TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR HAVERFORDWEST TOWN MUSEUM
2024-2025
NAME
HAVERFORDWEST TOWN MUSEUM
REG NO 1072596
ADDRESS: CASTLE HOUSE, THE CASTLE, HAVERFORDWEST, PEMBROKESHIRE SA61 2EF
OPERATING
ADDRESS; UNITS 24 & 25, THE RIVERSIDE, HAVERFORDWEST, PEMBROKESHIRE SA61 2LJ
NAMES OF CURRENT TRUSTEES:
Timothy Evans (Chair)
Roy Thomas (vice Chair)
Peter Lewis
Sally Williams Charles Davies Barrie Webb Corinne Codd John Mitchell
Governance
The museum is governed by a trust deed and constitution of 19 October 1998. Trustees meet quarterly, including an AGM. They make policy decisions. Operational matters are dealt with by the chair, hon. Treasurer and curator. There are currently 8 trustees and a reporting employee.
Objectives, activities and Performance
The Haverfordwest Town Museum, which opened in 1996, exists to collect artefacts of local History relating to the town and also promoting educational opportunities about the same. Over the past year the museum has operated the pop-up museum on the Riverside and
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Welcomed over 9,000 visitors. We have curated exhibitions on local railways, the 80[th] Anniversary of VE Day and local archaeology.
We are establishing wider partnerships, especially with local schools and heritage groups. The museum is playing a key role in the wider regeneration schemes for Haverfordwest led by Pembrokeshire County Council.
During the past year there have been key organizational and structural changes as the Haverfordwest Town Museum Trust has agreed to dissolve the charity, with the leave of the Charity Commission and the collection and assets thereof will be taken over by the Haverfordwest Castle Charitable Incorporated Institution. The merger is expected to take Place in early to mid-February 2026.
The new charity will run the museum when it relocates back to Haverfordwest Castle in 2028.
Financial Review
The museum enjoys a stable financial situation. Income for the past year was mainly grants. which enabled us to open the pop-up museum in early 2024. Most came from Lottery funding and from Pembrokeshire County Council. The great bulk of expenditure
over £37,000 was on salary for our one part time employee and setting up the new premises. The museum has no debts.
The trustees have complied with the duty under Section 4 of the 2006 Act regarding public benefit.
The trustee’s report has been approved by me.
Timothy Evans
Timothy Evans
Chair of Trustees
1 February 2026
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HAVERFORDWEST TOWN MUSEUM YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2025 In bank £18196.94 INCOME EXPENDITURE Cesh Card 2068.46 Salary 5alarycosrs Insurance Subscription Stock Tele Water PU ElectricPU WaterCa5tle Electrlc Castle Alarm Castle Gas Castle Electrical Work Removals Misc Repairs PU Stationary cio Expenses Purchases Popup Items 9439.96 MIJC 2137.54 1039.65 228.50 54.00 i¢)oo.oo 10000.00 26375.84 4206 360.00 149.41 123.00 1862.36 1666.09 159.47 2674.17 789.99 942.48 875.54 1047.86 3316.80 336.00 Heater Key box Locks Wax 30.00 Donatlons Book Sales Misc pcc PCC Castlecosts Grant 50.48 146.56 52.45 279.49 Expenses Open Eve American., Gift 600.00 0.12 37,00 45.84 50.00 732.96 Total 42903.99 Xmas parti Tickets ols chqs 2005 2017 2018 71.00 275.71 360.00 706.71 Purchases Ingot Brooch 279.49 309.60 3CQ.00 7.50 307.50 149.07 I0.00 732.96 307.50 10616.48 Popup Items Table Chai 151.50 Fleeces 793.00 Website 7884.CKJ Laptop 847.98 Maps 820.00 Donation1 120.00 10616.48 018al Income Expendlture OIS chqs 11724.47 42903.99 37138.23 706.71 Total 37138.23 Total 18196.94 4se4
Independent Review Statement
I have been asked by the trustees of Haverfordwest Town Museum to carry out an independent review of the charity’s accounts 2024-2025 prior to their submission to the Charity Commission.
I am not a professionally qualified accountant and this review does not constitute an audit or an independent examination within the meaning of the Charities Act.
The accounts provided were simple cash-based accounts. I have reviewed these accounts and checked that the income and expenditure figures recorded are consistent with the charity’s cheque books and corresponding bank statements for the period covered.
On this basis, and within the limited scope described above, I am satisfied that the accounts provided accurately reflect the transactions shown in the supporting financial records made available to me.
Signed: Name: David Harries Date: 7[th] February 2026