Company registration number: 06348133 Charity registration number: 1130071
**THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTING HISTORY LIMITED TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
**The Centre for Computing History is a Registered Charity: 1130071 (England & Wales) and private limited company: 06348133. Registered office: 1 Rene Court Coldhams Road Cambridge CB1 3EW**
**The Centre for Computing History Limited Contents**
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|Annual Report|1—18|
|Trustees' Report|19—20|
|Independent Examiner's Report|21|
|Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|22|
|Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|23|
|Balance Sheet|24|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|25—34|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|35—36|
**The Centre for Computing History Limited Reference and Administrative Details For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Trustees**|Mr G T Marlow - Chair|
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||Mr P F Howell|
||Ms C Smith|
||Mr P R Searle|
||Mr D E M Halstead|
||Mr M P Muller|
|**Charity Number**|1130071|
|**Company Number**|06348133|
|**Principal Address**|1 Rene Court|
||Coldhams Road|
||Cambridge|
||Cambridgeshire|
||CB1 3EW|
|**Registered Office**|1 Rene Court|
||Coldhams Road|
||Cambridge|
||Cambridgeshire|
||CB1 3EW|
|**Independent Examiner**|Lynn Mandari ACCA|
||Aston Shaw|
||The Union Building|
||51-59 Rose Lane|
||Norwich|
||NR1 1BY|
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## **Welcome to our Annual Report 2024/25**
## **Gareth Marlow, Chair of Trustees**
The Centre for Computing History (CCH) has enjoyed another fantastic year, during which we welcomed our 175,000th visitor!
This year CCH has continued to strategically build our unique and important collection of hardware, software and archival material. Our exhibitions, Learning Programme, and community events have invited the public to explore the huge social, cultural, and historical significance of the past 80 years of computing innovation.
We’ve used the past to frame important questions about the future of computing, and highlighted the extraordinary role Cambridge has played in global technological innovation.
Nearly 20,000 visitors including almost 9,000 young people - 2,700 of whom came with their schools and colleges - have engaged with our interactive exhibitions to gain a deeper understanding of the technology they use every day. With AI more deeply embedded in education, work, and everyday life than we could possibly have imagined even one year ago, our mission to build curiosity and understanding about how tech evolves is more important than ever. Our collection demonstrates how these
technologies are built on decades of innovation, decision-making and cultural shifts. We provide vital context to inform ethical choices, and inspire future innovation.
The Centre for Computing History is proud to celebrate and preserve the legacy of the Cambridge Phenomenon, an unparalleled explosion of Cambridge-based computing advancements that continues to this day. This year, our collaboration with innovators from Arm and Acorn to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ARM1 chip – the reason we all walk around with tiny computers in our pockets – was an absolute honour, and just one of the fantastic events which took place across a packed programme.
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Cambridge’s unique role in this incredible story deserves a flagship museum, and CCH continues to need a larger, more accessible space to properly protect and showcase our remarkable collection. We have been raising awareness of our ambitions this year, and look forward to collaborating with partners, supporters, and the wider Cambridge community to make our vision for expansion a reality.
It was exciting to begin work on Broken Tech: Broken Earth, our new two-year project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association. Working closely with the local community, we are exploring how a museum which rightly celebrates the incredible innovation and expansion of computing can also acknowledge the negative impact of fast tech and e-waste on the climate crisis. This fascinating project has taken us in interesting new directions and we look forward to its second year.
2024/5 also saw the launch of our new Early Years area, developed with volunteers and child development experts. Rotating exhibits of hands-on toys and games encourage parents of very young children to explore the basic concepts which underpin computing, such as pattern recognition and numeracy. It’s been well-received and we are looking forward to seeing how it evolves.
None of this important work would be possible without our dedicated staff, trustees, and volunteers; the vibrant community of visitors, educators, and young people who bring the museum to life; and our invaluable partnerships with funders, local individuals and companies, whose support underpins everything we do.
## **Thank you for another incredible year!**
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## **2024/2025 Impact**
The Centre for Computing History punches far above its weight. Once again, we reached audiences of all ages with interactive exhibits, an exciting programme of workshops, events and other learning experiences, and our remarkable collection of computing hardware, software, and ephemera.
## **Visitors 2024/25**
19,644 people, including 8,877 young people.
## **Schools**
2,709 students were inspired on 82 immersive school visits
## **Contribution to the local economy**
£410,019
## **Private hire**
The museum was hired for 23 private parties and corporate events
## **Our Permanent Collection***
|Computers|1,305|
|---|---|
|Peripherals|86|
|Mobile Devices|101|
|Game Consoles|348|
|Video Games|15,200|
|Software Packages|5,004|
|Books|2,715|
|Manuals|4,352|
|Magazines|10,106|
|Documents|1,996|
|Photographs|901|
*This does not include our Handling Collection
**Talks, tours, demos, events & workshops**
73 events explored different aspects of computing history and provided hands-on STEM experiences
## **Exhibitions**
Four temporary exhibitions kept our offer fresh and engaging
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## **Our Mission**
We are a welcoming, accessible museum with a strong commitment to learning. At its core, the CCH uses our collections and exhibitions to deliver educational programmes and events that explore the social, cultural, and historical impact - and lived experience - of computing over the past 80 years.
Future generations will marvel at how such a profoundly important and transformative cultural shift occurred in just 80 years. Through hands-on, inclusive experiences, we provide ways for visitors to explore how these powerful technologies became deeply woven into our daily lives and fundamentally reshaped our world.
## **Our Vision**
To collect, preserve, and interpret tangible - and where possible, working - artefacts and memories of computing history, particularly (but not exclusively) as it relates to the unique, local context of Cambridge and the UK.
To explore the social, cultural, and historical impact of that history with visitors of all kinds. An appreciation of the way the past has shaped the present, especially in terms of technology, has never been more important for understanding the world and providing creative inspiration for the future.
To inspire, delight, and motivate technical and non-technical audiences alike by enriching people’s lives through an open and reflective museum environment and learning opportunities for all.
**Visitors enjoy a History of Gaming tour**
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## **Our Values**
## **Relevant**
We keep our collections and programmes relevant to all, creating an unforgettable visitor experience, and recognise that openness is key.
We aim to work in partnership with our many and varied audiences, so that everyone can see themselves reflected in what the CCH displays, collects, and programmes.
## **Questioning**
We debate and reflect on our work and encourage visitors and partners to do the same.
We do not shy away from uncomfortable or challenging stories and recognise that there are always multiple narratives and various points of view.
## **Fun**
We believe people learn best when they enjoy experiencing the technologies of the past and having fun.
We will always aim to be interactive and hands on.
## **Sustainable**
We are committed to minimising our impact on the environment while showcasing the technologies of the past and their impact on our world.
We aim to conserve natural resources, reduce our carbon footprint and waste, protect the world around us, and prevent pollution where we can.
We continually improve our environmental performance and recognise we have a unique platform from which to inspire and educate others.
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## **Learning**
CCH runs a comprehensive Learning Programme for schools and families. Our team provides secondary and primary schools with high‑impact, hands‑on activities designed to spark curiosity and build confidence.
Across the day, students rotate through four Museum Zones, each showcasing different aspects of computing history. Volunteer‑led guided tours and workshops cover topics schools often struggle to teach, such as physical computing and the evolution of communication technologies. A highlight for many students is our Mega Processor, the world’s largest microprocessor, a unique learning aid that allows visual learners to see computer architecture in action.
This year more than 2,700 students visited during 82 school visits: an average of two every week during term time - many from schools who return each year.
We’re fortunate to be supported throughout the year by a fantastic team of skilled and dedicated education volunteers. Employees from local companies also volunteer their time to act as mentors, helping us illustrate the breadth of modern tech careers.
**Student Visits by Key Stage 2024/25**
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As an independent museum, we have to charge schools per visit, to help cover the costs of running the programme. In 24/25 we were able to reduce the cost by £2 per pupil thanks to generous corporate support from Citrix and MathWorks. This vital discount makes the visit possible for many schools.
Feedback from GCSE students during the year demonstrates how their visit deepened their knowledge of real‑world computing and broadened their awareness of career pathways: not just in coding and hardware engineering, but also in creative fields such as art, design and music.
**“[Learning at the museum] is more active and it is easier to absorb information seeing the actual machine in front of us. These machines are very new to me and make me very curious about their history.”**
**95% appreciated learning about computing in this unique environment**
**83% felt their computer science skills had improved**
**86% reported increased understanding of the societal impact of computing**
**“The interactivity makes everything more engaging and easier to understand. I’m now clear on how a processor works and have a better understanding of the Fetch - Decode - Execute cycle.”**
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## **Learning Programme Highlights 2024/25**
## **Annual Coding Competition with Cambridge Rotary**
March saw twelve enthusiastic teams coding BBC Micro:bit-powered buggies to take on a challenging obstacle course!
## **New Careers in Tech poster**
New partner HFDE Ltd sponsored a free poster for schools, highlighting the range and diversity of people and roles available in the tech sector.
## **Women in Computing**
In October, we celebrated the contribution of women to the field of computing, on Ada Lovelace Day.
## **Free Summer Family Workshops**
Cambridge City Council funded six free workshops for families in Cambridge wards on lower incomes. We aimed to remove barriers to cultural and STEM engagement, boost wellbeing and confidence, and support positive family time over the summer holidays.
- 100% of participants reported having fun with technology. Confidence in learning new things rose from 40% to 100% Enjoyment in learning together grew from 60% to 83%
- Sense of belonging in a group learning setting rose from 20% to 83%.
**“I really liked spending time with my older siblings in this workshop. They are older than me, so in school I never get to sit with them and learn new things. It was nice to do that today”.**
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**Family Workshops**
**“Today’s visit has opened up alternative views and perspectives on things we normally take for granted.”**
Our programme of family activities across the thirteen weeks of school holidays was targeted at children aged between 5 and 16 years, accompanied by an adult. The contents were wide-ranging, including:
Coding BBC Micro:bits as alarm clocks
- Hearing how our record-breaking MegaProcessor was built in the inventor’s lounge! Watching Lego robots solving Rubik’s Cubes
- Creating your own CCH robot: Q-B!
We also developed a new partnership with Wellcome Connecting Science and were delighted to host their Outreach team for a workshop on Decoding DNA. Across the year, families enjoyed the hands-on nature of the workshops and gave them a score of 9.54/10. They found the activities fun, engaging and pitched at the right level.
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Total adult participants: 159
Total workshops & activities: 40
Total child participants: 173
Introducing Q-B
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## **Work Experience**
CCH is committed to giving young people opportunities to explore careers across the museums and heritage sector. Since 2018, we have welcomed 31 students from 16 local schools and colleges and in 2024/25 we received 36 work experience requests. At a time when many organisations have reduced provision, we were pleased to offer four placements. Each provided an opportunity to experience the full range of museum work: visitor experience, collections cataloguing, display development, and event delivery.
Feedback from schools is very positive. Bottisham Academy described our programme as the best work‑experience provision they had seen, and their students received an award for the high standard of work completed during their placement.
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## **Our Collection**
**“Museums are managers of consciousness… [giving] us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it.” Hans Haacke**
Rapid technological change has become an accepted part of life. The Centre for Computing History’s collection exists so that when we want to look back and discover how we got here, vital artefacts are not just preserved, but easy to access and interpreted in a way that helps us relate the past to how we live now.
By preserving everything from early calculators to modern software, our collection enables people to understand how today’s digital society came about, recognise how it has shaped our lives, and connect past innovation with the challenges and opportunities we currently face. CCH also continues to document the unique, evolving place Cambridge holds in this story.
In 2024/25, essential work continued to review our collection and create space for new donations. This included the review and rationalisation of our calculator collection, transferring ownership where necessary to other museums. Following the 2023 roof replacement and temporary decant of the collections store, all object locations were updated after their return to the building.
We continued to audit boxes of software and paper-based artefacts with support from front‑of‑house staff and volunteers. Although accession numbers were modest this year due to staff absence, we added new items to the permanent collection. We have resumed plans to move to a unified collections management system and are exploring funding options to make this possible.
Our long‑term priorities remain reducing our backlog, improving object locations, completing numbering, and strengthening documentation. These improvements will give us stronger, more accessible collections and support research requests, future exhibitions, learning programmes and partnerships.
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## **Key pieces preserved this year include:**
Canon Cat
- Bush Internet TV
Texas Instruments TI‑99/4A Beige Business Variant
**Data General Enterprise**
- Philips PCL‑101
- Data General Enterprise
- Hazeltine 1420
- Tadpole SPARCLE
**Canon Cat (1987)**
## **www.youtube.com/@TheCentreforComputingHistory**
Our online archive of video content continues to capture a diverse range of oral histories, interviews, and public events. Recordings this year included:
- British electronics engineer and technical consultant Roland Perry speaking on his career at Ambit and Amstrad
- A young enthusiast’s take on why young people should be more interested in computing history
We continue to document our events. During 2024/25 we posted films covering our RetroFest, Made in Japan and Portables events, and explorations of rare tech such as the Casio PV-2000.
Using film to explore a wide range of subjects enriches our collections, attracts visitors, and strengthens our international reputation. Hosting digital content on our YouTube channel means our artefacts, and the stories behind them, are more accessible to everyone, from expert enthusiasts to complete newcomers. New material is shared exclusively with our Patreon community before it becomes publicly available.
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## **Events**
CCH events truly bring the museum to life. Supported by a team of amazing volunteers, we run corporate team away days, conferences and gaming nights. Our Kids Club evenings for youth groups are very popular, and we provide vital space for retro enthusiasts to meet and pass on their passion and knowledge to the next generation.
We are particularly proud to celebrate anniversaries of iconic pieces of tech and bring their importance to the attention of the public. In September 2024, we were honoured to host the 50th anniversary of Teletext, which was covered on BBC Breakfast!
Our regular Bring and Byte sales prevent e-waste and provide an opportunity for enthusiasts to buy, sell, and exchange retro tech. With museum space at a premium, they also allow us to remove some of our non-collection items, making room for new additions to our accessioned collection.
This year we faced difficult choices about which of the many tech anniversaries to focus on.
One of the machines which made the cut was the Commodore Amiga 1000: we celebrated its 40th birthday in July, complete with live music!
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## **Broken Tech: Broken Earth - Year One**
Broken Tech: Broken Earth, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and run by the Museums Association, began in November. Through participatory practice, we are working with visitors and partners to explore how to engage with the environmental and social impacts of technology and interpret our collection through this lens.
Participatory practice is becoming a powerful tool for the museum. The MA Power to the People framework has helped us design strategies to recruit and communicate with a more diverse base of volunteers and partner organisations. Event co-creation has created completely new types of public engagement events and therefore a wider range of perspectives on our collection.
The project has so far reached more than 19,500 people. Four events have explored technology’s impact on the climate crisis through art, poetry, the circular economy and repair culture. Our repair cafe saved an incredible 123kg of e-waste from landfill.
## **Outreach work**
As a small charity, staff capacity is always stretched, but we managed some excellent outreach this year. We were delighted to be part of Cambridge Tech Week, providing a fringe event and supporting the Tech Futures Day at the Bradfield Centre.
We took part in Games Eden’s ‘Gamebridge’ exhibition at ARU, and worked with our neighbour Abbey People, providing an activity for their summer Eager Explorers event .
In a museum first, CCH went to Latitude, as part of the Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture! Festival-goers discovered just how quickly tech has developed, exploring 80s, 90s and 2000s gaming. Our iconic ‘feely box’ was very popular and a clear demonstration of how once-ubiquitous tech is now a mystery to certain age groups!
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## **Exhibitions**
As well as our permanent exhibitions telling the story of computing history, each year we curate temporary exhibitions which highlight untold stories, celebrate anniversaries of key tech, or raise awareness of people whose work has had a huge impact.
In September 2024, we worked with Orca Scan, a Cambridge‑based technology company,
to curate and launch an exhibition celebrating 50 Years of the Barcode.
## **ARM1@40**
2025 marked 40 years since the invention of the world-changing ARM1 chip. Working in partnership with Arm, CCH helped curate and staff a week-long in-house exhibition telling its history, which then moved to the museum.
The day itself, 26th April, saw a sold-out public event bring together many of the original Acorn and Arm employees to tell their stories, now available on our YouTube channel.
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## **Research**
Research sits at the heart of the Centre for Computing History’s charitable purpose: ‘to advance public education in the history of computing through our museum, learning activities, and role as a research centre.’
We understand research in a broad and inclusive way and believe the exploration of computing history should not just be for academics in universities and archives. The vast majority of us walk around with a computer in our pocket which occupies huge amounts of our time. People who visit our galleries deserve the opportunity to discover how this came to be.
Every day at the museum, visitors research computing history for themselves. We provide the opportunity to interact directly with historic technologies, share memories, and ask questions with family members, other visitors, and our staff and volunteers. In this way, people build their own understanding of how computing developed and how it connects to their lives today. People with no technical background can feel confident to ask questions and engage with complicated concepts. This ‘curiosity‑led’ research makes computing history accessible and relevant.
Alongside our public‑facing work, CCH actively supports more formal research. Our collection is used by academic, independent, and community researchers working on topics including computing history, videogame preservation, conservation, and the social and cultural impacts of technology. Our staff and volunteers also contribute directly to this field, feeding into talks, conferences, and published works on the history of computing, helping to share knowledge beyond the museum.
Our long-term ambition is to have space for a dedicated reading room. This would give researchers easier and more comfortable access to the accessioned collection; support longer and more in‑depth study; and create a welcoming space for focused research and discussion.
By supporting both informal public and academic research, we ensure the history of computing remains open, relevant, and actively explored.
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## **Our Volunteers**
CCH continues to be supported by a dedicated core of 40 active volunteers. Their commitment and expertise is key to our success.
Our volunteers support all aspects of the museum’s work: delivering learning sessions and tours, patiently restoring decades‑old computers, filming and editing content for our YouTube channel, helping to organise and run events, and supporting our Visitor Experience team.
We are also grateful for employee volunteers from local companies such as Arm. They help us inspire young people by generously sharing their experiences and showcasing the variety of jobs available in the tech sector, using their own stories to illustrate varied routes to a career in tech.
Volunteers also play an important role in sharing knowledge: supporting staff, mentoring newer volunteers, and helping ensure specialist skills are passed on for the future.
Our volunteers allow the museum to offer visitors a richer, more hands‑on experience. They are a hugely valued and essential part of our museum, and we are very thankful for them!
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## **Our Supporters**
CCH receives no government or public funding. With UK museums facing increasing financial pressures and ongoing uncertainty in visitor numbers, the need for a more entrepreneurial and diversified approach to income generation is clear.
In this climate, the continued generosity of our funders, donors, and collaborators is critical, and hugely valued. It enables us not only to sustain our work, but to grow and develop new income streams and partnerships to support our long-term future.
## **2024/25 partnership highlights include:**
- A £10,000 Community Grant for our Learning Programme from Citrix, part of Cloud Software Group
- A generous donation from local barcode technology company Orca Scan, which funded essential electrical work in our main gallery
- A substantial donation from Arm, and a renewed partnership supporting our Education programme and preservation of key pieces of Acorn/Arm’s legacy
- Our continued partnership with Rotary Cambridge on CCH’s Primary School Coding Competition
- Collaboration with Cambridge University Libraries’ Cambridge History of Innovation project (CHIP)
- Appointment of The Land Archivist, funded for two years by the AIT Trust, as part of our ongoing partnership with the LEO Computers Society
**Thank you to all our visitors, volunteers, funders and partners.**
**Your vital support makes so much possible. We look forward to continuing to work together in the year ahead!**
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**The Centre for Computing History Limited Company No. 06348133 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Public Benefit**
The activities undertaken by the Centre for Computing History further its charitable purposes for the public benefit in several areas, in particular through its public and learning programmes and exhibitions. The main charitable objective of the charity is to promote, maintain, improve and advance public education in the history of computing.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position**
Total incoming resources in the year amounted to £417,159 (2024: £324,685). With total expenditure incurred at £400,141 (2024: £426,335), overall the net movement in funds was a net inflow of £17,018 (2024: a net outflow of £101,650).
The net assets of the charity at the balance sheet date were £1,560,592 compared with £1,543,574 in the previous year.
The charity's reserves policy is to maintain reserves at a level adequate to protect its ongoing work from fluctuation in funding. At the year end, the charity had reserves of £1,560,592 (2024: £1,543,574). Of these, £1,256,528 (2024: £1,250,252) are restricted funds over which there are specific conditions relating to their application. Unrestricted reserves at the year-end date total £304,064 (2024: £293,322).
The reserves at the year ended 2025, include cover for an unsecured loan of £113,500 (2024: £126,100) representing the charity’s outstanding loan commitments.
It is the charity's policy that the general (unrestricted) reserves should not fall below £90,000. The charity incurred significant expenditure in 2024 to replace the roof of our collection store - £65,562. This depleted the building maintenance fund with the remainder funded from unrestricted reserves.
As at February 2026, our current unrestricted reserves stand at £41,000, compared to our target reserves level of £90,000.
As current unrestricted reserves have now fallen below the minimum, the trustees must prioritise their replenishment from surplus income and earmarked donations.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing Document**
The charity is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 20 August 2007. It is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the business of the charity and there are regular scheduled meetings of the Board each year. Responsibility for the day to day running of the charity is given to the Chief Executive.
## **Trustee Selection Methods**
Trustees are appointed by the Annual General Meeting or by resolution of the Board of Trustees. The number of trustees shall not be less than two and the total number is not subject to any maximum unless otherwise determined by an ordinary resolution of the Annual General Meeting.
It is the policy of the Charity to appoint new trustees via open recruitment processes and occasionally by personal invitation where particular knowledge, skills and backgrounds would be helpful in furthering the charity's aims. It also seeks to recruit trustees via broader recruitment campaigns where appropriate. All new trustees are provided with an induction session on site and meetings with the Management Team. They are also directed to the Charity's Commission advice and guidance for trustees.
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Centre for Computing History Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statement unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at anytime the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
## **Small Company Rules**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Mr G T Marlow Trustee Date 27 May 2026
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The Centre for Computlng Hlstory Limlted
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Centre for Computlng Hlstory
Limited
For The Year Ended 31 August 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of charity for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Re$ponsibllltles and Basts of Report
As the trustees of the tharity land olso its directr)rs for the wrposes of tompany laY4), you are responsible for the preparduon
of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Companie5 Art 2006 Cthe 2006 Acr).
Having sabsfied myself that the acmunts of the charity are Mt required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are
eligible for independefit examlnatton, I report in respect of my examinaty.on of your charitys accounts as carried out under
5ertion 145 of the Charities Att 2011 Cthe 2011 ACV). In carrysTrJ out my examinaon I have followed the DireLtion5 given by
the Charity Commisslon under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 ACL
Independent Ex•m(nees Stalem
Slntr the charty's gross Incorne exceeded £250.000 your exarniner must be a mernber of a body listed in sertion 145 of the
2011 ACL I confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination becAuse I am a member of The Association of Chartered
Certified Accountsnts, whlch is one of the lthd i*Jdies.
I have completed my examination. I confirn that no maiter5 have come to my attenbon in eortnecrion with the examination
giving me cause to believe:
l. accounJng record5 were not kept Tn respect of the Charity as requi by section 386 of the 2006 Act.. or
2. the èccount5 do not accord wlth those records- or
3. accounts do Thot comply with the accouniing requiremerts of section 396 of the 2006 Att Other than any
ouirement that the accounts give a'true and fair view, which is not a maiter Csidered as part of an independent
examinatioTr' or
4. the accounts have not been prepared In accordan wlth the methods and pt1nclples of the Ststement cl
Recornrnended Prathce for accounting and reportiThJ by charities applicable to charities pparing their accounts In
accordance with the Flnanaal Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Iland IFRS 102).
I have fio concems and have come across rn other matter5 in connect*)n with the examination to which attention should be
drawn in thi5 report in order to enable a proper understaThJlng of the accounts to be readbed.
Lynn Mandari ACCA
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
Investments
**5**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds
**7**
Charitable activities
**7**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Transfers between funds
**21**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**21**|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
199,583
62,026
261,609
177,415
111,833
-
111,833
104,955
43,717
-
43,717
42,315|
|---|---|
||355,133
62,026
417,159
324,685|
||(18,716)
(9,476)
(28,192)
(14,672)
(309,837)
(62,112)
(371,949)
(411,663)|
||(328,553)
(71,588)
(400,141)
(426,335)|
||26,580
(9,562)
17,018
(101,650)
(15,838)
15,838
-
-|
||10,742
6,276
17,018
(101,650)
293,322
1,250,252
1,543,574 1,645,224|
||304,064 1,256,528 1,560,592
1,543,574|
The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
Investments
**5**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds
**7**
Charitable activities
**7**
**NET EXPENDITURE**
Transfers between funds
**21**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**21**|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
172,753
4,662
177,415
104,455
500
104,955
42,315
-
42,315|
|---|---|
||319,523
5,162
324,685|
||(14,672)
-
(14,672)
(376,301)
(35,362)
(411,663)|
||(390,973)
(35,362)
(426,335)|
||(71,450)
(30,200)
(101,650)
53,811
(53,811)
-|
||(17,639)
(84,011)
(101,650)
310,961
1,334,263 1,645,224|
||293,322 1,250,252 1,543,574|
The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Balance Sheet As At 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**13**
Heritage Assets
**14**
Investment Properties
**15**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stocks
**16**
Debtors
**17**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**18**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**21**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
11,565
1,195,311
40,000
-
220,247
79,614|**2025**
**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
1,206,876 1,223,555
40,000
40,000
299,861
299,861|
|---|---|---|
||271,812
1,274,925
11,197
-
29,054
-
19,952
140,078|1,546,737 1,563,416
11,197
11,722
29,054
36,204
160,030
97,349|
||60,203
140,078
(27,951)
(158,475)|200,281
145,275
(186,426)
(165,117)|
||32,252
(18,397)|13,855
(19,842)|
||304,064
1,256,528|1,560,592 1,543,574|
||304,064
1,256,528|1,560,592 1,543,574|
|||1,256,528 1,250,252
304,064
293,322|
|||1,560,592 1,543,574|
For the year ending 31 August 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
On behalf of the board
**----- Start of picture text -----**
SIGN
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Mr G T Marlow
Trustee Date 27 May 2026
The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.
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**The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## 1. **General Information**
The Centre for Computing History Limited is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 06348133 and registered charity number 1130071. The registered office is 1 Rene Court, Coldhams Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3EW.
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the Charities SORP (FRS 102) for small charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Going Concern Disclosure**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## 2.3. **Fund Accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## 2.4. **Incoming Resources**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.
Volunteers play an important role in the activities of the Charity. However, their contribution cannot be measured reliably and therefore a value has not been included in the accounts.
## 2.5. **Resources Expended**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it is incurred, where applicable.
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## 2.6. **Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold 50 years Straight Line Plant & Machinery 3-5 years Straight Line Fixtures & Fittings 5-10 years Straight Line
Freehold land and assets in the course of construction are not depreciated.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## 2.7. **Heritage Assets**
The current policy is to capitalise significant assets in the balance sheet at deemed cost except in the situation where there is insufficient information to arrive at a reasonable valuation or the cost of obtaining such information would exceed the benefit of obtaining the data.
The trustees consider that the property has indefinite life and so systematic annual depreciation would be inappropriate. The property is included on the Balance Sheet at deemed cost.
## 2.8. **Investment Properties**
All investment properties are carried at fair value determined annually and derived from the current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. No depreciation is provided for. Changes in fair value are recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## 2.9. **Stocks and Work in Progress**
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks.
Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Work in progress is reflected in the accounts on a contract by contract basis by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Where a reversal of the impairment is required the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the statement of financial activities.
## 2.10. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 2.11. **Financial Instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
...CONTINUED
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## 2.11. **Financial Instruments - continued**
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## 2.12. **Employee Benefits**
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock of fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## 2.13. **Pensions**
The charity operates a defined pension contribution scheme. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
|Donations and gifts
Grants
Donations and gifts
Grants|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
199,583
10,608
210,191
-
51,418
51,418|
|---|---|
||199,583
62,026
261,609|
||**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
172,003
662
172,665
750
4,000
4,750|
||172,753
4,662
177,415|
The following donations and legacies are included within the total income from donations and legacies above:
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|Admission Fees-walk in
Donations
Gift Aid
Admission Fees-walk in
Donations
Gift Aid|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
153,158
-
153,158
35,141
10,608
45,749
11,284
-
11,284|
|---|---|
||199,583
10,608
210,191|
||**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
138,405
-
138,405
24,180
662
24,842
9,418
-
9,418|
||172,003
662
172,665|
## 4. **Income from Charitable Activities**
|Charitable activities:
Education Services
Event Fees
Patreon
Sponsorship
Other Income
Shop sales
Trading activities:
Private Hire Admissions
Shop sales
Charitable activities:
Education Services
Event Fees
Patreon
Sponsorship
Other Income
Shop sales
Trading activities:
Private Hire Admissions
Shop sales|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
41,553
-
41,553
10,052
-
10,052
1,751
-
1,751
-
-
-
4,196
-
4,196
11,340
-
11,340
9,722
-
9,722
33,219
-
33,219|
|---|---|
||111,833
-
111,833|
||**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
35,652
-
35,652
10,136
-
10,136
2,033
-
2,033
4,071
500
4,571
3,745
-
3,745
5,075
-
5,075
12,565
-
12,565
31,178
-
31,178|
||104,455
500
104,955|
5. **Investment Income**
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|Bank interest receivable
Rents received from investment properties|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
2,030
2,708
41,687
39,607|
|---|---|
||43,717
42,315|
6. **Net Income/(Expenditure)**
The net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets - owned
. **Analysis of Expenditure**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Raising funds
Charitable activities|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
28,192
366,449|**2025**
**£**
28,513|**2024**
**£**
27,482|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**Support**
**costs**
(see note 8)
**£**
-
5,500|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
28,192
371,949|
||394,641|5,500|400,141|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
14,672
406,163|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 8)
**£**
-
5,500|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
14,672
411,663|
||420,835|5,500|426,335|
7. **Analysis of Expenditure**
8. **Support Costs**
|. **Support Costs**||
|---|---|
||**2025**|
||**Charitable**|
||**activities**|
||**£**|
|General administration:||
|Independent examiner's fees|5,500|
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||**2024**|
|---|---|
||**Charitable**|
||**activities**|
||**£**|
|General administration:||
|Independent examiner's fees|5,500|
## 9. **Independent Examiner's Remuneration**
|. **Independent Examiner's Remuneration**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Independent examination of the financial statements|5,500|5,500|
## 10. **Staff Costs**
|Staff costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|**2025**
**£**
238,591
12,701
4,907
256,199|**2024**
**£**
250,031
16,999
5,081|
|---|---|---|
|||272,111|
No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000.
## 11. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was as follows:
|Permanent staff
Casual staff|**2025**
11
2
13|**2024**
11
2|
|---|---|---|
|||13|
## 12. **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## 13. **Tangible Assets**
|3. **Tangible Assets**||
|---|---|
|**Cost**
As at 1 September 2024
Additions
As at 31 August 2025|**Land &**
**Property**
**Freehold**
**Plant &**
**Machinery**
**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,242,118
115,421
80,820
1,438,359
2,400
2,943
6,491
11,834|
||1,244,518
118,364
87,311
1,450,193|
||...CONTINUED|
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Depreciation**
As at 1 September 2024
Provided during the period
As at 31 August 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 August 2025
As at 1 September 2024
14. **Heritage Assets**
**Cost**
As at 1 September 2024
As at 31 August 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 August 2025
As at 1 September 2024
15. **Investment Property**
**Fair Value**
As at 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025|62,194
93,190
59,420
13,332
6,994
8,187|214,804
28,513|
|---|---|---|
||75,526
100,184
67,607|243,317|
||1,168,992
18,180
19,704|1,206,876|
||1,179,924
22,231
21,400|1,223,555|
|||**Buildings**
**£**
40,000|
|||40,000|
|||40,000|
|||40,000|
|||**2025**
**£**
299,861|
Investment property comprises of commercial units only. The properties were purchased in May 2019. The directors consider there has been no change in the fair value at the year end
|16. **Stocks**
Stock
17. **Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors|**2025**
**£**
11,197
**2025**
**£**
13,633
15,421
-
29,054|**2024**
**£**
11,722|
|---|---|---|
|||**2024**
**£**
17,506
16,949
1,749|
|||36,204|
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## 18. **Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
|Trade creditors
Loans from related parties
VAT
Pensions
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred Income|**2025**
**£**
15,691
113,500
823
980
753
6,197
48,482
186,426|**2024**
**£**
24,600
126,100
3,485
1,082
-
6,543
3,307|
|---|---|---|
|||165,117|
The loans from related parties have no security and are interest free.
In 2019 a former trustee, Mr N Davidson (resigned 23 March 2021), lent the charity £250,000. At 31 August 2024, the balance was £126,100. At 31 August 2025, the balance is £113,500. No interest is being charged on the loan and it is unsecured.
## Post balance sheet event:
Subsequent to the year end, the charity was informed that the outstanding loan balance of £113,500 had been formally waived by Mr N Davidson and converted into a donation to the charity.
## 19. **Deferred Income**
Deferred income movements in the year were as follows:
|Balance at the start of the period
Income deferred in the current period
Balance at the end of the period|**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**
3,307
3,229
45,175
78|
|---|---|
||48,482
3,307|
## 20. **Pension Commitments**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
During the year the charge to the statement of financial activities in respect of defined contribution schemes was £4,907 (2024: £5,081).
At the balance sheet date contributions of £NIL were due to the fund and are included in creditors.
## 21. **Movement in Funds**
|1. **Movement in Funds**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**As at 1**||||||
||**September**||||**As at**|**31**|
||**2024**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**August**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||||
|General:|||||||
|General unrestricted fund|293,322|355,133|(328,553)|(15,838)|304,064||
|**Restricted funds**|||||||
|Odyssey|26,830|-|(139)|-|26,691||
|Women in Computing|494|-|(5)|-||489|
|Education Programme|6,400|560|(200)|-|6,760||
||||||...CONTINUED||
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|Virtual Computer Collector
Education Discount Fund
Tangible Fixed Assets
Web@30/IT Fund
Early Years
Cambridge City Council Grants
Esmee Fairbairn
LEO Land Archivist fund
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Restricted funds**
Odyssey
Women in Computing
Education Programme
Aim Conservation Grant
Virtual Computer Collector
Education Discount Fund
Leo NLHF
Tangible Fixed Assets
NLHF Emergency Covid Grant
Web@30/IT Fund
Early Years
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**|1,113
6,001
1,199,870
4,856
4,688
-
-
-|48
10,000
-
-
-
5,942
35,636
9,840|-
(4,330)
(20,883)
-
(399)
(5,456)
(31,708)
(8,468)|-
-
16,324
-
-
(486)
-
-|1,161
11,671
1,195,311
4,856
4,289
-
3,928
1,372|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1,250,252|62,026|(71,588)|15,838|1,256,528|
|||||||
||1,543,574|417,159|(400,141)|-|1,560,592|
||**As at 1**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
310,961
27,305
563
11,380
(39)
1,065
6,118
57,855
1,217,909
66
6,831
5,210|**Income**
**£**
319,523
-
-
500
-
48
4,000
-
-
-
-
614|**Expenditure**
**£**
(390,973)
(475)
(69)
(5,480)
-
-
(8,188)
-
(18,039)
-
(1,975)
(1,136)|**Transfers**
**£**
53,811
-
-
-
39
-
4,071
(57,855)
-
(66)
-
-|**As at 31**
**August 2024**
**£**
293,322
26,830
494
6,400
-
1,113
6,001
-
1,199,870
-
4,856
4,688|
||1,334,263|5,162|(35,362)|(53,811)|1,250,252|
|||||||
||1,645,224|324,685|(426,335)|-|1,543,574|
## **Fund Structure:**
Odyssey - This includes funds received for the purpose of refurbishing the main gallery space.
Women In Computing - This includes funds received to advance knowledge of the role of women in computing through events and education.
Education Programme - This fund supports the learning programme.
AIM Conservation Grant - This fund relates to the management of museum collections.
Virtual Computer Collector - The fund was contributed by supporters for the purpose of purchasing or repairing collection items.
Education Discount Fund - This fund relates to amounts received to subsidise school visits to the museum. LEO NLHF - This fund relates to amounts received for a digitisation and research project on LEO Computers.
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## 21. **Movement in Funds - continued**
Tangible Fixed Assets - This fund relates to the purchase of the charity's premises at Rene Court.
NLHF Emergency Covid Grant - This grant supported the museum through the Covid pandemic by contributing to core costs and to help prepare for reopening.
Web@30/IT Fund - This fund supports temporary or digital exhibitions.
Early Years - This fund is to increase provision for very young visitors to the museum.
LEO Land Archivist fund - This fund is sponsored by the LEO Society for archiving and digitizing their records.
## 22. **Post Balance Sheet Events**
After the year end, the charity was informed that the outstanding loan of £113,500 owed to Neil Davidson had been formally waived by him and converted into a donation to the charity.
This event occurred after the reporting date and has therefore not been reflected in the figures within these financial statements. The donation will be recognised in the accounting period in which the waiver took effect.
## 23. **Transactions with Trustees**
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
No trustee expenses have been incurred.
## 24. **Related Party Disclosures**
No remuneration was paid to trustees in the current or previous financial year.
No expenses were paid to trustees or connected persons in the current or previous financial year.
During the year, no Trustees made any donations to the charity.
In 2019 a former trustee, Mr N Davidson (resigned 23 March 2021), lent the charity £250,000. At 31 August 2024, the balance was £126,100. At 31 August 2025, the balance is £113,500. No interest is being charged on the loan and it is unsecured.
## Post balance sheet event:
Subsequent to the year end, the charity was informed that the outstanding loan balance of £113,500 had been formally waived by Mr N Davidson and converted into a donation to the charity.
## 25. **Company limited by guarantee**
The charity is incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 and is limited by guarantee, each member having undertaken to contribute such amounts not exceeding £10 as may be required in the event of the company being wound up while he or she is still a member or within one year thereafter.
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**The Centre for Computing History Limited Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts
Grants
**Charitable Activities:**
**Charitable activities**
Education Services
Event Fees
Patreon
Sponsorship
Other Income
Shop sales
**Trading activities**
Private Hire Admissions
Shop sales
**Investments**
Rental income from investment property
Bank interest receivable
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Raising funds**
Operating charity shops
**Charitable Activities:**
**Charitable activities**
Rent, Rates and Utility Costs
Wages and salaries
Employers NI
Employers pensions - defined contribution schemes
Travel and subsistence expenses
Staff and Training costs
Repairs, maintenance and office equipment
Insurance
Marketing and advertising costs
Display Development
Bookkeeping
Exhibition expenses|**2025**
**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
210,191
172,665
51,418
4,750
261,609
177,415
41,553
35,652
10,052
10,136
1,751
2,033
-
4,571
4,196
3,745
11,340
5,075
68,892
61,212
9,722
12,565
33,219
31,178
42,941
43,743
41,687
39,607
2,030
2,708
43,717
42,315
417,159
324,685
(28,192)
(14,672)
(28,192)
(14,672)
(18,661)
(33,429)
(238,591)
(250,031)
(12,701)
(16,999)
(4,907)
(5,081)
(208)
(83)
(3,814)
(4,443)
(17,816)
(23,229)
(11,444)
(10,971)
(4,372)
(4,485)
(1,806)
(1,429)
(2,821)
(1,650)
(1,461)
(5,169)
...CONTINUED|
|---|---|
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## **The Centre for Computing History Limited Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|Legal and Professional Fees
Admission fees
Printing, postage and stationery
Subscriptions
Depreciation
Bank charges
Independent examiner's fees
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|(3,390)
(7,600)
(6,735)
(8,188)
(3,639)
(1,585)
(1,499)
(386)
(28,513)
(27,482)
(4,071)
(3,923)
(5,500)
(5,500)|
|---|---|
||(371,949)
(411,663)|
||(400,141)
(426,335)|
||17,018
(101,650)|
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**The Centre for Computing History is a Registered Charity: 1130071 (England & Wales) and private limited company: 06348133. Registered office: 1 Rene Court Coldhams Road Cambridge CB1 3EW**