank HSBC Bank Market Harborough Building Society 412 516 200 10241 106441 882121 36420 109709, 109770 LEICESTÈR MUSÉUMS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1052391) NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS-YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Number Number 1 MEMBERSHIP Honora Isponsors Family I ndividual Concessions 13 25 24 31 93 30 25 891 2 REFRESHMENTS Receipts Family Day Xmas Steam Day steam To s In Action Chip Van Railway Days Other 493 572 383 2361 498 1319 1801 63371 -822,, 4190 -308 -687 3195 Less Cost - Chip Van Rest Profit 43881 3 INTEREST RECEIVED (GROSS) Market Harborough HSBS Bank 578 145 145 4 VISITOR DONATIONS Gallery Donation Box 382 577 1086 5 BALANCING ENTRY This re resents cash receivedlspent exceeding recorded income and expenditure. 6 DEPOSIT PAID This represents cash paid to Unity as a deposit in the event of an towed back to the Abbey Pumping Station of the vehicles needing to be LEICESTER MUSEUMS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION 202312024 Certificate: I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts are in accordance with the Books of Account and vouchers handed to me. 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