COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 07568957
CHARrrY REGIsfRATION NUMBER: 1143235
TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY LIMfrED BY GUARANTEE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANaAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TULLIE
David Allen
Chartered Accountsnts & Stslthory Auditor
Dalmar House
Barras Lane Estate
Dalston
Carlisle
CA5 7NY

TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
coriTENTS
Ref￿en￿ and adminlstratlve detai
Ito2
ststement of Chalr of Trustees atN1 MLWn Cirert
3to5
Trustes, report (incorp)rnting I￿ strateglc aml directL¥S' rep)rt)
6t030
IndeperKlent auditoes retrfc
31to35
consolidat￿ ststement of fin￿d￿ actmves (irwJu(iINJ the IrKfft and expeThJitsJre actount) 36 to 37
con501idat￿1 balar￿e sheet
38to39
Balan￿ sheet
40to41
Cc￿s(lIdated slatement of cash I1￿¥5
42
Notes to the finandal ststeM￿ts
43to76

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE
REFERENCE AND ADMINisfRATIVE DEfAILS
Trustees
Mr A J Sm￿th CVO, Char
fvtr A R Mackay, Museum Director
Ms C A M D¥ Deputy Char
M5RF
116 M E R￿d FctheriryhJn t
Mr C J Hard9)n {re￿gr￿ 27 Fetffuary 2025)
Mr C W Glover
CourKalknr E Lynth (resignejj 26 July 2024)
Mr P G Callaghan
Ms V YrAJT¥J
C￿￿[lOr A Quiltw {re5igned 26 2024}
MsSJPdry
Ms J Fenwick (aNxinted 25 0(tcthr 2024)
Mr C Gtbs(
Charfty Registratlon Number
1143235
Company Registration Number
07568957
The tharlty is irwryated in England aThJ
Waks.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAfirEE
REFERENCE AND ADMIMisfRATIVE DEfAILS (coririNUED)
Registered and Principal Offi
Tullie House Museum and Art Galw Trust
Castle Street
ca￿l￿e
Audltor
Davwj Ajlen
Charteral N£c(Amtsnts & Ststutory A￿ltOr
Dalmar House
Barrds Lane Estste
Dal
Cadiqle
G45 7NY
Bankers
OJmtErfarKt &Jlldlry s(￿lety
Ojmtertand trh)use
C(K)w Way
Parkhou5e
Carfisle
CA3 OJF

TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE
srATEMErir OF CHAIR OF TRUSTEES AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
MARCH 2025
The year has S￿ Iwe wc*3ress in (kJNeriro pW tran¥Lwry￿bonal EYcgrBmme . Projert
Tullie. Afttwh the museum W to t* dosed for k￿ger than tAanwY, the outrc*ne of the £5m work
compkted (Phase 2) has been y￿ddY praised by Invest￿ parties, fijnders and vigtors allke. It was
completed on bLty - if on time. The next amLxb'ous £7m tknse of Work (Phase 3) has r
t*en ftlly fuThled arKI w(Kk will commerKe ths aubjnn.
It Is already dear that the work compl&ed wlll have great Impart on tsvin obpttives of
communlty engagement and flna￿la1 sustalnatilty. We Th)w ￿ve a brand-r*w ￿n￿. large rEw
modem welcome spa￿, ne￿ Cadisle GOI￿ aTrJ Communty StsAlo tr4nsf0rn￿ café and
museum shop. Tc%JdlY ttw ddlver ￿ visitor facilities and ￿￿perie￿e that 3 2tst cethry regional
museum ￿uires.
As reported last year, the rEw spaces were fiJn(l￿1 prlmarity ty ftjnds frcrfn Arts Coundl
England, Town Deal and Futrjre High Streets ftjnd. In addttion, thanks to a rna￿r grant from Hlstodc
EnglarKI. the iconic Gr* I Usted Gatelh)use LKilding has rrf)w been r￿Ve￿ from their Bulldings at
I￿Sk Register by aldressiThJ the extgNve deterwdtion to the Intunal extemal frdbric of the
building acquired by TullE in DeceJnber 2022. AJ9), the museum s twlar café was 5trSpFed ¢xrt,
redeSIgr￿ arKI ￿laUnC1￿j as Café TullE followlrvj a skJntfi(3nt inveStm￿t from the UK Shar&1
Prosperity Fund *mini5tu&J by CumtertaTrJ CcMJtKII. The rEw bright and cok•urfLA knk and feel of
the space has been complemented by sho¥￿￿ off sonE of the museum's test lov&1 contempordry
art.
Follo￿ng the full dosure of the Museum In Jawary 2024, we W&E able to partial￿ reopen In *s
In July and October. Thls ena￿ed us to conUnEE (xjr tKrpJramme of temtorary exhIl￿￿C¢1S with a
local, ￿giOnal ￿nphaS1s. Thls Compro￿ Carll4e Unfi￿ (Bathng Wues? and Shella Fell
Ccumbedand on Canvas? exhlbtu￿s whth bro￿ht a￿jIer￿S arKI wtth the Sheila Fell exhitj'tion
attrathng slgnlficant ￿tional att￿ a muth over1((ked and brillknt arbst. as part of our
plans to reIntrOdu￿ ￿$it(￿S. we hekl a free weekeTrJ at the WinnlrYJ of ￿ SCI￿5, February half
tem) ￿rtod. The reS[x￿ to this initsative was strwJ aIn￿t I,5￿ atte￿1¢r￿￿ with 60% of tl
we surveyed 5aylTrJ that 'hadnt to TLAlle for a Img tlme, arKI a further 23% sayong that
they had never be￿ to Tullle before. The trend throwhout the w*k m*rrfJ It ￿e of wr
most successful half tem) kK>IK￿Y
We took the decison eaty on to retaln all staff durlng the dwre [￿CK1 aTrJ to keep as many of our
vdlmteer workforce as enwed as p)ssble. This irwolved worlaro on ccllecbons and trainlng
cxjrammes In preparati(m for the major refvrtiishment of our firsi ftoor gaI￿ries and rEw leamlThJ
Sttjd￿ In Phase 3 of Proiect Tullie. It also inthed 9JtwfjThJ the learrlng and community team In
FthtlrKJ wr prcM3rammes to ddivw all of their acuvtty as outreath FYcgrdmrr*s. Afthough finanoalty
d)allerwJirYJ, this ￿￿0Ved to ￿ vital dedslon In en$￿Ir￿j that we maintalned gocKI Con￿ wlth our
(r)mmunities and our ablllty to adh¥e to ttE Phase 3 delNery programm&

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COMPANY LIMTtED BY GUARAPftEE
ATEMENT OF CHAIR OF TRusfEES AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
MARCH 2025 (COKnNUED)
In addition to our progre55 and athievern￿ts with PFk35e 2, we had a major SUC￿$$ with the
anrlouncement from the Naticnal Lottery Heritsge FuThJ (NLHF) that our a￿1(atiOn to them for a
£4.4m dellvery grant for Phase 3 gxcessftjl. Wth the ma))rfty of the match fundlng now
secured, It means that we can progress vlth Confid&￿ tr) the next stages of delIve￿r￿j the Projert
Tvllle Futureplan. Tr amount of wot* tFklt gjes into NLHF applications Is hwe. All of thls wod( Is
vltsl, e5pecrally when thaliro wlth putAic fuThthrKJ, and so speDal thanks must go to all the stsff,
espeaally the Propd Team, In er￿unr0 that a 9xcessful OLkcome has tEen athleved.
None of this work would have been t*)sslble WItr￿ut the finandal supFK)rt and commltsnent of our
princlpal funde￿ The annual manag￿t fee frc¥n CumberlarKI Cwndl allows us to care thelr
historic (L)Ilecbons and conb'nue to 0￿rate the museum as a commLrntiy reS￿e arKI twrist
attra(tion. The CourKil has also been committed to Ftoject Tullie, both in temis of providing a
significant captal ￿tributiOn f(￿ Phase 3 and in beirvJ instrumentsl in ￿[Ing us to problem-solve
some of the many challeroes we have faced vthen d￿￿ng a large ca ￿tal woJecL We are very
grateful to the CourKII for thelr C￿tInued ￿Jp￿rt
The CuM￿a Museum Consorfdum {()1C) compri9ThJ Tullle, LakelaTrJ Arts aThJ Wordsworth Grasmere
Is agaln de16veritvJ more for our c(xnmunities and stretthiro our prcfjrammes to ensure they
resw)nd to our aUdIen￿ devdowtht ￿ns. It i8 also contributlw more ￿gnIfICanttY to wr flnancJal
sustainability and maknNJ sure that we (Mtinue ￿nt pr(KJress on (Dll&tion5 researth and
commissioning from new arKI estsbt15h￿ artists. CorL5￿v￿ is hwely grateful to Arts CourKJI
England (ACE) for ts*ir continued supw)rt as a Nati(Thl PthIK) Organisati￿. Thts NPO fi1￿ling
allows us to ddiver a pycgramme of events, exhiixtions. aThY ￿ti￿ty in sutwrt of ACE'S Let's Create
strategy. Along with our CMC colleagues thLs NPO fuTrJiry cvriogty, SUPF#Jts wdlbeing,
thamplons volunteering aThJ aids healthy living. Chjr Inwinative Pmiett Tullie plans wlll prowde the
framework for us to Ilo more of thls In future years.
After the yw end in SeptemLw 2025, Tullle was awanled a grant fmm the ACE adminlstered
Museum Renewal Fund of £0.6m to cover exp￿)￿lture durirKJ 2025126 and replenlsh free reserves.
This grant will retum the reserves to d05e to their target leNtl aThl endI￿e T￿lIe to undertake
InI￿a￿'ve$ to grow r￿￿e.

TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
STATEMENT OF CHAIR OF TRusfEES AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
MARCH 2025 {corirINUED)
Tullle o)nUnues to do much to aix)ve its waght as a £2.5m ￿m0Ver regN)nal museum and Is
nattonalty recognlsed as d¢JrKJ so. The Tullie staff have demistratèj ￿r al￿1￿ to ddlver t￿0
phases of a hIgh￿ aM￿'￿'0uS trBnsfornkiOonal WC*Jramme arKI [ry)a￿ the next phase ¥thile staylng
wlthin both capital and revenue b￿gets. This Eevd of amtytion requi￿ the Tnjst to be prepared to
use Its free reserves %•th dear arKI well plars for relyJildiThJ them through growng future
revenue. Thls is rM)t so￿t￿t its risk5 but the Trustees are confKlert In hlghly cfflipeten¢ errfjaged
and commrtted team of stsff at T￿lIe to d￿1￿ the oye obpcbves fty the museum of g￿ter
future
mmunity and rinthi￿ aL51ainab¢iity.
MrA
Chalr
Mr A R Mack2y
Museum Dlra

TVLUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRU
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRVSTEES. REPORT (INCORPORATING THE sfRATEGIC AND DIRECTORY REPORT)
The Tn￿tee5, who are dlre(tors for ttE kxrpJses of c(xnpany bw, ar¢nual report together
wlth the finandal statements arKI aUditt￿$ reFM)rt of thaiitstle company for the year ended 31
March 2025. The annual retM)rt serves the purFose of a TnJSt￿. reporL strategic report
directors, report under company law.
OBJEcmiES AND ACTIVITIES
Tullie is a charltable trust estat￿iShed LKxler the of Engla￿1 a￿1 15 a company lim￿ed by
guarantee. The dlrectors of the (r￿n￿nY are trE Tr￿ WIK) a￿ also members with liability
limited to £10.
The constitution of the company is set out in its MemrarKlum a￿1 of A55CKIati￿ dated
17 March 2011. The Tntsvs tsb￿ as Set in the Artides are:
'To athar￿ the education of the public, indud1r￿ an uTh1￿5￿ndIrQ appr8Jation of the arts,
soence5 and history, without preJ"LKiice to the generalty of the foreg￿n9 throLKJh:
a. The provision, operauon and maintenance of the Tullie House Mwm arKJ Art Gar￿ and
consistent with this ob]"*,' any other museum or art galleryl
b. The presetvab"on, conseNation ar￿ interpretstion of..
- the collectkjns managed by the Trust
- natural and human heritage. the landscape and ewronmen¢'
c. The carylrvj out and disswnination of ￿￿rch.,
Trust￿ have agreed that the purgjft of these d￿ntst￿e obJ￿ts ￿11 be gukled by our M$1￿, wr
misgon and our Manifesto.
Tullle's Vlslon:
T￿lIe Is Cartlsle's home of ￿lture.
Tullie has been a ￿tre for communlty and leamlrKJ Sin￿ 1893 when it was operEd as the ciV5
'Public Library, Museum arKi SCk￿ of Prf. We want to ￿lebrate these rTrJts aThJ represent them for
21st century audien￿$, usirwj museum'5 Spa￿ a￿1 cdlecbons to inwre indmdual and cdlecdve
cwtimty, w￿lb￿'ng, a￿1 seJf-diTh&y.
We wll use this hlstory and ￿gacY as a cenlre fry in5ixrdtion a5 a uTh￿'ng ccyt tLross all spa￿,
programmes and within Project Tullie. This wll gNe cohww to a complloted site and make this
physKal and organisational transfonrkltlon fed grouThJed, relevanL aThJ authents'G
Ths Is how we will be the knrtt&it cl Calisle's ojltural Ilfe.
Tullle's Mlsslon Is:
'To dellver an outstandlThJ, Indwve arnl reglient museum that is a major ￿ltural tstinatI￿ for the
north, al￿ whith u5e5 its cdlecbors to WC(lu￿ a ¥¥orld dass wblic prcoramme targeted at vq4tors
the t￿pIe of Cat1isle aTrJ awages a broad spthKn (rf aw11￿￿..

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COMPANY LIMtrED BY GUARANTEE
TRusfEES' REPORT (INCORPORATING THE STrATEGIC AND DIREcfoR5' REPORT)
(CONTINUED)
Public benefit
The Trustees confirni that tW have wth ttE WUIrerr￿ts of sÈth)n 17 of the Charities Att
2011 to FkAve due regard to pU￿1C berEfit gUIdar￿ wblished by the a￿nty COMMIS￿On for
Engl¥K1 and Wale&
OUR MANIFESTO
Tullle Is heartt￿t (
Cadisle s ajltural Hf
Tull
u*s colleth,
¢xJrdmmes and r￿ur￿$ to
tdl storles In¥lre ￿rnI￿,
16f
Tullk Is a catslyst to connect
Carfisle and Cumbrta to tt
We will inS￿re rntivity,
engage the senses aThJ unk<k
Imaglnatfion.
We Y￿1 think freety, exanlne
thallenge asgjmptlons,
eMbr￿e new Ideas, resp)nd to
global ISS￿ arKI 5tarKI at the
forefront of museum practi￿.
We will a5 champions
en￿rr￿mental
gjstalnablllty,
equity and lThJus10n.
The cdlection5 are at
of ev8ythiry Y￿ (k). They
tknj to lthe of
carfl￿e. We wll resear(h,
4ore,
arKI sha
tt*m tcgetFw in r*vart and
rnearingfvl vrdys.
We will be IMMU￿ve,
cc¥nkElling, a￿1 rwted in
CCt(reaticn. We recc#Jnlse the
many forms lthat thls can tske
- from Self-d1￿0v￿Y and quiet
cc**emplaUon
partidpatl(y)'. every(xt kams
a￿1 engages differenuy.
We ￿11 Yth our
communty to colkt for
tom(rn as well a5 t(xlay.
We will make cc￿11¢￿$S
across our (ollth)ns atMI to
the natLwal and IMMn￿ I￿rfd
amund us.
We vlll nu￿re aThJ devdop
effethe ueative kKarts)ershlps
wAth key oryanlsatlons and
Indivkluals that can help us
deltver th15 manlfesto.
We will pyomde a wekome,
indusve,
Sp￿ for
eVeryOr￿ We want to mean
more to mre p￿F￿e.
We will liste
cornmunty. arKI tcts￿ther, we
I￿11 use our thlls, knovAeihJe
and eX￿en￿ to supENxt
wdlbelng and hetp make
Cadisle arNI Cumbria a thri￿TrY
every￿￿.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARApifEE
TRusfEES' REPORT (INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC AND DIREcfoRS' REPORT)
(C014TINUED)
StRucfuR4 GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The OryaDisJUon
Tullie ￿kX￿ Muswm and Art Gallery Tnst Cthe Trust? otwates manages TLllle House Muswm
and Art GalW fTullie' or museum? in Casve Str*L Ca￿lsIe, whkh is our main Pla￿ of
business, and the Gulldhall, a 14th ￿ntury Grale I listed ixJildirYJ in Greenmarket StreeL The Ttust
leases a thlrd property, a cdlections storage fa(ilty l(x3ted in L￿oWn, approximatefy nine miles
from city ￿ntre. In 2014 the Trust was given ac￿5 to Herbert Athnson House In Abtw Street
and this is r￿W used for the Cumbria Blodiver&ty Dats Centre athjitlonal mLsaJm Offi￿ spa￿. All
these premises are ￿pIed un￿r leases or lIce￿e by Trust from Ckjmwand c￿￿1 (formerfy
Cadisle Clty Counal). The Tnst fTk3nages the buildirvjs al￿ collections on b*lf of the Council. In
December 2022 the Museum Trust a(4uiryI the frethdd of 6-24 Casde Street from Carlisle City
Coun(il arKI Is devdcf>ir¥J t￿ bulk11r￿S as part cl museum esiate.
Tullle was Oten￿ by Carlwe c￿￿ali(￿ as a nwseum in 1893. In ￿ 19905 there were
significant developments to Casde Street wemi5es invdwThJ new gallery Spo￿$, a restsurant, a
shop. education faalities storaF. In 21)01, a further gallery, the Mil￿n1￿m Gallery, and a
ro￿ntta that overtooks Carflsle Casde, were otwj. In 2011 the Millennium Galw was reopened a5
our new Roman Fr￿tter Gallery, whlch tells story of ￿ (tojpatitin of Cadisle and the border
county undu the Roman Emp6re ar*J pla￿S this in a contemporary contexL
In 2011 Carlisle aty cour￿11 transfeThed the man￿Jen￿t of Tdlle to a new (tharitsble trusL at whKh
time the emF4oyrnent c￿tracts of TU11￿ staff wwe trar￿ferr￿1 from Qty Ccrfjnrj to the Trust.
Cumberland Cwncil contlnues to kyomde a marwgement fee to TrL￿, whith is agreed on the
bass of a rolling threwear business plan wepared by the TrusL A wes of 30-year legal agreements
commendNJ In 2011 underpin key asp￿ of the operational and contrthl relab)nthp ttheen
the Trust the City Counal.
The Trust is also an Arts Counal England (A￿) National Portfc410 Organlsation {NPO) In Its ￿paCIty
as lead of the Cumbria Museums cons0￿￿M. The Consorrium app16es for NPO ftjndlng on a 3 ￿ 4
yeady basls and this grant income Is (njoal for the Trust to aNe to delw Its key work with
communltles, thlldren arnl y(WFYJ p￿e. tanpmxary exhibitions arKI aThJ c￿ganISatiOnal
development projerts.
The Trust also generates i￿ome throwh ￿ chwges to ￿ museum, thro(KJh tts retsil ouUe¢ its
catering corFxyate ho9J"tslity ath"Mbes, via grants for &lucatlon proi&ts, cdlecbQr￿,
conservab.on eXhI￿1]CH￿, arKI through thargeable ev￿ts.
The Tnjst was Incorporat￿ on 17 Marth 2011. It L￿me a rgJi5t￿￿j tharity on 3 A￿lL￿t 2011
(tharity regi5traUon number 1143235). The charitys (4)Jett Is.. *0 advan￿ the education of the
puL4lc, Ir￿lUdIng an understsThJirvJ and aFvea.ati(￿ of the arts, arx1 historf. The charity has
a subsldlary tradlrKJ company. Tullie Fk)￿e Museum arKJ Art GalW Trust cfr7rtJirvJ) ￿mIted, a prlvate
Ilmlted company that was irK(xkx)rated on 19 Juty 2011 (compary registrati￿ number 07710513).

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND Airr GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY LIMfrED BY GUARApffEE
TRusfEES' REPORT (INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC AND DIRECTORS REPORT)
(CONTINUED)
The Trustees delegate day.t(Fday mawement of the dwlty to the Museum Directcy, supwrted by
the other members of the Senior Leadershlp Team. TnJstee5 utilise their own skjlls, knowle&3e a￿1
experien￿ In order to * In the txst Interests of the tharity and are aThJ guided by the
expe￿Se ¥Ae•¥S rrf key siakdth, subject mats and needs of the ccthmunty.
The Board of Trustees
The Board of is ccrfnprised of beiween 6 ￿ 15 (cunEndy 10), I￿ll￿dIng IMI
(currendy rK)ne) appoinbj by CumterlarKI CourKil. Tr Trustees agree the Trusvs buS1r￿ strategy,
busirE55 plans key ml￿[cal and admintstfative Fdloes. Try al￿ agree finandal and risk
management p￿tC￿S and wew pthTrk1r￿. There are three Board Commlttees.. the A￿lt and ￿'sk
Committ* comwslry fwr Tnst&s which oversees fina￿al rlsk and contrc45' a Development
Commlttee aJmprls1￿ three Trustees W￿(h Is exam1￿￿ neN methc*Js of rai%ng Income and
(k)natk)ns' and a ReMur￿￿On Nomlrk8ti(xts Commritee comprising of fcNJr Trustee5 which
ew5 ttie Trust tyrth arKi Senlor Leadership Team's pay and p&f0M)an￿ and consklers Trustse
Success￿ plannlro and rKNninatloN)s for rew TnJstee& There Is also a Project Tulle Board whlch
o)mprlses of Trustees and memiEr5 of the SerNor Leadershlp Team find￿e5 ￿ rthition of key
pather reprewtabves from CumbeslaTrJ Ccwjndl.
RecNitment and appokntmwrt of Trustees
Candklates for fubJre Trustees are by the Ncthlnation Commlttee whith adcyts varf(MJs
search tyocesses Wiro ￿ the na￿re of pa￿O￿ar ￿011S and eXperIe￿e ￿uIred for vacant
roles. The committee also has regard to the atilty of ￿ndIdateS to c(￿￿t￿rte the rewlred
c￿￿mItinents reliatly a￿1 to ￿ ne8J a suitsLly dfverse and i￿ll￿Ve F4)ard that Is ￿preSen￿tIVe
of the region, local communlb'es and stakd)ddws. Tnst￿ are SUb￿t to rettrement by rotstion at
each Annual General Meetlng except that CumLwlarKI Cwnal has the rlght to appolnt (and remove
accordiThJ to its own waCtI￿ and pl￿￿jure) tyKfy de(ted C￿l￿r5 as Trustees WIN) are not subj'ect
to the same retsren￿t by rtitsti￿ prixe5s as othw indetwth)t Trustee
Inductlon and tralnlng of Tntstees
Newty appointejj Tnjstees are pro￿￿e￿ with a Tru#ee irmJ￿lkn p& a trfirKJ and a55cKJated
training.
Pay poliLy for senlor stsff
The salary of Ml￿um Dirth is set the Renmlnerati(￿ Commlttee of the Board, tskiThJ
account of various perfOrn￿￿e IndTrtors. Tr rununeratM)n of olJ)er senTh memtxs rf staff Is
dete￿Ined by the Mltseum Dlrector In dose cmmation Trustees arKI the gUIdar￿ fr¢xn
nab'onal pay ￿ales. Thdr Indiwdual pthrTnar￿e is revi￿ed a continiiNJ ba515.

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Phase 2 - Wekome Area. Carlide Gallery, Shop and City Hall StsKlio Js well as Full
Gatehouse and Café Tullie Refurbishment
Proi&t Tullie is the Trusys FUtUre[￿an - a kJrKJ-tem) to transf(*Th the organisation Ma a
programrne of catMtsI and (xganisatiorN41 dbarye obJectNes.
2024125 saw major progress Trmth Phase 2. The pknned r*sign of the entrance to rnte a wdcome
area and promde essential wsitor facilities was commensurate a W1(￿allY significant museum In
Grade I Usted buildlng.
Wlth all of the furKliro for Phase 2 secured, appropriate corGents in Pla￿ arKJ fdlowng a putr￿1(
ocurememt tgthr, the construction contract was awarded to local famity firTn Cubby Construction
Ltd. The museum dosed to the puiAic at the erKI of December 2023 fc* a plann8J sIx-t￿ght-Mnth
t￿lOd to allow ￿nir￿ed freth to WKkrtske the ext￿S1¥e tyjlld programnE.
The Design Team (L)mpri5ir¥J De Matos Ryan as Ard)itect and cOntr￿t Administrator, FWP as Project
Management se￿￿, pri￿ & Myer5 a5 Str￿tUral ErYJineers P3R as M&E EThJlneers contJnued to
wort ￿th the in-tr￿5e Tullie Team to ensure g￿1 ityY)munication, quallty, rigour and suitable
¢￿s￿n were effethvety aptAled. Awleyard & TreH wwe awK4rt&1 iry Tullie as Qu￿lty Survey(xs.
The comtAex Phase 2 project invdved major slTiP Out. denv)lOtion new buihl to create the viS￿n
of a new high-PXDfile mre M5itAe entran￿ Mthy of a maA* regional museum. The intention is
to improve the vi&tor i)uw and iTrve5t in comnEraal infrdstnthre to aKJ the ablllty of the Trust to
come more financaally 9JStainaNe. As F*oject Tullie is pha5a. ￿ work beirvJ undertaken hwe also
needs to Integrate wth the oveTrU FUtsjre￿ so items ￿ as lrft5 ￿ seajnty systems will eI￿r
be installed or Upgrad￿&.
One of the most chalkngirwj aspects of Phase 2 was the to rel￿￿ts ￿ ￿￿triaty substst
sittin9 in the courtyard between main museum and ￿ Casve Str￿t proFerties ￿Uired in 2022
espedally for this d￿1pMent. work on substation invth￿l CumberlarNI Coundl, ￿ectrIcIty
North West Umited and Tullie to woth ¥yith speciali& cOntr￿tOrS to agree and rnanage ttE transitK)n
from the eyjsting slte tr) new one, some 20m away. Ajthough this was comtAeted successfv11y,
rEgotia￿r￿j the legal agre￿￿ents t(x* s¥JnifTrntty loryer than txedicted Crea￿n9 a delay to t
overall ￿￿0g￿MMe.
The museum was a￿e to FQrtialy re0￿ in 2024 in time for the Ba*irvJ the Blues exhlbltk)n.
Followiro the COM￿￿on of the cafe redesign (funded in part by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund wa
Cumberland C￿il), cateriry stsff were and trained arKI the brand￿j Café T￿lIe
opened fully in February 2025. The rw entran￿. welcome area and all other assrxiated works were
cc*npleted after the year*Thl, in April 2025.
The complete refurblshment of Grade l ￿$t￿j Gate￿￿ E￿Ilding was completed in February
2025 thar*s to a major grart fr(Mn Historic ErwJlaNI.
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Whllst fmtsiTrJ on the iMJild1r￿ w(vk ￿n9 undwtsken. the ewitive a￿1 wokt teams were also
progressing the Phase 3 scheme - the fv115cale transfomiatTron of 850sqm of first lknr gall￿ spa
ar*J refUr￿Sl￿t and extersmjn of a fom)er stable t￿(<* (th ass(￿ated WC bh)ck) In the 'Se(ret
Gar￿, Into a leaming community st￿10. The &age 2 apF4ication to Ihe National Lottery
Heritaje Fund was submttted In May 2024 a￿1 was gjccesshjlly awarded in SeptemiEr. A grant ol
£4.4m towards the overall £6.PAn ddiver stage S(￿ h35 been aviard￿j ￿￿nIng that the prOj￿t
can prfxeed.
Phase 4, which has re£elved a fundlr¥J offer frtxn &YderlaTrJs Grthvth Deal, wlll wogress
througtKJUt 2025.
In totsl the Tnjst is pkinning to invest over £12m as part of the f￿ phases of the Project The
Impact of suth an investment wlll be wofwrKJ and on a scde Th)t sirKe extension of the
museum in I￿.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
LEARNING AND COMMVNrrY ENGAGEMENT
Schools
Due to the partlal dosure of the mmwn the o)n5tJ￿tfi0n element of Phase 2 of Project Tullle
condudes, Tullles ￿S wogramme ha5 remained (*Jtreath based this year. The team have
worked hard to maintain str(ry ￿agement numbers and this effort has ￿lt￿j In 8,284 pupi15
engaglng w￿h the prf•3ramme this year - thls ￿ 150% of anr￿1 target of 5,500. income
tsrget for this year has also been excee￿￿.
The outreach FwtyJfdmme d0A(V￿lt of three Mary th)Ing (VlctiKkn
f0s91 ¢ollert(x palaeonb)lTrJist), IActorian H(Thes arKI Industri￿ Carllsle, all develO￿d wlth Input
from our Teadier Ad￿￿ry Pand. Teafv feedb* on the (Krtr&ith programme has i￿en excellen¢
with commertts 1rd￿J1￿J.
a h&?￿ht0￿tsrka￿1Y￿ farthis yearl
As vdl as offerfrKJ In FErsffi (rtjtreath sessons, the tsam c￿n￿l to offer digitsl ￿{vItIeS Including
40 virtual assemblies aTrJ the co-ddfvery of a vir￿1 HadTian's Wall Foojs Day del￿e￿ to over 70
sthods nat￿lty.
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Alongside delivery of the core workshop programffle, the team ddivued M tesp)ke projects wlth
partner sthools. The first project was a Continuati￿ of work Wun In &Jmmer 2023 ¥￿th RlthmorKI
Hill Sch(d in Aspatria - the team W￿(ed PUF4ls on a Sheila Fell Proj￿ that Saw the childr
exploring places I(￿llY that were ImFK)rtant to the artist. The da￿ t(￿ part in a painb'ng w0￿ShOp
wth local lands(/pe arb5t Marbn Evans and make the final selection of works for main
Sheik Fell exhitlbon. Interpretstion in the exhibib'on 1ndL￿￿ comments fn)m the wpds, aThl a film
documents'rKJ the pro￿ was alw Screen￿ in space.
The secoThJ t￿lect was ddiver&J in partnuship h￿th the iThluwe arts d￿rity Prisrn, an Arts Counol
EnglaThl NPO and lorostsThJing partner of Tullie. The team delivered a seTie5 of 'Dungeors &
Dragons, workshops wlth pupils vAth SEND at Ihe Lakes College, Wc¥kiThJton. Activity was designd to
build (Thguve 5kn115 ak￿SIde suptxxtirKJ with and larKJuage development the
development of th115 SLKh as team buildiry a￿1 ￿harm)r￿￿ re91￿(￿.
Famjlies
Families Prryrarn￿￿ a busy year, over I0,(￿ engagements - SIgn￿CantIY exceedlr
the annual target of 6,000. ITr) different aLtithes were delivered over year, with almost
4,000 engagemerts tskiThJ a5 Outreach. This IrKj￿ delrverirKJ fami￿ acttvlb.es at three very
busy family roadshow events at kKal sthrx45 as part of Tullie's orwrvJ leadwship of SPAR
Carliste's L￿al Cultural Education partn￿ShiP. In addition, the team del1vw￿l an outreath event at
The Lanes shoppiThJ centre. A 'kWUP museum. was (reated for a week in A￿11 while the museum
was ful￿ dosed - the team deltvered Congjltst￿n activities aTrJ advcw sessions f￿ Project Tullie
a5 well as offering family ¢Jafts, obi&t haThllirKJ OkV*tunitTres aThJ a ￿lId yow own cardt#)ard
museum wksFK)pl Over l.(KM) Msited F¥)F￿p mwm whth was gjkvlrted by 35 staff
and volunteers ovff the course of the Y
The drop-ln 8(1fv￿es that fom) the o)re of fam11￿ prc#Jramme ￿￿tinUed to be hlgNy popular,
helplng drive fami￿ ervjagem￿t wth the musajffl and temtx)rary e￿hibl￿On programme. Thls
included a time-travel themed February half tem. the annual Christmas Fw) Weekend and a very
busy Otto￿r half tem) programme. (kn summer the team delNered a programme of events a5
part of the National Lottery Heritsge RJrKled 'Be Just arKI Fear Noy pather5hlp proje¢ ￿lebrat￿r¥j
the history of ca￿1￿e United F(K)tball aub. As well as theffled (Taft athwties througlK)Ut the summer
hlays, the team delIV￿ed a 'Festival c( Fc4)tball' at Bwnton Part wrth ￿ Cadi51e United SkKJrts
Trust that saw over I.0￿ tske parL
In addition to ttm's acbwty, team also (reated sen￿ry backpacks as part of Tullies cfftgoiTrJ
commitment to ￿hanC1ry adivity for children with SEND. itYJuded a mixture of
exhibition spedflc re9)ur￿5 aloThJside serwry olds IrKI￿lIr¥J fty toys arKI fKxse cancdli
t￿adPhOnes.
Young People
This year the tsam (Idivered a wde range of athtles for youNJ ￿pIe, f(￿S￿ng on wellbeirrfJ,
(Teative skn115 ¢knk)prrwt a￿1 buildirrfj deeper reiatiLK)thlps ￿th Tullie's ￿th parkners. Tr team
ddivered 1,773 erKJagements this year - exce8thrg the tsrget of 7tK) - with a roughly even split
between in house and oUtr￿h &t"vty.
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Queer Curnb￿a have i￿en a parti(thdy imFQrtant pather thls year - the team oTrdelivered events
for yixmg ￿Ople throughcHJt year I￿l￿11ng a Pride, event in June, tJ)e feSttve'I￿ Ice Ba
event in DecemtH and 'Put A Bonnet Onrxy in March to celebrate Sprlng EqulnoK The events were
all well attended with the June Pd(k a parfaojar gxtess, welcomir¥J over 200 young Feople
Into the S￿t Garden. IJW Cumbria also created'A W rail tsBil' in the communlty gallery. This
was an exhlbitkn of Qjeer art frc￿n Cumbria and the Nc¥th East, wth ￿eCeS exhlbited at train
stat￿5 from Whitehaven to Newcasue. The Community Galw show Ixought together all these
works and Inclu(kd illustrati(￿, cdlage and phcicxjraphy, a QR c(yJe that linked audien￿ w4th
the (Jjeer Cumbna dIrett￿ of local and natiorkil sukwt Servic￿ The pro)&* cekbrated the tslents
and streTrJths of our divwse communttles bmth artwork (Teated prethffiinandy by emerging LGBTQ+
arb5ts. It wa5 SUPP)rted by traln Wor Ntythwn, a￿1 the kKal Community Rail Partnerships.
Carli51e Key - a hcffidess charlty - ￿$0 made their rnark on our gall•les thls year a
display on Border Gallerfes exploring the c05t-of4NiThJ crigs a￿fj Its Impart on ywng people. The
dlsplay IrKorporated 1K)meWa￿ items fr(￿ Tullle's cdlettlon eam)arked for d15P05al aloThJside a
spEcially designed wdlltkiper rn￿e from the drawlrrfjs arKI doodles done by Cat1isle Key service users
duri￿ Tullided drO￿1n ses￿or￿.
The team Ywng WOM￿ Up, Be￿ HIH Ccmmunity and the Aspatria
Dreamscheme on a sh￿la Fdl inw.red F¥rsJect this year. 'FediryJ5 from Fells, saw team work
wtth 50 young wcKnen from Aspatrfa and Cadisle to (Teate a Soundsc4￿ for the exhlb1tl￿ inspired by
Fell's life, a￿1 how that c(Mn￿ts y(MJThJ women IMTrJ in CumberlaThJ today. The proje(t had a
prOfoL￿d imw on the partiopants; f￿b* i￿1￿.
ke a lotof wLvnen aTrlnDn&iparyw* Iswt tink) wth making tIE Soundp￿￿. Ifre
5truggledtogetmy out ttwe to feellike I'np heard orevenjust tsve Confiden￿ In
njself. Beingwrtof WonFan Up n￿ke$ a differnre. Justiw in a rthyn fullofwpk W￿get
'la£wlutety Awa1iYlTrJ￿rf￿ts￿oA￿ta￿dknrnlrU￿MalvUtSt￿la FeH. hke manyof us. I'd
nevereven heanlof￿t￿10￿. ItLknoht up a heariw aivutherlrfe upbni7ging.
team also cdebrated Refvg￿ Week- a natlonal initiatwe to share stories and ￿letsrate
refugees and people sed¢Jro asylum in UK The team workej wtth Mlna Banisagd. a self-taught
Irdnian artlst, aThJ the Carllsle Cdlege ESOL dass {16-18s) to (reate a mural, C￿¢t a bug hotel,
enjoy fc￿ together. In addthn to w(rtFrrfJ Carllsle col￿ge, the Team delivered these
actimties as a drcp4n ev¥rt m bthalf of Ojmberlarmd C￿￿11 - 40 people attend&J activity In the
S￿t Garden day.
team worked with Caflisle c(1￿ &Jaln ovw the summer holldays to a Fkllday and Fc•)d
(HAF) woject Y(￿ng pecyk aged 16-18 wtK) w￿e refugee5 or unacccthpanted asylum seekers
eligilAe for fr￿ sctKd meal& Rnded via QJmtH[a￿I c<￿il, the group wgted '8athng tt
Blues, exhI￿tiOn aThJ the s￿ Garthn at Tullie as well as h)sUr¥J two trips to Watth Tree Na￿re
Reserve and B1￿k￿0)I Z(￿.
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Tullie's Arts Explc*ers for yourrfj t*cole aged 1+16 continued to flourith. This year the group
had a strorvJ focLLS on exploring thar Creati￿ty identh"es, workiThJ with a numLw of bcal artosts to
gain new sh'lls arKI perspecbves. Tullie's Your¥J Pry>du(Ers {16+) (x)ntinued to this year
f(￿$51￿ on a gTrFthic rdKand fix tFEmsdves suptrfxting activrty wth Qjeer Cumbria.
Commu
Tullle s Communty prTrJramme for 24125 continLh%J to (kliver a mix of Outre￿ and in house actmty.
The team dellvered 2,186 erKJagements, ach￿VIrO I￿% of the ann￿)1 target of 1,150. Tullle's group
for adults with demenb"a and their carer5 -.meet Me at the m￿M._ COnttn￿ to flourlsh, wlth visits
to the 'Ba(klng PJue5' a￿1 Sheila Fell exhibitions afKI a 4)erial mug(31 ap￿ran￿ by 'Rue and
the R(y*ets'l Tullie's mnthty Art Group Conts'n￿1 to gmw. guest appeardrKes from local artlsts
including Vega Brerthn, Bamba Gaye a￿1 Anne PAankson-Hemans. Feedback fmm this group is
always tx)sib've and emtthagses the important rde TU11￿ plays in briThJiThJ re0￿ tC*￿ther, many of
wkx)m experien￿ lonellness and I￿lation. Reflectsns this year indLKJal:
Trnkyou lormaliry n7e ff￿$0 ￿en k7ve*. andIknk forn8nlto ne*tnAThÈh."
"Lindse￿5 one wlposstrme into allthts. notconfKlentatall but1￿ ma6È lots of lovdy
things forMy1￿ thatIcan lrnÈfySgyliTrpro￿Or. Thts onlytin7elhave form<
andit does me a ktorg￿l."
"We reJ1tyappr￿te everytlliwyouptsn foru4,' Ws aAvays a gre8tathlrd&Èxls￿5￿I hereand Me
ahvays fe￿CL¥￿fortJb￿ andatlxwne.-
m￿nL￿S of Tullles monthty knial History Gr￿p ￿Yed a Mtal rc4e in (￿Ve￿ng 'Bultdiry
Carllsle, dig￿￿1 Int￿aCtive in the Carlisle Gallery, set to open In SprirKJ 2025. The inter￿tive is based
on Tullie's vast photographic 1xA￿tion arxl ￿ this tr) irKiiwdu31 streets around the clty to
track how the physical lo￿[£ of Cadisle has thaTrJed. grwp came up initial concept
and co-curated the ￿ece throughxft its devdCKK[￿nt
As part of the Nadonal Lottery Heritage FuThJ (NLHFI fiJn￿ Carli￿e Unitd proje£L team
supported the Community S￿)rts Trust wlth thdr athwty. Thls i￿lud￿j an event for BI￿ Hlstory
Month whith saw the ieam w(Kk with ￿ Carfi* un[t￿ Fwtball Club {CUFC) EDI group to h05t a
breakfast event Q&A with some of the leg￿ry black F4ayers from CUFCS pasL The morniTrJ kncked
off ￿th a film featurirKJ past arKI we￿t (LIFC players what Black Hlstory Month means to
them, thelr mle Th￿￿$, allyship and radsm. Then three foottxallers, Dean Walling, George Oghanl
and Derek Walsh, fc*med a pa￿1 arKi w￿t onto reMIni￿ alyxrt tr￿1r time at CUFC and thelr flrst
Impressk)ns of call1￿e in the 80's a￿j ￿ s. ￿ shared enw)tloro1 memor￿5 and hlghlights such as
going to wem￿ey, as well as the Itfe4ong fn￿X1ShOpS Wve made. 65 pwple attended the sessk)n
tr￿r round the exhibib'on, pr￿npty.rrfj di￿￿51(￿.
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In *lltlon to the mnthty in-h)use sessions, this year the team d￿1ver￿A a w iterayon of the
'Tullie on Tourf outreach woJecL Ajnded by cum1￿n￿ Council, tlis year 'Tullie on Tourf focussed
on dellvertng aCtI￿ty in West Cumlxia that pr￿n0t￿l the'5 to Wdlbeing, wth a focus on adults
wlth prbrlty proterted tharFthisti(s ()Je, S￿l(￿Cor￿71C aThJ dlsabilty IrMJudir¥J mental ill health).
The project delivered aIn￿st 1,000 ￿agem￿lts (nearly doutAing the tsrget of 530), with a 'pop-up
museum. mc%Jel at larger scale events thng most etstith. De5￿ts Cc￿Stent effort from the
team, M￿ focussed se55K￿5 trr￿1r￿￿ vul￿￿ble adults at pather venues struggled to gain
tracbon. Howw, ljkne who participated gave very ￿￿5Ve faback with refiections induding:
'IIaVent￿lIrtedIn over tm?Y&7￿. Have stop￿Sa￿ty Tm atthis'[afftlnow have a]Lrtter
attiiL<È wilh 171gNe tta sv,. WouAIco7r b3ckagain."
Thls has dwngedmy whok Ime in way. more5￿￿7/1$1￿ nxv? confk1en￿ atklan outkt
fva1lmy(Tea￿ de￿re$."
Extensfve evaluatlon for project was wth W baniws suth as lack of ￿sS to
transport Infrastructure and a general sense that Tullie (and Carfisle) had little relevan￿ to people
from West Cumbn'a Klentified. In the kiter siages of the the team tum&l tsr outreath fol￿5
back to Carlisle bthere d￿naThJ was hlgh. Thls led to tIE (lelivery of sessions at a number of care
homes and assisted liMThJ facilit￿S in ts cty. as well as a Wer-t￿ partnuship pro)￿t with the
Arts Coordinator at Cunthrland Infirm￿ and grwps for peo* wih Dementia Pamnson's
'B¢ Just and F¢ar Nov: CelebTrting (￿r aub and SuppLYdng Our Communlty
'Be Just Fear Noy Is a partnershlp pro￿ TullE, Qidisle United Football aub, Qrflsle
Unlted Communlty Sw)rts Tru#. the Un• of Cumbria, Cumbria Archives and CUMI￿nd
coul￿1, running from April 2024 arKI due to te completed in DecemLv 2025. The É117k projett,
ftjnded by the NHLF arKI the partner organlsakns, aims to care for and catalogue club s archives
a￿1 errspower upsknll Nr4unteers to care for thdr collect4c￿. Aknrrfjslde that was the alm to make
the arthlve accesslble to a wryde range of Ftople throtsjh pulAlc awen¢ Ir￿UdIng a major
co-oJr7ted exhibition at Tullie, travelling communty exhibitlons arKI instsllatior6 ￿rosS the city. An
Inr￿d￿ve and eng¥Jlng events pr(NJrafflme based ￿ getbng a*ve, mentsl health, well-belw,
hlstc¥y and culture ran alwsth thls, at Brunts￿ Park TLllie, as wdl as community venue
The 'Backlng the Blues. exlNixtK)n ran at Tullie from 20 Juty to 10 November 2024 and was a Mbrant
and momng celebration rf footh&l at CarlI￿e Uthj, highs, the lows, lthe fans, the communty
and the I￿al stori&s. Through patherthip working and sharing audietKes, Tullle and Brunton Park
attracted new a￿llenCeS aThJ fvged new rdaoonshlps. Communlty ￿ageM￿t w(xk prioritised
acbwty veterars, yourNJ peotle at risk of Offe￿ing a￿fj Intergerwational aCti￿ty.
The exhlt4Uon was fr￿lItated by a woject fuTrJ&l assts￿t art(x, vth contart ajrdted by
v(Auntws frcKn the Car11sle Collective, based on from 0￿MunIty groups. A big priority was
the upskllllrKJ of wjunteers. arKI thelr reS￿nse and was thenc￿￿01, golry C￿ to curate
and Install ciynmunity exhlLMtions arKI irthllations IrK*per￿ across Catllsle.
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The'Bathng the Blues, exhitmb'on a￿1 engagement events at Tullie attrarted over I4,(￿N) vtsittxs wlth
an estr'mated 7,000 rTh)re acceYAng travelliNJ exhIb￿"onS aThJ installations, whith ran up to March
2025. OrKJoing displays at Brunt￿ Park are ￿l￿g regulaty tharwl and used to engage with away
fans from ￿sItIng du
Behind the the archive has been asse55ed, ￿UnteerS of the Cadisle Colkntive tralned and
new handbcK* collectirvj F(4icies deVel(￿d to manage the archive effethvdy. An excel￿nt
rdationshlp has devdoFed the Unlversty of Cumbn"a, with sbjdents w(￿kn￿9 alongside Cadi51e
Col*t"ve volunteers armj great prryre55 has been made to estat4ish a r*w I￿jaI statu5 for the
archive, as has iknloguing of material a￿1 plans to dwit sorrE paw dements of the collettion
at Cumbria Archive. New storage wstwTrs are t4ann8J for Bnjnton Pa￿ as are w display areas and
spKe for the volunteers to in.
The project offiaally eThJs on DeCeML￿ 2025 when the final reFQrt is made to the NHLF, but tl
legacy is ongoing and may even result in a penTonent museum at Brunton Par
EQUTfY, DIVERSTfY AND INCLUSION
Equity, diversity and irKJuson {EDI) rernaSn an imFthant cffganisational plority, whlch spans
systems, progrdmmlThJ, colkdlcfs staffirKJ and vdunteerirvJ and ￿sItor-faC1r￿j owations. The
museums prfority protect￿ charatteri5tics ￿￿tinue to ￿ aje, ra￿, dlsaiAIIty, sexuality arKJ
50aTrecorv)mic.
Int￿lly. ￿ team continued to pnoribse EDI within Proiect Tullie ￿elopm￿ts. This has induded
Implementlro recommendats'ors fr(ffi the Ac￿5 Alwdit carried out last year as part of Projett
TU11￿ Phase 3 wc*k Content developm￿t for the new gallery has IndLKled ￿ort￿sIr¥j dIV￿ voi
and ernsuring eqUita￿e access within 1ntUwets￿ pknnirKJ.
As part of our ongoirvJ work Anti-Ra¢Jst Cumbria arNI cdleagLES in the Cumbria Museum
Consortium, the Senior Leadership Team cOrn￿et￿ an a￿lIt a(T055 the areas of leadershlp and
rnanagement; trusteeship and 9)verrkin￿. collectif￿5 arwj exhibitions; staff ar￿ volUnte￿S and
learning arKi educati￿ thr￿gh an anti-roast lens. Thls will lead to I￿ deVelO￿ent of an Anb'.RAcist
Action Han In 2025126.
Our Communty Board contlnues to fk)urish and a fantsstlc representstion of the diversity of
Carfl￿e. The Board have exparKknI thls year played a key role in the creative development of
Prn)Ject Tullie.
ENVIRONMeKrAL
the past year, Tullle has made slgnffir3nt strldes In athian(ing i)ur en￿roM￿nts1 aTh
susts1na￿l1ty goals. Key developil￿ts IndLbJe.'
Strategy DevelopM￿t. We partnered with 3Adapt to kwrxlu￿ a CoMp￿hen$Tve new
sustainaix'llty strategy and acb'on klan, 5ettiry a dear (Irection wr [￿Ure thrts. This ￿an will be
put into place from Apn'l 2025.
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• Capital Readlness: TLAlie was acceptd onto Capital Readlw Ftryramme, along with e6ght
other Cultur￿ cryanisations. to t*come a rrN)re Susts1na￿e Organisati￿t. This owogramme wlll support
us wtth any future f￿jIng a￿1Ca￿.0nS Ilnked to (xjr sustsinatility efforts and (3pitsl devd0p￿1ts.
• ProJe¢t Tullie Improvanents: A milestone was the Installation of an alr source ￿t
wmp, enhancing the effioerKy of f￿libe5.
. Oyational c?Mn￿ retall teams are an(yea￿r￿￿ swdng from Ic(al
gJPFllers, redL￿1r￿j enVIr￿ental IM￿ and gJPPDrting the ￿K)nO1 eccrK*ny. Addttjonallyi we have
Introduc&J Improved rerydirrfj processes, Sw1td￿d stHifi(ztion of re￿datIe takeaway cups, and
a￿ US1r￿ more sustalnable materlals throwlKKrt our oEEratio
• Team Commltment ()x lrtemd Envtronmentrl o)nlJnues to meet n￿rthty to nN)nltor
progress and drlve initiatives fornaftl.
Communications and Messaglng
le thwe is silll rcom to grow, we￿e made wKJre55 In ccrfnrwntsts'ng wr sustalnability work We
a￿ now more regularly tharitYJ uwlates on s(Kial medla a￿1 other d)anneis, ￿l￿ng to ralse
awareness of the txjsltfve steps y￿.￿ takir¥J.
Areas for Improvement
Looknng ahead, a key pricth Is to improve our en￿ronmental data gatherlrvJ and analysls.
Estsbli5hing robust basdlne data arKI rrthniruftA metrics wlll be e$￿tial to measure Fyojress and
Info￿ futtjre declslcTrmaknrYJ.
We remain comnlttd to COn￿￿)￿S aTrJ ap￿￿Jate the swptxIrt of Tnjstees In
hel￿￿j TLdlle brn a leader In $￿Inal￿e ￿￿tice wlthln the cdturdl sth.
WORKING IN PARThERSHIP
The impart and reath that Tullle is only wwble thanks to the wpp(rt arK1 commltment of a
wide range of Inspiri￿ and misslon-aligned organisation& T￿se pather5hlps asslst us to ddiver our
Manifesto and play a ￿trI rik in helFrfng athSeve our iwln prioritEs rf finanaal 9j5tslna￿l1ty and
communlty engag￿nL
Cumberland COU￿11 s to TU11￿ remairs stroThJ, wjth the Cmil rttogni&rKJ the rde the
museum Flays In ddiverfng a broad rarrfJe of community. &lucatirAsal a￿1 ￿r￿1C Tullie's
outreach programme has been partiojlarty r￿￿nt this year. With m￿h of the mu*urn stte dosed
for Projert Tullle i￿NId1r￿j worK stsff V•tre r&JetW to rTh)re communty Ixrtr&4th. especially
in the culturally dew'ved areas of West Cumbria, thus SUFP)rtirKJ the Counal's key objectlves to
delfver excdlent health arKI well1￿1[￿j pmwwn. The rdatK)nship & Symb￿￿C syith the CouThil
wantlng to be able to promde more oppyturlties oJlture4d aynmunty errfjwent and Tullie,
as our Manifesto ststes, wantlng to'meAn more to nKWE peo*'.
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Tullle cOn￿n￿S to provide ihe largest leamirrfj prryjramme in Cuml*ia, worklng with more sthools
than any other museum or ajltural att￿"On (you can read more atK)ut this else¥*he￿ in thls ￿port).
Less ob￿0U5 is the role TullE [￿ayS in deJiveriThJ a strorwj vlsitor economy In and amund Carlisle -
another importsnt strand of CumiEdand Counol s strategic plan. Work uThJertaken as part of Projert
Tullle shows that the visitir¥J drive time is Oft￿ in exce55 of 90 minutes wlth a regular ￿hort of
vi%tors comirvj from the North Eas¢ South West knttand Lancashire, *￿lIa Fdl exhlbltlon
gained nats'onal attention armj attrarted Msitors {malo"NJ a s￿riC pikjrimage to see the 5how} fn)m
London, Comwall and even the RepuNbc of treland - with the right offer the right promotlon,
Tullle can be and often is, a major tourist dTrw. Tr PrO￿t Tullle developments vthll rdnforce and
ac￿lerate Tullle as Me of the Th)fth's premier visthr attracti￿.
A5 the lead of Cumbria Museum c(￿sortiUrn (CMQ, in a partnership wtth Wonlsworth Grasmere
and Lakela[￿ Arts. Tullie is gratefijl to Arts Cwnal Er¥Jland (ACE) for their ongoing belief and
C(￿mItMent in the work that the three organisations are kYC*JuaThJ. The investment that we receive
from telrKJ a memt*r of A￿,5 National Portfdio is IXKial in allowiThJ all three museums to deliver an
outstandbng ojltural offer. Wnllst the c￿e fuThYir¥J prw(kd Cuml￿and cour￿11 allows the
museum to care for and maintsin the Collectior￿ and allow for e55ential vi￿tOr fadIl￿e5, the ACE
funding helps to deliver the leaming, community ￿gernen( the exhitM'b"ons programme and
crucialty, provides us with the opportuntty to te able to eyrimen¢ ty initiatjves and tske rtsks
with the way in whith we pr￿ramme cuknral ￿l￿ty. We loc* forward to wothng with A￿ more
OV￿ the current exten(kd pwi(Kl of NPO lnve5t1r￿L on trE work of CMC can be found
elsewhere In thls reporL
Both Cumiwknd C(MJfKal and ACE arp heavity ir)vesbJ In Phase 2 IA Project Tullle, wtth A
managing on behaff of HM Govemment, the É2m InVeSt￿t committ8J In 2022 a￿1 CUMt￿rIa￿1,
being the owners of the majonty of the free￿￿d tHrYJ devd￿d wortrirKJ dosety with the Tullie
Project Team on proFety matters. This, ￿ again. deJnonstrates that MU￿-faceted, shared mlssion
focused worknng delfvers regjlts and wll be uitical to (xvJ(MrvJ successful regeneration of Tullie
goirvJ forward. We are very gratefijl for the suP￿rt aThY commitrnent to Ix)th of our prfndpal
parkners.
Leadwship is provided to ￿der awnty-wlde museum ecoIC￿ via CMC and its relab'onthlp vAth
Museum Devdopmemt North (MDN) and the Cumbria Museun tJr8lors Group (CMDG). Both of these
partrErships focus on SUPFortiThJ the 20+ smallw museums in Cumbria, from Keswid( Museum to
Kendal Museum and from Museum to the Beacon. MDN, a formal paTtsship of the fomier
North West, North East a￿1 Yorkshire museum develo￿nt areas is reccfvJnised by ACE a5 an
Investsnent PrIn(A￿e$ Supp)rt Organisation (IPSO) whith means tlkHt gmilar to an NPO, It recdves
finanoal SUNKMt fr(Mn ACE. MDN thetaiSs wlth QIDG arKI is d￿1r￿1 by orE of the CMC
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'DtrTabooing Disposal In Reglonal Museum
Ak)ngYde wr Cwnbrfa Museum Conwvum kxirtnus LakdaTrJ Arts, T￿be was awarded a grant of
£90,000 from the John Ellerman FouThJab'on receved in two parts ovtr 2023 aTrJ 2025 financLal years
to dtrtat¥)o museum dlsposals across the two museums. The pn'Thipal aim of the [￿jett Is to review
refine Tullle's s(MJal histcry and costume cdWicKts. by deaccessiotlng obJ&ts whi(h no longer
proFct is rM)w In Its secryKI arKJ finl year, ¥*hKh Is fcoJs8J on rdK)mlTrJ obJetts wNch have
undergone the forn￿1 deaccessoning proces& This InVc￿& an Initial proposal from the John
Ellemian Projert Ass5tsnt to Tullie's Cc4lectlons D￿t￿lt Pa￿1, o)nsideratAon of a batch of
dlsposals by Tullie's Senk)r Leadexthlp Team aThl firkiny offidal perni1￿On to dlspM)se frc
CwnbedarKI Counal.
In terms of quanules, ￿ most Fopular deslination of obfrcts whKh have left the collecknn has been
Tullle s own Leaming and Engbjement Handllng Cdle(tion. Many of items b￿n in
thls team SIn￿ the 1990s, so the formal irnnsfer has been a rertarding cKrtC￿ne as we know the
Ob￿Cts wlll be ￿lI40Ved and entrd by and communty groups. Tr other maln destinatv)n
has t*en creaUve rEuse. The thange in the Museum As9xaation's dist￿LS guidèr￿ In 2023 means
thls Is now an encourd9￿ opts'on aThJ has (Teated cwortunitie5 Obi￿ts lthat woutd Iwe trEen I
prfortty for acquis[ti(￿ from othu axredited museuns. For examFAe, a seiecOon of poor condition
textiles Obj￿ has teen rthomed wth Tullie Texitles communlty 9￿p for use in art projetts,
and a variety of s(thl htsw costume It￿n5 have with the Ic(al amateur
theatrfcal society.
The other a9Xt of the project Is to'd+latxx>' Ili5￿￿01$, by encryJraglrvJ our colleagues ￿rosS the
muwm sector to feel eM[w￿ to undwtske similar CCI￿OnS rationa115ati￿ projects. The Jthn
Ellerrftan Project ￿￿Stant has w(thd with the Human History Curator to present at 'Ce￿bratIng
Museums, and TransfiKming Cdkniv)ns' Events with Museum Devejopment Noth a￿1 as part of the
'ChevAw the Cud, tslk serie5 wth the Rural Museums Network An artide extAorfng the w)kt and Its
Impact appeared in the SwirKJ ojltion of the Scwial Hisw Curators Gr￿Jp Joumal.. Closer to ￿Me,
the project team also host8J a sector sup[￿ Se￿On wlth dist￿lS Jenny DU￿n¢ whlch
was attended by a variaT of museums aT055 Cumbrta.
The uwomlng final n￿nthS of the WIN Invclve tthJiThJ hazards wlthln the collection tt)at
requlre prn)fe5Slc￿aI dlsposal. Tr team Fwve been wor*irKJ on a l(N)g-li5t of obpcts ¥thich C￿1n
hazards th as asbestos that ￿n{kr thwn inappropriate ft* ¢Yea￿Ve reuse a￿1 a low prlortty for
acqulsltton from Ot￿ accredlted museums. ￿ removal of ttems will faalltate Tullle's SU￿$$
th ￿der organisatlonal W1￿7￿.e$, s￿￿ as the U￿¥Tryng PPk3se 3 (rf Fro￿t Tl￿1￿ whlch will invthe
a fyll decant of the maln (dI￿]0n sto
EXHIBMONS
Thls year exhiENtion vistor were Imparted iry Parval ￿te dosures as part of the oThJcing
constnjction ￿ Phase 2 of Prokt Tu11￿. Howw, prOgrarnrr￿ was as dynamlc, dlverse and
h1￿UalIty as ever wlth ¢yJtstsndiry fee¢1￿
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'Backlng the Blues: Celebntlng 120 Years of Carllsle Unlted. _ 20 July - November 10
2024
This exhibition was Part of the l+lT￿th NLHF supported proFtt 'Be Just arKI Fear Noy. The
exhlbltlon was co-ojrated by the Cadisle unit￿ Collethve, a SFEcially recruited team of vdunteers
wF¥) worked closely with the parknership team to deVd￿ and deliver the exhibition. The exhi&¥tion
celebrdted legary and exutiiYJ future of dub, al￿ indud8J rare mem(*abilla from CUFC fans,
preViou￿Y unseen photos fr(xn the 'CumI￿rIand News. 0￿1￿￿0n. wi[￿ the s￿S cine film from
the 1960s-1gdOs, loans from Naljonal Football Museum and even a CUFC themed wedding dress!
7,571 vlsitors came to the exhibition at Tullie wth a further 45,CKIO visitirKJ the poFup tow.
'Shella Fell: Cumberfand on Canvas,. 20 November 2024- 14 Marth 2025
Sheila Fell was (ffte of Cumbria'5 and, I￿e&l, ￿ 20th nTh)5t significant artists. Champior)ed
by L.S. Lowry, her expressionist landscapes sfM)w8J her nth.ve CUmt￿and twond the pastoral and
picturesque. Athough she Ilved her adult life in L(¥Kh)n, Ojmbria was her birthpla￿ a￿1 a5
her in5pirdtion througtrK)Ut Iv caw.
's￿la Fell.. c￿m￿al￿ on Canvas, was the first mafr* retrosk*th"ve of Fell's WO￿ in over thiity
years. Tr exhibition ixwht t(MJether ILK) y￿r￿S from prtvate arx1 putllc coll&liorts across the
country from the likes of Tate. National Portrait Gallery, Royal A(2damy, and many of those mLKh
doser to home. The exhllytK￿ was curated by Ueanor arKI Andrem Bradley, who putgJsh&1 a
comprehenslve Catal￿Ue rdiY)nrE of Fdl's work in gxing 2025.
The exhlbotlon e*ored cum1￿and as Fell's s￿rCe ￿ artistic irqJratOon, d)ildhocrfd in Aspatria,
her a￿stIC development at Cadisle of Art (then l(x3ted within Tullle H(NJse) followed by St.
Mortin'5 Sthcol of Art, Fell's recr4nition as an imwtant female her rdètionships and her
legacy. In addition to Fells worf<, the exhikn'ticn IrKI￿ an interview with LcKd Melvyn Bragg,
alorng￿de a thort d(￿UMentsry on Fdl he made BBC in 1963.
ReturnirYJ to Aspatria, Fell's ￿￿ of I￿rth, the exhib￿.(￿ also featured arti5￿C responses and
exhibition int￿ret￿￿On from Richrr￿d Hill Primary Sd￿4 puimls, as well as spoken word
contrfbutiorts from Beacon Hill SecorKiary thents afKI Your¥J Woman Up members.
c￿er 10,IY]D people visited exhibtb'on, whith was wewed by ￿ninent art historian Frnn
Spaldiro on Radio 4's 'Front RO￿ prcOraM￿. Visitor feedback was eX￿pti￿1, with ccmments
indudiThJ'.
Stunrniyl Jtre dJa￿MyM1lk￿."
An accompanyiru eXh¢￿tiOn catalcrfJue 9)Id over 1,4D) copies a￿1 the exhilition ha5 Sin￿ toured to
Sunder1and Museum & Winter Gardens. The exhitrAb'on at TullE was fU￿led by ￿ Weston Loan
Programme wlth Art Fund and the Granada F(NMdation.
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RESEARCH
The thllecbons at Tullie have o)ntn"bu￿l tr) researth of several MA and PhD carKlidates In the
past year..
. As part of her PhD at the Universty of Gtssgow, Kats'e Mcaure spent three mnths worlang with t
Fir￿ and Decorative Art Collecti¢￿ as part of TrailUaziry Textile5: Morton 9Jndour Fabrits and
Edlnburgh Weavers,. The project had several key aims, all of which it achieved.. to improve the
storage of the ￿jeCts, to digSb"se the all￿tiOn, to improve lJ)e quality arKI consistency of its
documentstion and to improve the searthatilty of the ccllection on Tullie's Collecbons Management
SO￿are. Thanks to this the entirety of collethon has tEen re￿USed in suitatAe arthival
Mate￿alS, comprehwNvdy 0talcvjL￿d aTrl is Th)w ￿Ces￿ble researchers.
• A Selecti￿ of obFtts from the museum's musical instrument cdlecbon were examlned as part of
the first ever oryanological study of Bonler pl￿, a type of bagpiFt popular 1730 and 1830.
The PhD is led by Queen s University Belfast wtth AJptx)rt the Nothem Bridge cons0￿UM, this
projett involved using innovatNe techniques to measure the intaior of Tullie pipes, with a vlew to
recreating museum obJe(ts through 3D printiTrJ.
A portralt of the ar￿st Wintfr&l Nithf9)n, kn knwi as Winrfreil Roberts, by Eleanor
Fortescue-Brickdale was studied by an l*tA sttjthnt at the ￿thnne, Paris, with a focus on the use of
glassware In Fortescue-Brickdales
Addrtional research proJ&ts irKI￿e.
• Tullie's ￿ld1r￿S of work by Pre-Raphadite Sir E(hvard Bume-jcw were reseathed as part of
the BurrE-jO￿ catalcoue raisonr* proJ￿L Ths Infc￿ats.0n Is made accessble on their
projett webslte, Induding repr(KI￿tIonS of Tullie's arts¥orks to encourage further researth.
• A VikirvJ wnic disc f￿nd at Cumwhltt(￿ was exami￿ as part of the Internation￿ Runes project by
the Lower Saxonian Academy of SaerKE5 and Humanities, based in Germany.
. A Roman wc(thi tsbella ansata pand fwrKI at A￿1 Street was exarrina by archa￿￿[}41$ts
from Wardell AM)Str￿ a5 part of a comparative St￿￿Y ￿ a similar example fcwjnd In the
NethedaThJs.
. Tullie's holdirrfjs of vari(xJs ar(hae(AogK31 obptts from Cywus have been i￿luded in a monograph
mappiThJ a comprehen9ve history of Cypriot antiquitj.es in UK museums, led by the Unlversity of
London.
• A to study Tullie's Rgjency dothiThJ was uTrJertaken by a researthu from the Northem S(h￿l
of Art, HarUewx)I, wth a viert to resea￿hing methods arKI prc*Judng replica garments.
. Tullle hosted a 51udent placement as part of our oThJ￿ng relatiMship with our Intemational research
partner, the Sapienza Institute in Rome. Thls year the fcths was on complth.ng the catsl(xJuing of
pottery fragments found at the Roman fort of Bewcasth, in Ord￿ to collate a (x>mplete picture and
thereby identify future research optM)rtunitie& ljyo months, the researther examined neady all
of Tullie's ksldir¥Js of local an(i imported (￿r5e￿are frNJThJ across the BthYcasUe site.
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P￿ljett Tdlie will remain the fccus of Trusys wcrt over ihe fve or more years. This huge
ambltious and successfij wogramme of trarsfomiation - t￿*th In temis of cat4ts1 d￿￿0pment aThJ
organisational charye will ￿ TLdlie become a world class cullural organisat'on.
2025126 ￿11 see Condu￿On of Phase 2 the OJnm￿￿t of 3, ¥thlth Is now fulty
funded and has r￿1Ved Pemiission to &art frrmn National ￿Ttsge Lottery FurKI as lead
Investor. The next 12 rTh)nths wlll also see us escalate our fundraI￿￿j so that we can secure the
required match fU￿1￿j for F)hase 4 and the wot* required to develop the Casve Street prope￿"eS
acqulred by the Tnjst in D￿mber 2022. Desfft our Ilmlted rescmjrces, we c0nttn￿ to manage all of
(Mjr fvndraisirwJ intrK)use and supprt of an excd1￿* Board of Tr￿.
Our ong¢Jing partnership with Cumbedand C(MJnal is fUnda￿nts1 to the ddiv8y of Project Tdlie aTh
our ability to support the Couwl's (Drtrf)rate priorities, es￿iallY those relatiro to health a￿1
wellbeiry and pr￿mo￿ng. We have maknThJ sorre ggnthcant Stride5 espeoalW in relation to
strategy development and worknrrfJ with depart￿ts of the c￿]1 th as Children s Seryices to
vide opwrtunities for vulnerable (hikJren living in care.
In tern￿ of pla￿makJThJ, Tullle Is a key partw in ￿ cl the kYcp)sed Arts COU￿11 England Fla
Partnership fundiro applicatN)ns, whith If SLKce5thrf. will accelerate a￿lIty to Use ojltural activity
to make Cadisle aTrJ the wkler Cumberfand CcMJnol a more thiiwng Pla￿ communtties, ￿SItOrS
and businesses. Unkgj to of the Fla￿ Pathershlp proFosals Is Great &)rder aty (GBC)
InitlaUve, of whith Tullle is a member of the SteellrNJ Gmup. The GBC is the name of a Busir
Improvement Distritt (BID) prow)sal. whith aims to balk)t local fims in Carlisle on whether they want
to support the Introd￿1)0￿ of an inrnse in bugw rates to (Teate a furKI whith I￿11 Fro￿7de acti￿ty
and e￿ts aimed at among othw thir¥Js. inoTeayng oty centre footfall. T￿lIe sees thts prokx)sal as
vital to the econo￿￿C and social vltslty of aty ts fitThly backiro the initiative whlch wlll
develop throughout 2025126.
r the next 12 months. Tullle will with ots cultural ￿ganISa￿onS across the county to
develop a manifesto for culture in Fwrab"on for the protx)sal Comtined Mayoral Authority for
Cumbria. We rimi￿ trdieve that ajlture ne8J5 to at the heart of of any ne*Y aUthc*ity and so
will be lobbyiThJ wosFects've candidates to ensure that this messèje Is understwj. We have made
good start by ensuriro that the Cumbria Museum consorts.um (whith of course straddles Ihe wlK)le
cwnty) ha5 a presen￿ in the newty publi5W EcorM)mK Strategy Cumbria.
CUMBRIA BIODIVERsrrY DATA CEl￿RE (CBDC)
Throughout 2024, CBDC IN3s ccthnLEd to te active in cc41ating, maroging aThJ distributirrfj
tyodiver%ty and geodiversty dats to users across U)e county to lkn infom en￿ronMental
dedslon ma￿ng. Wothng dosely wlth the reCordi￿j LommuThty. CBDC surpassed three milllon
species records In eady 2025 with year to the of Marth 2025 yielding mfft dats than any
other annual total. This contil￿te$ 5ignificanty to establishirrfj a bic(iiversty base11￿ f￿ Cumbria for
fLthre moritoring ar¥J assessrwiL
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The c￿mbria County Wldllfe Sétes Proje¢ a C￿lab￿atOon Cumbria Wildlrfe Tnjst and CBD
coM￿eted its flrst year after an Interyal of more than 15 years. A team was re(JiJlted, wtth tsvo
eld offi￿r5 based at CBDC with resporfjl￿.1ty for suwThJ a minimum of ICK) sites per year.
team achieved this aim, estst4ishiry a robust survewng rnethcth￿, deVelo￿n9 dats
collafjon approaches and re.e5taNlshiThJ ts ¢￿ty-WIde &te Selethon Pand to assess the resulting
suNey reports. Tr surveys wrll determirE coThlition of W haLy"tsts atross the cwnty and infom
)w they can be ktter man&Jed in the future to meet ￿ulatOry requirements SLKth as 30try30
(the g)vemmenYs commlknent to pro￿ 30% of larKI arKI sea by 2030).
Work contlnued wlth WestsTh)rland and ￿JMesS Cwn(il ￿ the (kndopmert of the Cumbrta Local
Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), (Teatiry ￿ ststutry maps to Kcompany strategy and
providing bi(xliwsty dats to ￿ COur￿J1 team. With the fina publlcation of ￿ straty In late 2025,
CBDC will thereafter w￿k dosdy with the Cumbria Local Nature Part)&ship to monltor ddlvery of
the strategy.
CBDC has w(thJJ d05dy wlth ots parts￿[5 thr(xMJh a rdNJe of arn1￿id￿lI proiecL5 i￿ll*￿1r￿j lookjng
at green flnan￿ cWons for the ￿aY salt marshes arKJ moddlirg dists1t￿tion pattems of the
Invasve rK￿-nat6ve Amef6can Mink CBDC also continued to maintsin and ¢Jevdop the Cumbn'a
Biodlverslty EVIden￿ Base whth is Sup￿le￿ to a rdrye of partws, i￿lUdI1￿j Ihe local authorftles and
natlonal parks, trj Infom all bicKliver5ity-rdated actimty.
A major role for CBDC is in Inf￿MI￿j g￿￿1 pr￿tICe in wldlife recordlro. Thls tskes pl&e through
range of er￿gernent aTKI outreaol aCtiV￿e5 I￿1￿J1￿j tslks to l¢xal groups, parttapabon in 'blobll
ew)ts, and organi5iTrJ a series of recordirwj day5 e￿h year to briNJ establish￿1 and rew record￿5
together. This wc*k increased in 2025 wrth the ￿10t of'cumbria Wild Watth,. Ths Cowt Is Sntend8J
to be an annual even¢ takn'ng F4ace durfng weekerxl in June and aimed at ralsing the profile
of wildllfe recordirKJ across Cumbrha to enfJJufa9e fTK)re FEople to teconE reguL4r rÉrorder5. Worknng
wlth Cumbda Devdopmwt Educati(M) ￿tre, the txkjt Cumtlia Wfld Wat(h ¢xganised resource5 and
workshop f¢Y sdK)(AsA yourvJ twle and other (c￿M￿nity groups to enctyJThJe them to parucipate In
the evenL c￿er 2,OtKI a(kiibonal r￿)rdS were obtalned iilot ev￿￿ a￿1 the intention Is to
devdop tFt event furt￿ in future years as the main ￿Dc public ￿gen￿￿t event. Excellent
media coverage was obtai￿, Indu￿on In ktal t￿e￿Slon news pr(MJrdmmiThJ.
CO￿ to athvitles are Ihe re£ordlTrJ comm￿ty help to prixnote rttordiThJ a5 wdl as
generate t￿Sa￿ts of vthldlffe records every year. CBDC organises the Cumbria Recordws.
confer￿￿ every winter to recorders ttyettw tt) (Eletrate tsr wor* and how it is used by
d￿er￿* organlsatlons to inforni nattjre rexDvery ruoss the county. The last ￿ confererw have
seen Ihe b￿ge& audlerKES In CBDC hits arKI have l&id to r￿dI1￿j acW ￿ro$S CumtrKia.
Towards lthe erKI of 2024, CBDC appli￿ to ￿ Royal C￿ty￿de FuThd an award to help develop
practlcal tralning programrrEs for a num1￿ of active recordlro Commun[t￿ in the county. The
appll(%tion was succe55fv1 arKJ the prcgTrmme wll te deve￿￿ deliver￿1 to three communlues
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CUMBRIA MUSEUM CONSORTIIIM (CMC)
Tullie continLES to lead the Cum￿la Museurn Con9)rtium {CMC) in pathrship with the Wordsworth
Trust and Lakeland Arts, suptKJrted by Arts Cour￿1 England through the 202>26 National PLYifolio.
Year two has been marked by arntm'tion. ￿aptrtiw. arKI rrEani￿￿l than9e.
This year, CMC was awarded £1,187,313 in NPO furxliw to (xX)tInL￿ ddivering high-qualty (Jltural
experience5, enharKe our cdleLtions. and c￿n￿t with rthy arKI diverse a￿len￿. At Tullle. efforts
have ￿en ￿ntred on a major (apital redevelopment t￿￿Ct. With the museum partlalty dosed, the
team explored inTh)vats've ways to ￿ the public-%Lth as launthlrNJ a P(P-Up museum-1a￿ng
the f(AJfKlation for a nK>re Ind￿Ve arKI a(£esgiAe wgtor eX￿}e[KE. Lakek3nd Arts rnaintalned
operations at Wi[KleMe￿ Jetty Museum. Blthvell - the Arts and Crafts Hwse, arnl Abbot Hall Art
Gallery, while the Lakeland Museum remains dosed for a multi-phase redevdopment. The
organisatlon recdved £120,000 to supwt Its contemkwary art pr(*Jramme and entered a new era
wlth the appolntment of a new CEO, MrKJlrKJ reW￿d f￿JS to finandal SLLstsinatility and strategic
dlrectbon. Meanwhi￿, W(Kdsworth GrasrTEre urMlert(K)k a (J)mpretrwYve busrne55 review. usng the
Inslghts galned to begin sFklPiNJ a rEw for the TrusL
Partiapation and Leaming
Despite rfsiTrJ travel costs, our leamiThJ teams remalned committed to ddivering high-quality
ed￿atIonal eWences across the regi￿. ThrO￿Jh a combination of onsite and outreach
CMC dellvered 506 sttK)ol sessions, regjlting in 15,852 leamirvJ ￿￿jageMents. 2020. 74% of all
primary and S￿[￿lary sdths in CuM￿a have wth a CNC ￿V￿￿nOnStratlng strong
regi[￿al reach.
CoMm￿lty outra￿ and Wellbelng
With support from specialist partr*rs, CMC éelivered a wide range of outreth athvities, resulting in
212 workshops and 5,148 meani[￿￿￿ eryJa9wnents with 1ndMd￿1s and communits'es across the
region, Highlights i￿lkIed.
M*t Me at the Museum ITullE).' (Teative S￿￿on5 adults Ylth de￿tia aTrJ thelr (arers.
• Tullie on Tow.. ouir&ich acTOSS ￿mbna.5 west coasL
. Pctty (Wordswoth Tr￿t). regL￿ar sess￿￿ In r*lorfty areas I￿audI￿ Barrow and
Morecambe.
Sketth & ￿1 (Lake1￿ Arts): WelliElrKJ-ftKMe￿ mtive walk&
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Youth Skills and Creatlvlty
CMC remains cc*nmltted to nurturing the next gerErnticffi of ojlbjral and (yeative trI￿l This year, we
SUP[￿ed 1,455 youTrJ tEOF4e through appmticethips, traineeslmps, and dedicated programmes.
Key initiatives:
• Dove Cott&Je YourrfJ Pcets (Wordsworth Trust)
• Arts EWorer5 {Tullie)
• Forge Festival (Lakeland Arts. in partI￿1p V￿th the Knottoj Ftoject)
Exhibitions and Audlences
CMC venw attr￿ted 104,379 paid Vfistt(￿s, cdebrdtirvJ colteLtiors, broadening actess, a￿1 inspiring
learning.
Exhibition highlights:
• To the Lakesll (Wordswc*th Trust): early tourism thr(wh hIstC￿1C Vol￿ aThJ Images.
'Backing the Blues, (Tullie): c(￿cUrated with Qvlisle United Co1￿￿"Ve, celethting 120 years of the
dub.
. 'aaude Cahun.. Beneath the Masy (LakdarKI Arts).. exploriro identity aTrJ getjkr, wth tour5 led by
Kendal CcAlege stL•Jen
Equity, Diverslty and Indusion
Over the past year, CMC dellvered targetd trdining to deepen understsndlng of diversty and
indusion. Ths induded Mentsl Health Awa￿[￿$5 training for rll managers and Leamlng Disatmlity
Awareness tralnlng for staff-SUPFKMb'rvJ a more empa￿tiC and a￿SSi￿e enmronment for
colleagues and visitor* In partnership Anti ￿￿"st Cumbn"a, ￿lor leaders oynpleted a year-long
antl-radsm priyJramme. f(Alowed by cwational audits examlnlro and cukure through an
anti-rdast lens. Each o￿aTriSation ￿11 now iJeveW an anti-raasm artion ￿an to embed lasting
Cha￿je.
Settor Leodership
CMC (r)ntinues to lead and InflUe￿e the sectr* throLWJh:
• Memtership of the National Museum [*r￿t[￿s, CwrKiI
• c0-d￿1n[Yj the Cumbria Museum Directors Grwp
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We also contrfbute to regional and netvrt￿. Ir￿￿11￿￿.
. ErrfJlish a￿t Muwms
. Hadrlan s Wall Parknershlp
. National Historic Slipthope Netw(¥k
• UtHtsuses Group
Condusion
Thls year has derrK>nstrated the p(Y•¥er of aAEatM)rotion, ￿￿11￿￿e. arKI (Teat￿Tty. The Con50rtium
remains committed to ￿lIIdir￿j on this momentUn￿stre￿rthng (Mjr role as culbjral lerAJers and
trusted stewards of Cumbria s iich and diverse heritage.
STRATEGIC REPORT
The following seth[￿5 form the stroteglc repxt (* tharity.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The Opera￿onal Outco￿ f¢x the year is a net defictt bef(Ye Th￿re￿rrif￿￿ rtems of £229,317 (2024..
operatonal net deficit £47,021). The defiat refiects dogJre of the Museum for a swJnifitant part of
Ihe year. Deficits in 2022, 2023 arKI 2024 finarKial year5 were materially offset by items of
norrfeajrring irKome as illustratej in ￿ tsI￿e IAOW:
20201 20211 20221 20231 20241
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
£000 £IKKb £000 £000 £000
OFeratirrfJ surpIug(de￿t) beth r￿-re￿Trj
Income- unrestrirted irthme
24
(246) {449) {47) {229)
Coronavirus rdated 9JPt#Jt grants
One off management fee for work rm tKJiIdi￿5
transfe￿￿ to Tullie
755
204
Business rates rebate for premous years
Operatlonal surrAusl (defi(it) after rK￿-r￿rl
IrKome - unre5trKteii irKorT
302
35
782
(42)
653
{12) {229)
Restricted Ir￿￿ne less expernlI￿re
Cfverall net surFdus/(ddkit)
170
(1051
(147) 1,204
551
502 3,252
3,023
952
Net restrirted in(rffie I￿ ex￿￿1￿lre of £3,251,9￿ (2024.. £502,467) refietts the fart that nTh)st of
this restricted income is furKliThJ for Project T￿lIe for vthith costs are catitslised and will be tharged
as expenditure In future y&irs as depreciation.
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museum t8nw)rdrity for capTtsI worts at the of December 2023 and partially
reopened in July 2024. The Trading Company commerdal continued to generBte tumover
durlng the pericrtl but at a significanty lower levej than p¥ior years due to the clogJre p&lod. ￿thoUgh
the cafe operated 3 Ilmited fr[￿ Juty 2024 to Feiwuary 2025 caterfng income was muth lower
than it was when we fvlty rtrO￿ed the cafe. Overall tradi￿ actiwtbe5 gwated a nil profit and as
such there was m th)nation to the Trust (2024: £26.378). Dwyte various energy saMrrfJ inibatrves,
hlgh energy costs contynLk*l to impact fr* re5erve5 with costs in 2025.
Visitor num￿$ ￿li[￿d sKJnificantly during the of dosjre but Improv&1 Wh￿ we partlally
reyn￿1 in July 2024. These nurnbws were ftrther In February 2025 we held a free
weekend. NumtAYS Wl 2025 have been very Eh)sitive.
Trusys totsl reser¥es at 31 Marth 2025 w￿e £6,634,481 (2024: £3,611.808). These total
reserves are math up of unrestrlcted free reseNes of £91,120 (2024.. £91,120), unrestrlcted
designatrd reserves of £1,609,571 (2024: £1.838,888) restricted ￿ of £4,933,?￿ (2024:
£1,681,8LK)). Detslls of the fvnds compisryJ these reserves are shown in rN)te 23.
RESERVES POLICY
Each year the Trustees consl(*r the an￿nt of unre5trtted reserves to designate to cover the costs
of partlcular projects induded in the txjgness ￿an. In addlticn, the Tnjstees COn￿der levds of rfsk
asxtlated wlth major categorles of a￿[ expendibjre cc*m￿lsIr0 the IMAlget for the year
ahead and the latesl ￿an a￿1 derive from that assessment a target rary of free reserves.
Thls target rdnge is Cur￿tty set at £400,OCrf) to £5￿,0￿.
Trustees bdieve that the kn￿-term finarKial sustsiromty of the mLtseum Is deperKlent on
progt*sslrYJ Projert T￿lie. The balar￿e of reseryes de&gnat8J for the purkK￿e stsnds at £156.143
these are expected to te defra￿￿ over rExt 2-3 years. Trustees also plan to defray the
Castle Street resetves of £650,(K)O over the next 2.3 years provid&J free re$￿e$ are malntalned at
or dose to target levels. Trustees have des￿rtat￿ reserves IEld on behalf of the CumMa Blodlverslty
Data Centre whlch a￿ c(NNdered to be approwiate to cover the antlapated fUtrJ￿ ralucbons in
fundSrKJ.
After sethng a￿de deslgnated r￿erVes. ttE ranainirKJ uNe4Acted free reserves an￿￿nt to £91,120.
Thls Ls than target ronge for f￿e r￿e5 and is as expthj In the business plan whith
projects a ￿buIlding of those reserves next p￿Se5 of Projett TU11￿ are cOm￿ete￿. Trustees
have carefully co￿der￿ cashflow prO￿￿onS and are satlsfvl ttw a￿ to meet the
ongolng needs of the TrusL
After the year￿d in W￿ber 2025 Tullie was awarded a grant of £0.6m from the A
administered Museum Renewal Fund. Thls ￿11 enab￿ gerffiting iniliatwes to be athoned
and retum free resew to dose to tt*ir tsrget levd. It wll also mean that Castle Street works
can be wogressed dudng 2025126 trj Lyeate neetsj spaces for Tullie's communty supwrt
actmties..
INVEsfMEMr poucy
Tnjst h(Ads an InveStr￿t ￿coUnt whkh ts revl&Yed regularfy ty the Trustees.
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IUSK MANAGEMEpir
All significant activities undertaken by the Trust are to a prior risk review before
implementst1￿. ma￿ rlsks Klenttfied are rank￿ in term5 of t￿'r Wtial impact a￿1 like11tr￿Od.
The followlng framework is central to ensuring a(tyuate rith management:
. Regular monltoring of major rfsks arKI thption rf mitigating Measu￿ iThj￿lIng disastw recovery
t4ans.
. Embeddlng rtsk Iden￿ri{￿on and ass￿￿ vithin w¢￿￿￿e5.
• A clear struthre of delegated aUth￿lty aThJ contrd.
. Malntsitlng ￿selVeS in Ilne wrth set Oioe>
The rlsk register Is regularly wewed by Ix)th Audit arKI Fknsk C(Mnmittee aTrJ the Trust Board.
Ap￿nded to main Tullie strategic arKI cwational risk register are risk regtsters for tK)th
CMC actiwty and proj￿ TullE. Tr current top risks identified are:
l. Fallure to meet ftJndraisirKJ targets - the kjwer numiEr of retuming to the museum
st-dowre results in reduced inc(¥ne for Trust. to the rTh)viro timdlne of Phase 2 of Projett
rul1￿, prografflming has be￿ reactive rdttv than planned aThJ t￿fOre f( has been dffficult to
maintain the ￿a￿ed Mom￿t￿. The ￿l￿rn has re-OFened its new 4￿e$ In Aprfl 2025 and
tor numbers have i￿￿ muth IMp￿0ved. Tr 1kni￿t Tullie d•ents are also at rlsk If
match&l fundlng each phase is not S￿Ure1J.
2. RedUCt￿n In aglllty of the Trusvs fina￿eS to ￿ alk to restX)fKI to any urgent investment need
oufvlith the scope of ProPrt Tullle. Control of eXpe￿Ilture and firkHrKial monitoring to
MI￿gate risk.
3. CharKJes In nat￿nal or l(Kal wvemment policy to a loss of fU￿1r￿j and supwrt for
museums- Cumbria has ￿rK￿g(￿e a IcKal g0vemm￿t revw resulb"r¥J in Carli￿e City Counal being
5ub5umed into Cumbedand COU￿1. Trustees and the Director have worked hard to estatJish eff￿tive
Communica￿on ¥￿th the new members arKJ offic￿5 to eJL5ure that all key personnd are aware of wr
Impart and the for contin￿1 SUPFK>rL
4. Increased cost of a￿1 se￿￿$, I￿LIJirrfj ￿Jh inflalkn. In partlcLlar wwgy costs ¥e
considered to be a sIgn￿lCant rtsk and (Tht (mtrols and wutar rrM)nfitorft¥J is in t￿3￿ to mitigate this
rls
5. Red￿tionS to levels of free unrestrirtd reserves during Fyoprt Tullie ConStr￿ts.0n phases. The
Trustees and Directors are very fca￿ed cfft C¢vthUy managiThJ fr* unrestrictal arKI designated
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Objectives andpolicMs
The Trusys acbvitses ext#)se r( to a rwmber of finamal risks I￿l￿dir￿j cred* rtsk aThJ cath fkhy risk
The use of financlal derivalves Is governed try the charivs approved by the Board of
Trustees.
The Tnjsts actlwties ex￿ It primarfily to fina￿]81 risks ifj Interest rates. Interest bearfng assets
Ilabilit￿ a￿ held at T￿1 rates to erwre certiwnty of iJsh tlthv&
Credit
The Trusys prfndpal flnancfial assets are bank balan￿ and cath. tr* other receivables and
Investmen￿ The Trustees Fwve con￿d￿ed the risks that aff&t the day to day opeTrtior6 arKI have
Implemented ￿￿edureS that are apwopriate to the srze of the tharity.
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Trustees (who are Iso the direLtors of Tullie Hwse Museum and Art Gallery Trust for the
purpose5 of company law) are resp)rsit4e for preparirrfj the TnJstees' re￿rt (in￿Wa￿ng the
strategic rekx)rt and directors, repjt) and the finanaal ststements In accordan￿ wth appll(xble law
and United Klngdcln knoJnting StarKlards {Unttal ￿ngdoM Generalty A(repted Accounbng Prattl￿),
Includlng FRS 102 Tr Fina￿31 Rel￿11[¥j StarKl3rd aprA10b￿ in ￿ UK a￿1 Republic of Ireland"
Company law requires the Trustees to wepare flnan(ial stat9m￿ts for ead) finarKial year, Under
company law Trustees must not approve the finarKial statements unless tly are satisfied that
they glve a true arKi fair view of the 5tste of affair5 of the tharitable company (aTrJ tke group) and of
the inCoff￿ng ￿$oUr￿ and ap￿ICatiOn of ￿)u￿, Ind￿dIr￿j its income aThJ exp￿diture, of the
charitable c(￿PanY1gr￿Jp for that terlc¥d. In trepaNng these finandal ststements, the Trustees a
requlred to:
sdett sults￿e aCc￿nting ￿ll(leS atth cOn￿Stendy.
observe the methods and [41r￿pIeS In Chartties SORP;
make Judgements and estfmate5 tlk3t are rea9Thble arKi WLtht;
state whether applicable UK accountirrfj stsndards. (nmpri9ng FRS 102 have followed,
sUb￿Ct to any material departures disd0￿1 and explaind in the finarKial 5tster￿ts. a￿1
prepare the finanaal statements on goiTrJ c￿￿ern bass U￿eSS it is inappropriate to presume
that the tharitsble company will continue in t￿sIr￿.
The Trustees are r￿￿Ible for malntsinirKJ a(KountirvJ rKords that (3n dlsd05e with
reasonable acajracy at any time the finanaal posti￿ of the tharitsble company ￿lable them to
ensure that the fina￿731 ststements wrrkpty with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible
for safegUardIr￿ a55ets of tharitabk company aThJ ￿e taknThJ rea￿)naL￿e steps for lthe
prevention and detection of fralhl aThJ 0￿ irregulanb"es.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDrroR
Each Trustee has taken steps that they 0￿ht to have tsken as a Tnjstee in order to make themselves
aware of any relev￿ audit inf0m￿ts.0n and to establish that the tharity's audrtor Is aware of that
informati￿. The Trustees confim) that lJ)ere & no rethnt Infmtim that tw know of and of
which they know the aLKiitr)r is unaware.
The ann
behalf
I retKrt was apwoved by the Trustees of the tharity on 24 0rt(ts 2025 arKI on
Mr A J SmitFI CVO
T￿￿tee
Ms C A M T7Th)m￿ DL
Tr￿
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COMPANY LIMfTED BY GUARA14TEE
INDEPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY TRUST
OPINION
We have a￿lIted the flna￿a￿ statfftts cl Tulle HC￿ Mwjm and Art Galw Trust (the
'tharitable parent company,) its subsdiary (together tt* 'group') the year ended 31 Marth
2025, whith (Dmprlse the Ccnsolldated slatenErt of fina￿al (irKI￿lir￿j the Income and
eXpe￿Ilture Kcount), Consdidatal bala[￿ sheeL Bala￿e Con5didated statement of cash
flows arKi Notes to the fina￿￿1 5tsterrEnts, j￿ILMI￿ng a summary of signlflcant accwnlir¥J poliae5.
The finarrial reportirvJ frar￿￿rk that has been in tha'r Fryaratton is United ￿ngdoM
Accoundng Stdndards, com￿l￿ng u￿rItieS 50RP - FRS 102 Tr ffnawal Worting Stsndard
aprAlcable In UK and Republfic Lrf IrdarKI' and aptAicable law (lthrted Kiruth)m Generaiy A￿ept
ACC￿nting practi￿).
In our OF4nlon the flnarrial State[r￿ts.
give a true and fair Mew of the state of ￿ gr￿p,S and parent charftys affalrs as at 31 March
2025 and of its Ir￿￿1￿ res￿r￿ aThl ￿l(2t1￿ of re9)urces, I￿jud1rKj Its Income and
expeNliture, for the year then ￿ded.
have been property F*epaTed in aCc(*dar￿e wlth Untsj ￿￿dorn Generally AC￿pted Accounting
Practice,. and
have ￿en Fyepared In wlth requir￿neTrts of the com[￿leS Act 2(￿.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted ¢JJr audlt In ac£trdarKe with Intematlonal StsThYards on AudMNJ (UK) {ISAs (UK)) aThJ
appllcable law. (Xjr re4K￿51￿1￿es under those staTKiards are furthw ¢JestrlW in Auditorfs
responslbllltles ft)r audit of the firkindal ststements sectic￿ cl our retNrt We are independent of
the group In aCCordar￿e ￿th the ethical requirements that are relevant to (xjr a￿lt of the fIna￿la1
StateM￿ts in the UK indudlry the FRC'S Ethical Stsndard, and we have f￿lled w other ethical
resw>nslbllities in accc*datKe ¥￿th these ￿UIreMents. We LElieve that the a￿lt ￿der￿e we have
obtained ks sUff￿￿t and aptryriate to wowde a basis for w 0￿.n￿)n.
CONCLUSIONS RELATING TO GOING CONCERN
In auditiTrJ the finaNSal statements. we have ccThJuded that the Trustees use of the gdng cfficem
ba&5 of accountiro In preparation of ￿ fin￿al Statem￿ is apw(plate.
Ba￿ on the work we have perf0M￿l, we have Th)t hdentifi&J ary material uncertalnt4es rdating to
events or corKiits'ons that, ar￿￿dullY ￿ crAlectivdy, may cast signifft3nt dctht on the group arkj
parent companvs a￿"lIty to thntinue as a gcqrrfJ concem for a peri(Kl of at least twdve rrKxth from
when the original finarKYal ststements were aUt￿riSed for is￿.
r responsibllitles and the re4KYL51Lxl￿e5 of the Trijstees with re$r￿t to ￿r￿j cOr￿n are
deS￿bed Sn the rdevart ￿tionS ￿ this ret¥rt
OTHER INFORMATION
The Tnjstees a￿ responsible other informab'on. The other InfrKmation comprfses the
nf(*maUon Induded in the annual reFX)rt, irKludirrfJ the Trust*s' rwt, other than the finanaal
ststements and our auditorfs report ttr￿e0n. (Xjr opinicm on the finarKial ststeM￿ts does rK)t cover
the other infomwtlon and, except to the extent Ot1￿￿&Se ststed In our rep￿rt, we do ￿t
exp￿$ any fomi of assuran￿ (￿U￿n V￿e0n.
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COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY TRUST (CONTINUED)
In Co￿￿tIOn %•Ath our a￿lt of the finamal siatements, our res￿nSibIlity 15 to read the otF
informatfjon and, in doirYJ so, (x)nsider whether the obher information is materially incongstent with
the financial staterwits or our krM)wl* (thined in the a￿lIt or Othe￿Se appears to be materlally
mlsstated. If we identify such material irKon9Sterries (x aprA?￿t materbal misststanents, we are
require(1 to detemilne whthr ￿re is a material misstatefflent in ttr￿ finatKk4 strdtements or a
material misstathent (rf tt* other Infom)ation. If, based on the woth we have perforrTEd, we
condude that there Is a Mat￿al misstaten*nt of INS othw infom)atth, we are r8]uired to report
that fact.
We have nothing to rwt in this regard.
OPINION ON OTHER MATfER PRESCRIBED BYTHE COMPANIES Acr 2006
In our Wnion, based on the work uThJertaken in ￿ course of the a￿lt.
the infomation gNen in the Statement of the Chair of Trustees Museum thrector aTrJ
Trustees. ret#xt {incorForating the strat￿lC arKJ dirthrs, retxyt) for the finanaal year for Nthich
the finandal statements are prepared is cofLSiStent with ￿ finanoal ststements; and
the Ststement of the Chair of Tnjstees arml Museum Director and Trustees, reFQrt (incO￿￿ng
the strategic and directors. re￿t) have been prep¥&J in aCc(*th￿e with applicable legal
requirements.
MAThERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY EXCEPTION
In the light of our kno• and understanding of the grwp an(J t￿ pawt (*bartiable company aNI
en￿ronment obtained in the c(yJrse of the audi¢ we have klentifieil wnaterial mlsstatempmts In
the Staternent of the Chalr of Trustees aThJ Museum D(rector aTrJ Tnth, reFQrt (irKJ)rporatlw the
strategic arKI dirertors, rewt).
We have Th)thlr4J to rep)rt In r* cl the fdlowiThJ matters C￿npanIeS Att 2006 requires
us to report to you If, In (4Jr oplnk)n:
adequate and prow accountirvJ r￿5 have rK)t tten kept by ttE pamt d￿r[taLle company, or
retums adequate for our audit have Th)t t￿n received from branclEs not Visitd by us. or
the parent tharitable compary finarKial slatanents are not In aJreement with the accountiThJ
records and retums. or
certain disdosure5 of trustees, r￿nUr￿rati(￿ wified by law a￿ not made; or
we have not received all the Inf(rnti￿ etynatw)rts we ro]ulre for our aL*JiL
RESPONSIBILTtIES OF TRLISTEES
As explained hjlly in the Statement of TnJ5tee< Reg)on5FblliVes [set out on page 30], the
Tru5tees' (w￿9 are also the dirthrs of the chantable company for the purp)5es of company lawl are
responsible for the prepardtion of the finandal statements aThl for beiThJ satisfied that ty give a true
and fair view, and such intanal contrd as Trustees determine is necessary to enatle the
preparation of financial statements that are ￿ from material misstatement, wF*ther due to fraud or
error.
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COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAPfftE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY TRusf (COPMNUED)
In preparing finarKJal ststerlth, the Tvlstees are resFonsatAe for a$S￿ng the group's aThJ t
parent tharitable company's abillty to conts.nue as a Wivj concem. disclosirrfJ, as applicat4e, matters
related to goirrfJ con￿rn uslry the wrKJ c(xKem bays of rm)untirKJ unless the Trustees either
Inte￿1 to Ilquldate the group ￿ the parent (haritsble oxnpany or to ￿se operatiofts, or have
reallsoc altemauve but to do g).
AUDrroR RESPONSIBIUTIES FOR THE AUDTh OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objethves are to obtaln reasonab￿ assuTrrKe ab￿t sthether the finanoal statements as a W￿le
are free from materfal misststement, whettw due to fra￿1 or ernr, a￿1 to issue an auditorfs rewt
that ￿nd￿leS our opIn￿. Reasonat4e assuran￿ is a high owTrn￿, tmrt is r¥)t a guarantee
that an audit conducted in ￿cOrdan￿ ISAS (UK) will always detect a materfal misstatement
when it exists. Mlsstst￿ents can arlse from fra￿1 ￿ uror arKI are C￿Sfrdel￿d matwal if, iNJNidual
CK in the aggr8Jate, tlw c(KJld ffjs0nat￿Y exFe*ed to ecorK)mic decisior6 of uws
taken on the ba￿S of these finan(ial 5tatemerfts.
Irregulafftles, i￿UdIng fraud, are Instan￿ of rKKpcomplw(e with laws reguLitlons. We design
pr￿edureS In Ilne wlth restxxwbilities. outlin&J at4)ve, to det81 material misststements in
respect of Irregularities, ind￿lIr¥j fr￿1. The extert to whKh pr￿lureS are capatAe of detectlrKJ
Irregularfties, i￿v(lir￿J fraudls detslled tdow.
Our a￿lIt wccedures wwe de9gwl to restxnl to thcEe thtified rtsks, Ind￿lIng non-(x)mpllarKe
with laws and regUlati￿S (irregularities) army fra￿1 that are ma￿la1 to the fin￿al statements. ()Jr
aLklit proc&jU￿ ind￿d￿j Ixrt wue limited to:
. Dlscusgng with the Trustees aThJ Mwent thelr pdldes arnl pYC￿ure5 r8JardiThJ comp16an
th laws and regUlatior￿.
• Communicatirrfj IdenOfled laws and regulations IhrowJhwt our errfjagement te3m and r￿aInINj
alert to any Indi(aUons of r￿-COmplian￿ throughwt our a￿lt. aTrJ
Con￿der1r￿ risk of by group whlch wwe contray to tre aOlL7Lle laws aThJ
regdatlcfs, indLMliNJ fraud.
Our audit FX(Thlures in relaoon to fra￿1 SndLhJed bjt were M)t Ilm1￿ to:
• Moknng enqulrfes of the Trustees MaNynent ￿ whether tfv hal kmwledge cl any att￿1,
SUSkEtted or alleged fraud;
• GainlThJ an uThlerstarKling of the intemal controls estsblished to M￿figate rtsis rela￿1 to fTrud'
• Dlscusslng amongst the erYJawffit team the ￿SkS of fra￿,. arKI
• Address*)g the 11sks of fraLKI throlth man&j￿)￿ owride irf c￿￿[￿5 by ￿rfCffi11ng h)umal enty
tesbng.
We are not resp)nslble for dthtirwJ fraud arKI weventirrfj r￿￿-COMpl￿7r￿e aThJ can￿t be expected ts)
detect all fraLkl and rK)n-comEl1an￿ wth all laws aTrJ regulato￿& Tr wmary ￿[OnSibIlity for the
preventfion arKi detectim of iryegularftles lThJudirKJ fraLKI rests the Trustees arn
Managem￿t. A5 wlth any a￿lt, tse remained a risk of rKMHktection of irTegularitles, as these may
Invc4ve collusi￿, forgery, ￿￿tic#1a1 (xnis51ixLS, m1srepresentaticr￿ or the override of intemal
control&
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPA14Y UMTfED BY GUARANTEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY TRusf (CONTINUED)
A further deSCriptK￿ of our reS[K￿￿tIlroesls available ￿ the Tr'nancial Re￿rtIng Coun(il'5 webyte at:
www.frLorg.uklaLKllt0rsressy)n￿bl1￿tle5. This de5ulptK￿ forn￿ part of (￿r aLKI1￿5 reFK)fL
As part of an audit in ￿CordanCe with ISAS (UK), we exerdse ￿￿feSSOnal j￿Jgery￿nt and mairrtain
Ifessional scepuci￿n thr(xJgFKMrt the audOL We also:
Identify and assess the risks of material mi55tstanent of the fina￿)31 ststfftnts, Ythettw due to
fraud or emy, deslgn and wfomi audit prc(edures r￿1ve to those risks, and obtain audit
den￿ that is ￿Cl￿1t and approprfate to provlde a b￿"S for our cynlon. The risk of not
detecbng a material mlsststenEnt resulbng from fraud is higlw than for or* resulOng from error,
as fraud may involve cdIu￿On, forgwy, s￿￿tIOr￿1 omissic¥ts, mI￿presen￿￿Ons. or ihe ov8rlde
of Internal contr￿.
Obtsin an uThYerstanding of internal a)ntrd r￿￿t to the aJJit in orts to d￿gn audlt
procedures that are apprOp￿ate in the orCun￿￿r￿, iKJt rK)t for ￿ pUr[￿￿e of expre5siw an
oplnion cffi the effectiveness of the group's internal control.
Evaluate the approwiateness of accountiryj ￿￿k)eS used a￿fj Ihe reasonaLleness of accounting
estimates related disd05ures made by the Trustees.
Condude on Ihe approWla￿ess of the Trustees use of the wir¥J cwcem bas15 of accounting
and, ba￿ on the a￿lIt e￿den￿ obtslned, vthether a materéal unc￿ts1nty exists rdated to events
or condltions that wnay cast significant doubt on grwp's or the parent d)Oritsb￿ company's
abllity to c￿onUe as a ￿)ir￿j corKern. If we condude that a material u￿ertaInty exists, we are
requlred to drdw attention in our auditorfs re￿)rt to the related dlsdoS￿eS in financlal
statements or, ff s￿h dlsdosure5 are inadequate, tr) mcx1ify our ￿n￿On. Our ccThdU￿OnS are
based on the audit e￿den￿ obts[n￿ up to date of (xjr auditorfs reporL Howevw, futu
events or conditions may cause the group or the parent tharitstAe ccffipany to ￿ase to continue
as a goiThJ cc*Kem.
Evaluate the overall presentstion, strW1u￿ and (nntent of the finatxial statements, Ir*JthJlng tre
dlsd09Jres, and whets the financial ststwnents re[Ye￿t the ￿ndeth￿ transactK)ns and
events in a manner that ad)ieves falr presentsb"on.
Obtsin suffia￿t appropriate aL*Jit eviden￿ regardirvj ￿ fina￿JaI infornation of the entitEs or
bL￿nesS athmues withln group to express an on the corsolidated finanoal sts￿ents.
We are re5ponsble for the diredion, siJpeThi9cffi and perf(YnWn￿ of the group audiL We remaln
solely resp)nslble fv wr aLMJit opinion.
We communicate th)se tharged wth gov¥nan￿ regardirYJ, amrKJ other mattws, planned
scope and timing of the audit arKI 5ignifirJnt audrt firKI1￿, Ind￿J1￿j any slgnlficant defia￿eS In
Internal control that we Identy during our a￿JIL

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARArirEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY TRU￿ {coritlNUED)
USE OF OUR REPORT
This report is made solely to the th3ritat4e parent compary's m￿L￿S , as a tx)dy, in aaDrdan
wlth Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Cixnpanies ALt 2(X)6. Our audit WO￿ has been undertaken so that
we might State to the charitsble parent companys nEmbers matters we are required to state
to them in an auditor's report and other purpose. To the fullest extent pemiitted by law, we do
not accept or assume responsbility to anyone other than the d￿ritsb￿ pamt company and the
tharitstle parent companvs memLws as a body, for our audit y￿rk, for this report or for the
opinions we have forrned.
AUSON WELTON {Senior statUt￿Y Audits￿)
For and on behalf of
Dawd Allen
Chartered Accountsrits & Ststutory A￿l[lor
Dalmar House
Barra5 Lane Estate
Dalston
Carlisle
Date.. 24 (Xtober 2025
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY UMITED BY GUARApifEE
CONSOLIDATED sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcrIvrrIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
MARCH 2025
(INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED INCOME AND EXPENDMIRE AccouKf AND STATEMENT OF
TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES)
Total
2024
nds
funds
2025
Income and Endowments from:
D(￿ations, legaaes and
grants recdVa1￿e
cha￿ta￿e activlties
other trading aCti￿tIeS
Investment IrKcffte
48,140
1,405,534
236,806
4,376,148
4,424.288
1,405,534
236,W6
2,307,791
1,289,705
173,787
Total inc(Mne
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable act'vibes
Rates apkwl rebate
1.724.731
4 376 148
6 100 879
3 826 216
(350,145)
(350,145)
(244,152)
(1,807,316) (l.(k53.522) (2,870,838) {3,142,260}
Total eX￿ndItUre
Net (e￿ndIt￿re}/1r￿Ome
Transfers betsveen fvnds
Other recogniseAI gains
and losses
Exhibition tsx rdief
2 157 461
1063 522
3 220 983
3 351487
(432,730)
60,636
3,312,626
(60,636)
2,879,896
474,729
14
142 777
Net nN)vement In fiJrKts
Reconaliation of funds
{229,317)
3,251.Wl
3.022,673
490,371
Totsl fuThJs tKought fotwanl
3 611808
3 121437
Totsl funds carried fornard 25
1700 691
4 933 790
3 611808
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TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND Airr GALLERY TRIIST
COMPANY UMITED BY GUARApffEE
CONSOLIDATED sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
MARCH 2025 {COtITINUED)
(INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED INCOME AND EXPENDrnIRE ACCOUNT AND sfATEMEpif OF
TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES)
Total
2024
Income and Endowments from:
Donations, legaoes and grants rec￿va￿e
arftable a¢knbes
OtW trading a(Ilwtle5
InVestn￿nt Income
51,240
1,289,705
173,787
2,256,551
2,307,791
1,289.705
ITJ.787
Totsl income
Expendlture on:
Rai￿ng funds
Charitable actlvitles
Other ex[￿￿[￿J1
2 256 551
3 826 216
(244,152)
(244,152)
{1,698,186) (1,444,074) (3,142,260)
Totsl wendltsjre
I￿7413
Net (eXpenditU￿)I1ncw
Transfers tr*tween furKis
Other recognlsed galns and losses
Exhlbitions Tax Rdief
{337,748)
310,010
812,477
(310,010)
474,729
14
Net m0Ven￿nt in fijnds
Recthioliation of funds
(12,￿)
502,467
49),371
Totsl fu￿1$ browht f(Thard
Total fwKls carfed fonvard
1 179 333
3 121437
25
1681800
3 611808
l rf the grC￿p'S acdvltles C(N*l￿r￿j (waU¢yts duriThJ the at￿e ts+K) pertc%ts.
The funds breakdo￿￿ for 2025 aTrJ 2024 Is shjwn In r￿)le 25.
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMThED BY GUARAPItEE
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Foxed assets
Tanglble assets
Investrnents
17
4,833,230
303 288
1.834,588
303 288
18
5,136,518
2,137,876
Current assets
St￿￿5
Debtors
Qish at bank and In haThJ
19
20
28,381
813.842
10,297
920,973
1538 010
2,371,232
2,469,280
Creditors: Amounts
falling due wlthln one
year
21
873 269
Net current assets
1497 963
1473 932
Net assets
6634481
3 611808
Funds of the group:
funds
Restrfrt￿ funds
4,933,P>)
1,681,800
Unrestricted income
funds
Unrestrlcted [￿￿$
Total funds
25
3611808

TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY uMrrED BY GUARANTEE
CONSOUDATED BALANCE 5HEEf AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 (COIMNUED)
al ststernents cn pages 36 to 76 were ap￿0￿ by the TnJst*s, and auth￿ised for Issue
ber 2025 and 4ned on ttkir behaFf ty:
on24
Mr A J Smrth CVO
Trustee
MsCAMTkn1￿DL
Trustee
Reglstratlon number: 07568957
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY UMITED BY GUARApifEE
BALANCE SHEEf AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Flxed assets
TanglUe a
Investments
17
18
4,833,230
1,834,588
303 289
5,136,519
2.137,877
Cuffert ass
Dd)tors
Cash at bank arKi in harKI
20
835.863
1512 627
934,948
1530 577
2,348,490
2,465,525
Creditors: Amounts
falling due within one
year
21
Net ￿rrent assets
1497 962
1473 931
Net assets
6 634 481
3 611808
Funds of the thaiity:
Restrided Income
funds
Restrictej fvnds
4,933,79)
1,681.8CKI
Unrestrirted incorne
funds
UnresbiLted fy￿15
1930 008
Total funds
25
The Char￿able company reflected ￿ ft41owlrvJ t*)&tion in it5 Ststement of RnarKlal A{￿V￿e5..
Totsl incorrE £5,864,074, totsl e￿nditure £2,984,177, net Ir￿Me £2￿79,896 and ottEr r￿ognISed
gains and losses £142,777. InueaaNJ totsl fvrxts br(wht f￿Vard from £3,611,808 to totsl
carried fc*ward of £6,634,481.
The charitstAe company generBted a ￿ Move￿ in for the finarthl year of £3,022,673
(2024.. £49),371}.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY Trusr
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARApifEE
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 (CONTINUED)
The financial statements pajes 36 to 76 were ap￿e￿ ty the Trustees, authorisd for Issue
on24
Cto￿r 2025 a￿1 SIgr￿ M tsr behalf by:
MrAJ &nrth CVO
AMTho
rustee
Registrdtion number: 07568957
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TVLLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARAKfEE
CONSOUDATED sfATEMEKf OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Note
Cash flovts from operatlng actlvltles
Net cash Income
3,022,673
490,371
Depredaoon
Investment Income
Loss on dlsposal of tsrvJlNe fix￿ assets
17
111,061
(34,251)
113,329
{54,933)
3.099.483
550.945
Working cawtsl adiu5tm
(1ntrease)Id￿rease in 5t(th
Decreasel{Inuease) In debtors
(Decrease)Ilncrease in cralths
19
20
21
(18,084)
107,131
122 079
1,974
(192,155)
511819
Net cash flows from 0￿rating actiwbes
CJsh Ilows fn)m investing xtivrties
Interest receivable and slmilar irKo
Purthase of tsrYJiNe fixed assets
Sale of tsngltrAe fix&J assets
Net cash flows froFn investing ￿1VIbeS
Net decrease In cash and cash equivaents
34,251
(3,118,703)
54,933
(1,1￿,136}
17
3 075 452
1 135 203
(9,LM)I)
1538 010
(262.620)
1800 630
Cath alld cash equNalents at l April
Cash and cash quivalents at 31 March
1529 009
1538 010
JI of the (xsh flows a￿ derived frixn cMtinuiw O￿ati(￿ dwiNJ &y)¥e two periods.
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRiisr
COMPANY UMITED BY GUARAp¥fEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEPItS FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31 MARCH 2025
I CHARITY STATUS
The charlty 15 Ilmlbj by guarantee, ir￿rat￿l in Eng￿4￿ arbj Wales arxl dces not
have shme capltsl.
The addw of its register￿1 oflke Is:
Tullle House Museum and Art Gdlery Tntst
Castle Street
Carlbsle
These fin￿da1 statgMts were authxIs￿ for by Trust￿ on 24 2025.
The company Is a c(*npary limit&l by guarantee. In the e￿t of the company IklrKJ w(xJnd up the
Ilablllty in resixt of the guardntee Is limited to £10 per member of the ￿Mp￿ry.
2 ACCOUNnNG POLICIES
Summary of slgnllkant aec4>unting ￿lICieS and key accountlng estlmatss
The prirKipal KcountirNJ tdlaes apklied In the preparation of t1￿ finarKial statements are set out
below. These Fdlcles have been conststently to au years presented, Lmless Ot1￿wISe
stated.
statement of compllance
The finandal staterTwts have been wepared In accOrda￿e A(roUn￿ry and ReForUThJ by
Charities: Statement of Recommen¢Jed prath￿ a￿lca￿e to tharities preparing th￿r ￿lUnts In
accordarKe Ylth the ￿na￿al Rep)￿n9 Standard aWi(3iAe In the UK arKI Reput4ic of IrdarMI (FRS
102) (effertlve l January 2019) - (Chartties SORP (FPS 102)), the ￿nanCIal Reporting Stsndard
apF41cable In the UK Rewljlc of IrdarKI (FRS 102). Tly also COM￿ wlth the Companies Act
2[￿ and Charétles Art 2011.
Basls of preparntlon
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Tn￿ meets the definlvon of a tK*lic b￿t enlity under FRS
102. Assets and llabillb.es are ￿n￿allY rwnlsed at h15torlol co* cr transaction Vall￿ unless
Othe￿Se stated In rplwant ￿tK¥j Fdty
The flnatmya stateryEnts are prepared in stthing, is the fu￿tiOnal al￿nty of the enoty.
k)netsry amunts in these finarKial Stat￿￿ts are to trt nearest £.

TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY UMITED BY GUARAKfEE
NOTES TO THE FJNANCIAL sfATEMErifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
2 ACCOUNTING POUCIES (contlnued)
Basis of consolidation
Tre consolidated flnancial ststanents consolidate the fina￿la1 statements of the charfty arNI Its
subsldlary urKlertaknng dravln up to 31 Marih 2025.
No statement of fina￿la1 actsvibes is presented for the cfiarity as pemiitted by section 408 of the
Companles Art 2006.
A sub51diary Is an entity ￿ntr(lIed by the chaiity. CcntrcA is achlevgj where the tharfty Kis the Fwer
to govem the finandal and operatlThJ wli(Xes of an entity 9) as to obtsin benefits from its athvltles.
Inter-company transa(tlons. i*13￿ a￿1 ￿￿lised gal￿ m transartions between the tharity and
s subsldlary. whlth a￿ r￿at￿ pa￿e5. are eliminat￿$ in ftjm.
tntra4Jroup losses are also dlmlnated t*rt may indicate an ImpalM￿nt that ro]ulres rec(xJrsikn In the
consolldated fin￿￿31 Strt￿nts.
AccountSng policoes of the SU￿diary have tharyed wlwe n￿eSSary to ￿sl￿e Con￿st￿LY wlth
the polides adoptsl by the grwp.
Going concern
The Trust￿ consKkr that ttEre Hre rn Mat￿al wKwiainties about group's ability to Ixjnb.n￿ as
a going c￿￿ern r￿r ary significant areas of ￿Certsinty that affect the carryng value of assets held
by the group.
Judgements and key sources of estlmatlon uncertainty
The preparation of the finanoal Statements requires managerTEnt to make j￿1geMents. esiimate5
and assumptions that affect the amounts re[￿ed. These estimates and }udge￿ts are ccfitinLsally
re￿eWed and are based on eX[*len￿ and ot￿r factors, irKludiro eXp￿￿On5 of future events that
are belleved to be reasonable urKkr (iraJ[T￿ta[W. A(knal results may diff8 from these
estimates.
Income
All income is recognised once the d￿rity IN35 ￿tid￿ to the income. it is fviAe tlk8t income
will be recdved and the arTh)unt of the income receivaLle can be measurgj rdiably.
Donations are recryJnised wtrEn the charity has been notifEd in writirrtj of toth the amount and
setdement date. In the event that a donab.on Is subJ&t to corwjib.c￿s that requlre a levd of
formance by charity before the tharty ks enliyed to the furKls, the irKome is deferred and not
recognised until either those conditions a￿ nrt (* the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly
within the c(￿tr(￿ of the tha￿ty and It Is wob*e that these coTrJ1b'or￿ ￿11 be fuifiled in the
reportirrfj kErlod.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEe
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
2 ACCOUNTING POUCIES (cx•ntlnued)
Grdnts are ￿gnISed when the has an to itr£ fvrKls arKI any cond￿OnS Ilnk8J to
the grants have been met. Whwe FErf¢xmarKe u)rKlitions are att3ch8J to the grant and are yet to be
met, the Income L8 r￿nISed as a liatmlrty arKI Ind￿ C￿ the balatKe as deferrd I￿Ome to
be rdea5ed. Where enb'denvst to a grant cmjrs tefore is ￿1ved, the Ir￿0￿￿ is acoued.
GTrnts ¥thith have us8J to assets capfital exFEfKliiure purFK)ses are recognlsed
when re￿Ived. cwedab.on Is the￿ ex￿￿1 agairist ttus over ￿ usefijl ecor￿MiC lrfe of the assets.
Where th￿e Is a ￿Mainl[￿j balan￿ on grart fuTrJlrrfJ irKluded ￿thIn thos wlll be the Net Book
Value (NBV) of the Osset expensed. on￿ the grart has been fulty s￿t and the restiirti¢Ms removed
the NBV is transf￿8￿ to the de&grklted Fixed asset rese
Giftald
Incomiry resour￿ from tsx are lTrJLAled In the slataw)t (* finarnial athvtMes at same
tlnk as the gift to whKh tfv relate.
Interest on funds held dew 6s lrKJud￿I when recdvaNe and amount can be measured
rellably by the tharitsiAe wmpany; this is nomN]Ily up)n notsfication of the Interest pald or payable
by bank
Whue incomels recelved In than￿ of entfiuanent c( ￿elpt ￿$ rthjnition t5 (kferred aThJ IndLhJed
In aEdltors as ¢thrr&J irKorr*.
Income from d￿ritsbIe actmties Com￿75e of musajm admI￿on d)arges fees and tharges
arisirvJ delivery of artI￿￿e5 aThJ seThlces for Its teEfioaries.
ExPendI￿re
AJI expenditure is recogni5ed (Y￿ ttwe is a *1 or cOrStr￿ obl￿31]0￿ to that eXFndltU￿, ￿ t5
obable Sethe￿it is required a￿1 amount can ￿ measured ￿liaNy. ￿1 ry)sts are allocated to
the appliCaL￿e expenditure heading tst a93regate simikir o)sts to that category. Whtre costs cannot
be direcuy attrI￿ted to parfdcular he￿Ir￿S they have been alkthted on a basi5 COn￿5￿t the
Use of rescAJrces, central stsff costs alkxatal on ba515 of time and dewedatlon
tharges alocated C￿ the pxtky) of the asseys ￿e.
Expernllture on raising fiJTrJs the casts c¢ al tradltvJ act]ts.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TR
COMPANY LIM￿ED BY GUARApifEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL 5fATEMEtirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
2 AccoufiTING POLICIES (contlnued)
Charitable artlvlues
Charitable expenditure ((￿wIseS those costs iThJJrred by charfty In the delfvery of its acbvttie5
and services f(* its E￿eficiarie5. It ind￿leS both c(%ts ttrkAt can LE all(￿at￿ dire(ty to S￿ activltle5
and those costs of an indirect riature ￿sSary to support them.
Svpport costs
Support costs indude ￿ntral vthlch have I￿en alocated on a b8sés cOn￿$t￿bt wrth the use
of resou￿$. For ejample slaff cost by t1￿￿ 4Wt and otlw o)sts iry ttEfir w.
Governance costs
Governan￿ costs are costs inoJrred on the tharivs educational 0￿r￿tIonS, indudiThJ supp￿ costs
and costs relating to the g0Veman￿ of lJ)e d)arity ap￿￿"Oned to tharrtabte activits'es.
Consortlum Income and expendtture
Tullie House acts as the lead daimant in a c(wLgYtiwn daim for Cumbrian Museums to the Arts
Coundl England. The daims ￿Ved on LEh&lf of and ￿lid out to ots con9)rtium member5 do not
form part of these account&
Taxatio
The charity Is consOdW￿ to pass the tests set out In Par￿a￿ l 6 of ￿nart(￿ Act 2010
and therefo￿ It meets the definttaon of a ￿￿TtsbIe cOm￿ry for UK cortKM7tion tsx purpose&
Accordingly, the charty Is ￿t0allY exempt fr￿n tsy2tion in res￿* of i￿O￿e or capitsl gains
recelved within categorie5 covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the CorpcKation Tax Art 2010 or Settion
256 of the Taxation of Chargea￿e Gains Art 1992, to the extent that SLKh ir￿)Me ￿ gains are
applied exdusively to d)aritaLle pl￿)ses.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets costirrfJ £5(M) or are inttiahl measured at cost and are sthequenuy
measured at cost or valuation, net of dep￿latIon and any 1trw1m￿nt loss.
A wew for impairment of a fixed asset is carTlaJ wt If eMts or (knjes In drojMstsn￿ indicate
that the canwrrfJ value of any fixed asset may not be recoverat4e. Shortfa115 betW￿n carying
value of fixed assets aNJ tsEir recoverable arrwnts are recryjnis￿I as Impai￿ts. Irrwirn￿t
105ses are reC￿niSed in the ststement of finarKial adivities.
Depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation is prowded on tsngiik fixed atsets so as to write off the cost ￿ Val￿tion, th any
estimated ￿dUal value, over ￿1r eytsed ecornn* life as follows:
Asset da55
'xtures and fittirNJs
Leasehold pro1￿ Improvements
Equipment
10 years straight line
10 years straight line
5 years straight11

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAKfEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
2 ACCOUNTING POUCIES {contlnued)
F￿hOld propty Yffis wrtha5ed In the prevlous finandal year ft* £1. Thls is
depreciated.
These assets are rKcgnised at cost. tkwedation C￿ ￿ assets Is Mt until they are brought
Investments
Flxed asset investments a￿ a form of fina￿la[ in5thJmert are Inltlally at thelr
transartion cost and sth8]uenlJy measurEd at falr value at balar￿e date, uniess fair vall
(annot be measured relkNy In trEas￿ed at c(bt le55 Impai￿lt.
SubsldLary undwtskfings a￿ V￿U&l at cost less for Impalrment
Owzting l&ises
Rentsls unthr O￿a￿r￿j leases are ctsrged to the Statem￿ of fina￿￿[ acbvtties on a strBight li
bas15 over ihe kn5e tem.
Stod( Is valued at the lower of cost and e5bmated sdllrg Pr1￿ kn c(6ts to com ￿ete sell, a
regard for Ob￿￿ete aTrY slow stock&
Trade debtor
Trnde debtors and other debtCrf5 are rLwnlsed at Setttem￿ amount after ￿ trade dlscount
offered. Frepa￿￿ are valwj at amount Fryald rt of ary trade dI￿Ourt5 due.
Gish and cash equlvalents
Cash and (35h equivalents comprise cash on ￿ aTrJ call dewsits, and other short-temi high
Ilquid investments that are convertitle to a ktK)wn aThK)unt of cash and are subject to an
ir￿￿nIficant risk of chaThJe In value.
Trade credltors
Trade crèjitots are otligations to pay f¢x gcKKIs or service5 that have acqulred In the tydinary
(xjurse of bugnets from suppFiers. Accounts paYa￿e are (la￿"fied as current liatNltknes if the tharity
d￿$ not have an Lrn>TrJrtic￿l right, at the ￿ of lthe rep)rtfing wfjod. to defer setdement of the
creditor for at least trlelve months after the reFM)rtirKJ date. If thwe is an urKonditional right to defer
settlement at least ￿e1ve nKJnths after re￿ts'r￿j (L3te, are presented as non<urMt
loabll￿es.
Trdde c￿dItOrS are rec(XJr￿Sed inrfaalfy at the tran￿ol￿ measured at
amortised cost uslro the effthe Interest meth￿.
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TULUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARAKfEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED}
2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Fund strurture
Unrestn'cted Ir￿ome fuThls are general funds Ihat are availaNe f(w use at the Tnjstees, dls(Tetion In
furtheran￿ of the objertives of the tharity.
Designated fvnds are unrethcted fuThts vthlch have I￿en set askle by Trustees for a partiajlar
purpose. The aim and use of erfh tsignated ft1￿1 is set out in notes to the financial statements.
Restrirted inc￿ne futxls are those donated for use In a pathjlar area or for ¥*dfic purposes, the
use of whlth is to that area or pur[￿.
Penslons and other post retirement obligati(•ns
The company operates a defined C￿trIbUtion pension scheme and the pensknn d)arge represents tl
amounts payat4e by the company to the fuThl in respect of the year.
In addition the company operates a defin&J tw*fit Sd￿n* for empbyees. The assets of tl
scheme are tharged to the statement of financial aotimties so a5 to spread the cost of pensions ov
the Servi￿ lives of emFAoyees. Variatiors from the regular costs are swead over the average
expected remainiw working live5 of current rrembers of the Sche￿￿.
Financial Instrum￿
The charltable company (th has financial as*ts and lialxlitie5 of a kirKI t￿t qualfy as ba5FC financial
instnjments. Basic finan(ial instruments are initially recognisej at transaction value a￿1 subseq￿7￿Y
measured at their setdement Val￿ with the e￿ption of bar¢k loan5 wfvth are subsequenuy
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate methc¥J.

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARArirEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmE1[fS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
3 INCOME PROM DONATIONS, LEGACIES AND GRANTS RECEIVABLE
nds
Genernl
Restrictid Total
funds
2025
Totsl
2024
Donation5 arKI Iwies,.
Donatlons
Grants, induding capita grants;
ACE NPO grant
V&A purthase fijnd . Lowry
painting
Headley Trust grant
Weston Loans Fund
Granada FourKlation
SundedarKI Museum - s￿lIa
Fell eXhI￿tIon
Serena Korda Artsvork
VolunteerirKJ Futures
Pllgrim Trust
Carlisle LCEP
Wild Escape
step5 to Sustsinability
John Ellemian FourKdakn"on
Jonathan Ruffer Art FUTh
Grant
Bronze Age Gold Arn) RirvJ Art
Fund grant
Holley Charitsble Trust
Cumberland CourKil - Carli￿e
United Exhibition
Backing the ￿UeS exhlt¥ti
Cumberland CourKiI -
Uncovering Roman Cadi51e
UK Shared Prosperity -
Cafe refurb
Historic Engla￿1 grant for
Gatehouse
ngh Twins fund
Prolert Tullie - Future High
33,140
33,140
40,740
406,521
406,521
406,521
19,840
19,840
7,500
30,000
3,000
30,000
3,000
4,500
43,000
43,0(￿j
245,000
5,796
1,51)0
300
10,000
45.150
45,150
3,500
55,000
10,000
5.000
454
58,673
58,673
1,800
13.350
13,350
75,650
105,219
26,900
105.219
26,WO
35,073
491,236
491,236
426,814

TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAKfEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEPITS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
3 INCOME FROM DONATIONS, LEGACIES AND GRAKfs RECEIVABLE (continued)
funds
Total
2025
Total
2024
fvnds
Projert Tullie - Arts c￿1￿]1
England
Projert Tullte - Town Deal
Ajnd
Projert Tullie - Fhase 3
Delivery match fundirKJ
Project Tullie - National
Lottery Herftage Fund
Project Tullle - Phase 2 match
funding
Gen Il furKIiry
CumberfarKI Counol cultu
grant
1,274,665
1,274,665
566,558
1,153,538
1,153,538
99,217
570.fKJJ
570,¢JYJ
135,056
135,056
250,668
2￿
500
4 376 148
4 424 288
2 307 791
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAfiTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEp¥fs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
3 JNCOME FROM DONATIONS. LEGACIES AND GRAIUS RECEIVABLE (continued)
4 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE AcfivmES
funds
Total
2025
other fees and (harge5
Museum admission thanJes
Cumberland C(xmol rnana9err￿t fee
274,783
104,804
1025 947
274,783
104,604
1025 947
1405 534
1405 534
fund$
General
Totsl
2024
Other fees and tharges
Museum admisgon charges
Cumbedand Coun(il management fee
214,600
135,578
939 527
214,600
135,578
939 527
1289 705
1289 705
The Increase In fuThllng from the CumbeJlarMI c(￿￿1 ManageM￿t fee is dLE to inflationary
inueases.
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TULLIE HOUSE MUSEVM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCUL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONllNUED}
5 INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING AcnvrriES
fvnds
Totsl
2025
Totsl
2024
Trading Income,.
Trading income generated by Tullie House
Museum and Art Gallery TrLtst (Traj1￿) Limrted
173 787
236 806
6 INVEsfMENT INCOME
Total
2025
Total
2024
Bank Inte￿$t recefvable
7 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDrruRE BY EXPENDmiRE TYPE
Total
2025
Total
2024
staff costs Depreciation
Fun(traislng eKEn5es
Museum operations
255,663
1515 885
94,482
1243 892
350,145
2 870 838
24,152
3 107 335
1338 374
3 220 983
3 351487
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COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEiifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(corfflNUED)
8 EXPENDrruRE
Activity
undertaken support
dlrecuy
2025
2024
Museum operations
Fundraising exFen5es
2.409.242
461,5%
2,870,838
3,107,335
2 759 387
3 220 983
3 351487
Induded in the expenditure analysed atxwe is givemarKe costs of £16,340 (2024 - £15,SL￿) whlch
relate direcdy to tharitsble actiwties. See rKrte 10 for further detsik.
9 OTHER EXPENDrnIRE
funds
Genernl
Total
nds
Totsl for 2025
Total for 2024
Durirvj the prevknLts year ￿ d￿rity a rotes aFq)eal rebate of £34,925 whKh cover&1 t
rates year of 2023.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
IOANALYSIS OF GOVERNANCE AND SVPPORT COSTS
Support costs allocated to charltable activftl
Support
Total
2025
Total
2024
Suppcrt 5tsff costs
Depreaation
other costs
241,965
111,061
108 570
241.965
111,061
237,101
113,329
Governance costs
funds
General
Total
2025
Aud￿ fees
of fina￿al statarwts
Unrestricte
funds
General
Total
2024
Aud￿ fees
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NOTES TO THE F114ANCIAL STATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
11 NEf INCOMING10￿Go]NG RESOURCES
Net incoming resour￿ for the year Ind￿e.
2025
2024
Audit fees
Depreaation of fixed assets
PensIC￿ costs
16,340
111,061
15,500
113,329
105 593
12TRvsfEES REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES
Under Article 6 of the A￿'deS of AsscKi&"on for Charity, Mr A Mackay IP￿1￿￿ remureration of
£1Tr),462 (2024.. £98,012) in his role as Museum Dirertor. This b&"rKJ gross Salary and employer's
penS￿n contributs"on. The Museum Director receivaj Th) r￿￿ration in his role a5 Trustee.
During the year £535 of e4Enses We￿ ￿ImbU￿ed to one Trustee for travel and Subsisten￿ (2023:
£508 of expenses were reimbursed to Trust* for travel arKI subg5ter￿e).
13 sfAFF Costs
The aggregate payroll costs were as follM:
2025
2024
staff costs durlng the year were:
Wages and salaries
Social security o)sts
(kner pension costs
1,543,979
125,203
1,5H,252
129,753
105 593
The monthty average number of ￿r$￿5 (irKI￿11rrfJ senior man&Jement team) employed by the
group during the year was as fdlows:
2025
No
2024
Museum staff
61
62
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
13StAFF cosrs (continued)
Tr numLv of ernpknyees ¥th)se totsl emduments fell ￿thin the foIh)v￿ng baTrts was..
2025
No
2024
No
£80,001- £90,000
The total employ￿ berEfits of the key fTk7r￿gerTwt pery)nnel of the group were £338,022 (2024..
£363,557). The total numL*r of key fnarkwement pery)nnel of gmup wa5 6 (2024.. 7).
14MUSEUM AND GALLERY EXHIBrrJoNS TAXATION REUEF
The company has tsken advantage of MLseum and Galw Ex￿"b￿.0nS Tax Rellef whith has
re￿j￿ed in a tsx (Tedit of £142,777 (2024: £15,642) ￿1r￿j re(ngnised in the finarKJal ststements.
Thls Is In resp4* of qualI￿r￿3 exrthliture i￿L￿Ted duir#J ttE fina￿J￿ year.
15AUDITOR'S REMUNERATION
2025
2024
A￿lIt of the finawal ststements
16TAXATXON
The group Is a reglstered (harity and Is tIEref(*e e￿￿pt fr(Mn taxation.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEpifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(cormNUED)
18 FIXED ASSEf JNVEsfMENTS
GTOUP
2025
2024
other investments
other investments
Group and Charity
Other
Investments
Totsl
Co# or Valuation
At l Awll 2024
At 31 Mar(h 2025
Net book va
At 31 March 2025
At 31 Mard) 2024
Charity
2025
2024
UK Group ￿ertaking$
other investments
303 288
303 289
The Trust FK4ds a loro temi deposit of £303,288 at a UK bJildlr4J x#J£ty.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
18FIXED ASSEf INVEStMEfiTS (continued)
Details of undertakings
Detslls of the Investments in whith the tharity hdds 20% cff m(￿e of the mmlnal value of any da55
of share capitsl are as follows:
Country of
inCo￿orat￿ Holding
Prnportion of voting
Prlnclpal
lights and shares held activity
2025
2024
Undertaking
Subsldlary undertaklng
Tullie House M￿e￿m
and Art Gallery Trust EThJIa￿l
rading) Limited
TrddiThJ
activities at
Tullie House
Museum
Ordlnary
loo%
The profrt for the finanaal [eri￿r of Tullie HOl￿e Museum and Art GaI￿ry Trust (fradirKJ} LFmited was
£nil (2024 - Enil) and the aggregate amount of capltsl and reserves at the end of the per1￿J wa5 £1
(2024 - £1).
Subsidiaries
The profit for the financial penod of Tullie House MLWJM and Art Gallery Trust (TradiTrJ} knmited was
£nil and the aggregate amount of Capit￿ a￿1 re$￿e$ at the end of the peri(KE was £1.
A yjmmary of the traing results are sknm tdow:
2025
2024
Turnover arKI interest r￿￿Vable
Cost of sales. administration costs ￿ interest costs
Current assets
Current liabil￿eS
236,806
(236,806)
70,655
173,787
(173,787)
31,437
Aggregate share capitsl aThl reseryes
195focK
Group
Charfty
2025
2024
2025
2024
sto
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NOTES TO THE FINANCJAL sfATEMErirs FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
20DEBTORS
Group
Charity
2025
2024
2025
2024
Trade debtors
Due from group urKlertaknws
Tax recoverable
Prepayments
VAT recoveratAe
other debtors
422,026
29,344
396,￿1
35,893
158,419
220,472
24,189
16.918
26.697
15,642
829,583
41,108
158,419
221,228
12,169
15,642
830,864
40,123
920 973
934 948
The tsx recoverakje affl￿t for 2025 Indudes EXhI￿tiL￿$ Tax Relief atNxJnt estimatd for the
2025 claim of £142,777 as well as the 2024 Exhibiti¢￿ Tax Relief due of £15,642. The tax
recowabie amount for 2024 Is the Exhibilion Tax Relief due for the 2024 year of E15.642.
21 CREDITORS: amounts falling due wlthln one year
Grnup
Ctharity
2025
2024
2025
2024
Tras* ueditors
Taxation and scKial seLurity
Other creditors
Ac(Tuals
348,383
52,417
6,329
362,951
42,023
5,538
335,C61
52,417
6,329
456 721
362,951
42,023
5,538
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
21 CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year (continued)
Deferred Income" group
2025
2024
Deferred incc¥ne at l Aw'l 2024
Resour￿$ deferred in the peri¢JJ
Amounts released from pericK
257,857
262,268
226,015
257,857
226 015
Deferred Income at year erMI
257 857
Deferred irKome relates to Cumberland C￿jnO1 managemw)t fee bthich is paid three months In
a¢fvarKe and therefore relates to April - June 2025. Also IrKI￿ is a &￿￿'ng Rural Communltles
Grant receiv￿1 ￿lating to the 2025126 yeAr aTrJ IrKome from Dutham COU￿ ￿n(JI In rdation to
2026 and 2027.
2025
2024
Defffred income at l April 2024
Resour￿ deferred in the peri(Kl
Amounts released from pwous peri(Kls
Def￿lEd InC￿e at year end
257,732
257,537
257 732
224,824
257,732
224 824
257 537
257 732
Deferred Income relates to Curnb￿and cou￿1 manager￿t fee whith Is pald three months In
advance ar￿ tFErefore relates to April - June 2025. hjso I￿￿ded Is a sljp￿rting Rural Communities
Grant rec8ved relating to the 2025126 year I￿oMe from Dull)￿￿ Cwnty Coundl in ￿lo￿On to
2026 and 2027.
22CUMBRIA MUSEUMS CONSORTIUM
Group and dMrSty
2025
2024
Balan￿ bro￿ht fc*ward
Arts Counal EnglarKI grant recefved C￿ l￿atr of tr* Corwtium
members
Consortium Income
sortlum expendlture
Amounts paid to other Con9Jtium member5
18,273
630
856,100
77,580
{82,813)
780,792
77.580
(59,937)
780 792
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEiifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
22CVMBRIA MUSEUMS CONSORTIUM (continued)
This batsn￿ arlses from a grant frc¥m the Arts cour￿][ England to the Cumbria Muwjms Consorbum
(Tullie House as lead, The Wor(lswoth Trust arKi Lakdand Arts) the National Po￿￿10
Organisation (NPO) to deliver o pr￿rarnme of actimb'es in the area as AJjIen￿ Devdopment,
Chlldren YourvJ PeoF4e and R￿llen￿. The figures noted above relate to the runnlng costs
incurred by the museums in the C4)nsortium.
230PERATING LEASE COMMftMENTS
Totsl fubjre mlnlmum lease payments U[￿ M1-car￿lab￿ ¢watirKJ ￿Se$ a￿ as fdlows:
Group
Chaiity
1025
2024
2025
2024
Other
wrthln one year
Betsveen one arKI five years
10,549
24,336
10.549
24,336
The amount of nOTrcan￿Ilat4e lease payments r￿c*jnI5ed as an eynse during the year
was £24,146 (2024: £24,113)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEl￿S FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
24PENSION AND CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
Group and charfty
Capital commllm¢nts
The totsl amount contra(tsl fty but ￿t tKowded in the fi￿la1 Ststen￿ts was £119,839
(2024.. £259,147).
£119,839 of the Ca￿ts1 commitments relate to PrO￿t Tullle Phase 2 (2024: £122,397). Grants have
b￿n agreed ￿￿th Town Deal, FU￿re Hlth str￿ fuTrJs arKI Arts Coundl EwlarKJ for thls ca￿1
expendfil￿e.
In 2024 £136,750 of the ca￿1 coMmit]r￿ts relate5 to Cafe ref￿shment FundlThJ In the 2024
year wa5 re￿IVed from CumberlarK1 CourKiI and remainiThJ urwt fun4ts at the end of 2024 we
held of £30,150. The r￿a1nder of the (Dmmitmert was fuTrJed thrwJh unrestr￿￿ reseNes.
Penslon commltments
The company contributes Into CAJmtrxla Lctsl Gownmdft Penston in a mulv-employer
defined tenefit s(￿me. Tr assets of the sd*rne are separatdy frrln IJ￿se of the Trust in an
Independenuy admlnlstered fvnd. cuffl￿and cou￿1 have un(kryKitten all Irdblllbes r*ting to the
pension scheme at the In￿pti[￿ of the TnJsL Q￿Sequenty the liakn'lity of the Tnjst in resFect of
penslon contrlbutions Is the artuarially (alcthted contributs.on for ary year. In the event of the Trust
belng w(xJtNI up at ary fvjtsjre date the Ccmjnal have also underwrttten any IlalJ'litE5 at that polnL
Thls Is treated as a defi￿ Contribu￿(￿ schane ￿xInting purFoses.
The company alxi opwates a definal contrlbution sthwne. Tr assets of the scheme a￿ hekl
separately from those of the comparky in an irty￿￿1]y administered furbd.
The pen￿on cost d)arge represents contr1￿￿OnS payatde by the Trust tr) the fvrKls a￿1 amoLmted to
£143,619 (2024.. £148,093). The totsl pe￿on contribubcns pald durirKJ the year amounted to
£102,366 {2024.' £105,593) after offsetting rebate of £41,253 (2024: £42,500).
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
25 FUNDS
Group and Charlty
Balance at
i Aprfl
2024
Balan￿ at
31 March
2025
Income Expenditure Trnnsfers
Unrestrlcted funds
General
General futK15 - all ftjnds
Desgnated
Cumbria Biodiver&ty Data
Centre
Project Tullle
General AcqLAsitions
Cafe Investfflent
Protkrty dev￿opn￿t
fvrKJ
Costume Gallery
91,120
1.7CKJ.523 (I.W.784)
104,261
91,120
144,7
381,130
25,0(X)
166,985
(139,536)
(108,179) (116,808)
(5,OM)
(5,ofKI)
Ir2,229
I￿,143
20,000
(150,(W)
(54.912) (265,548)
498 731
650,000
320,4XI
166985 1609571
Total unrestricted funds
1,930,008 1867,508
2,157,461
60,636
1700 691
Restricted funds
Nab'onal P¢￿0110
Organisats'ons
on￿ up)n a Planet
Thrivlng Communities
John Ellerman Foundation
'Igrim Tnjst
Steps to Sustainabilty
Projert Tullle - Town Deal
Fund
Project Tullle - Futur
High Streets FurKI
Proiett Tullie - Match
furn1iThJ
Project Tullle - Arts
Council ErEland
43,567
406,521
(423,145)
(840)
(14.505)
(36,gJO)
(189)
(9.745)
26,943
20,334
7￿26
610
9.745
5,829
15,876
421
45,150
312,097
1,153,538
(56,505)
(127) 1,409,003
569,487
491,236
(31,813)
1,028,910
450
450
509,688
1,274,665
(103,876)
(8,722) 1,671,755

TVLUE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRusr
COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARArirEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCTAL sfATEMEKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CQNTINUED)
25 FUNDS (continued)
Balance at
l Awil
2024
Balance at
31 Marth
Inctyne Exponditure Transfers 2025
Project Tullle - Navonal
Lottery Heritage Fund
Volunteeriry Fu￿re5
Pmject Tullie - Phase 3
Dellvery match furKllng
Carllsle L￿p
Brone Age Arm RKVJ
Art FurKI grant
B￿kIr￿j ￿ Blues
exhitltlon
Uncover1￿ Roman
Cadlsle
Cafe RefUrtlshrT￿￿t
Hlstorfc EThJland gTrnt for
Gateh￿se
Serena Korda
V&A Purchase Fund -
Lo¥wy paIn￿Thj
Weston Loans ftwKI
Grarwda Foundati
SlrKJh Twlns furMI
ToLIl restrlcted fvnds
135,056
(135,056)
(27,433)
29,255
413
2,235
570,(KK)
620,0Tr)
2,762
6,407
(3,645)
4,171
4,171
58,673
(69,872)
6,199
1,8(M)
75,650
(1,800)
(14,150)
13,350
(74,850)
35,OTJ
105,219
43,OtKJ
(118)
{53,949)
140,174
10,949
19WO
30,000
(24￿}
(24,926)
(2,813)
5,074
187
502
16818(rf) 4376148 4933790
Total fvnds
3 611808 6 243 656
6 634 481
The aÈove r￿te sh(pNs the fuNls for Lx)th (>wp arKI the Chartty, wlth the same total
fuTrJs carrfed ft)rward. The (¥)ly ftjnds movwnent differerKe betr￿en the Group and Ihe Chartty Is
unrestritted general fU￿ts with the indivKdual Charlty r￿le￿r￿j I￿￿ne of £1,463,717 (2024:
£1,335,049) a￿1 expenditure of £1,567,978 {2024: £1,620,225).
The fi￿ing recelwy for Projett Tullie frnm Futu￿ Hlgh streets Rmd, Town Deal FU￿1, Arts cou￿1
match ftJnditvJ a￿ all in rdation to PFk35e 2. fU￿11r￿J recelved for Project T￿lIe from Naoonal
Lottery Herltage furKI Is In rdalon to Phase 3.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
25 FUNDS {continud)
Balance at
i Aprfi
2023
BalaTh￿ at
31 March
2024
Income Expenditure Transfer5
Unrestrirted funds
General
General funds - all fvrKIs
De5unata
Cumbria &odNergty Data
Centre
Projett Tullie
General Acquisiti(
Cafe Investrnent
Property devdopment
fund
COthn￿ Gallery
538.824
1,482,458 (1,767,634) (162,528)
91,120
153,996
419,284
25.0(K)
102,849
{112,065)
(27,714)
144,780
381,130
25,000
(10.440)
BtN),000
320,450
162 528
320,450
162 528
102 849 4n 538
1838 888
Total unrestricted funds
1585 307
19)7 413
310 010
1930 008
Restrlcted funds
National Portfolio
Organisatior
Curatorfal and C(Alectlons
Development
Cosiume Gallwy
Bu￿e and Me
Once a Planet
Thri￿ng Cornmunitie5
John Ellerman Foundatic
Pilgrim Trust
Wild Escape
steps to Sustainatmlty
Project Tullie- Town Deal
Fund
Projert Tullie - Future
High Streets FuThJ
Project Tullie - Matth
funding
Proiett Tullie - Art5
Counol ErrfJ1a￿
6,465
406,521
(369,419)
43,567
71.962
375,352
130
24.839
41,855
37,336
(71.962)
(54,902) (320,450)
(130}
(23.999)
(21,521)
(29,710)
(5.993)
(2,479)
{278}
20,334
7,626
610
2,179
23
10,000
9,745
249.465
99,217
(36,585)
312.097
184,259
426,814
(41,586)
569,487
250
2(K)
450
74,638
566,558
(121,616)
(9,892)
509,688
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NOTES TO THE FZNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
25 FUNDS (contlnued)
Balance at
l Aprll
Balance at
31 March
2024
Project Tullie - Natlonal
Lottwy Herltage FuThJ
Volunteerfng Futtjres
Projett Tullle- Phase 3
Delivery matth furKIITrJ
Cadisle LCEP
Art R¢rKi grant
BrOr￿ Age Gold Ami ￿ng
Art Fund grant
Uncoverlng R(yman
Carltsle Exhibition:
Dlgglng Deeper
Headley Twst
Backing the Blues
exhbbitlon
Uncov￿￿ RThn
ca￿lSIe
Cafe RefvrtY4)mert
Historfc Er¥JIa￿l grant for
Gatehouse
25),￿8
245,0
{271,000)
(319,847)
20,332
104.102
29255
50,000
6,407
5,671
(764)
(3,500)
55,(KK)
(50,K29)
4,171
iO,(KK)
(io,Th)o)
(7,500)
5,454
(454)
5,000
1,8
75,650
75,650
Total restricted funds
1179333 2256551 16818C#)
310 010
Total funds
3 121437 3 841858
3 611808
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
25 FUNDS (continued)
Designated Funds
Cumbda Bk)diversty Dats c￿tre (¢JDQ - A¥xls designatsj by Tru5tee5 towards the run￿ng of
CBDC to offset fvttjre losses.
General Acquisitions - the purcl)ase of to cdkction. txjring year £5.000 was
utlllsed towards purd)ase of a Lowy paintirvj.
ProJ￿t Tullie - To sUPPOrt the ￿￿￿(1￿1t for the £120,455 (2024: £10,713) of the
funds have been spent to purchase assets in year whith are ind￿￿ in A55ets in the Course
of c(￿struCtion. In a(Idits"on, £108,179 of fvrKls have been ¥￿t ￿ Project Tdlie exFenditure.
Café Investment - For purthase of rtems to enharKe vistor ex￿er1en￿ in the café. Durirvj the
year the remain1r￿ balan￿ of thls fuThJ was transfetr&d to Project Tullle designatd fund%
Property deVelopn￿t - Prowded by CllmL*rland Coun(il for the in(Teased costs in operatiTrJ
from ajdibonal properties. DurirvJ the year E150.OW of ttE5e fvnd5 have been expEnsed on the
Cafe Refublshment works and this has as a transfer to the restrict￿ Qife RefurbishnErt
restricw fund,
Costume Gallery - This balan￿ represents the Net BcKJk ValLE of fix￿ asset. At the yw end thls
furKI was trall5fer￿ to be reo)gr4sed within the Fixed asset reseNe.
Fixed asset reserve - This balan￿ re￿￿ts Net Value of the fix￿ assets ￿ld in
unrestricted fuThJs.
Restrlcted Funds
National Portfdio Organlsations - Balar￿e of amual fuThJlro from Arts ErylaThJ.
Curatorfal and Collections Development - Dork3tlcfft towards the develcpment and dLsplay of the
Mu%um's C￿l￿ti￿ts. This fuThJ provided the match fiJTrJing for Costume Gallery prOj￿t
Costume Gallery - Grant furKllng from tKMS WcAkn, Cumbria Lctsl Enterw'se Par1nership (CLEP)
nd Garfleld Weston the developrrEnt and instsllation of new costume galw. The remainlng
balarKe represented the Net Bcok Value of lthe CosbJme GaI￿ry assets. our1￿j the wevlous year the
remaining balance was tranSf￿red to designated furKIs, a5 there ro remaining restriCtic￿5 on the
fu￿%
Bubb￿ & Me . Grant to furttrw the opptrunities for to extkne identity, I￿1￿Ing and
ltheir sense of communty ttwh a series of cwtive pro]￿ts.
John Ellemian Foundation - Grant r￿Ved over years towards cUrats￿al salaries proje(t
costs related to the rationallsation of sooal history Collectio￿ at Tullie House a￿1 Lakeland Art5.
£949 of the funds was spent to pur(hase an a55et in 2023 year erKI. Wthin the year end balarKe is
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs FOR THE YEAR EP4DE0 31 IURCH 2025
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25 FUNDS (contlnued)
OrKe a Hanet . Grant r￿efved from Esnth Fairbaim c￿l￿￿or￿ Fund. The grant Is for two
yetvs for the Once up)n a Planet prO￿t to raise awarene55 ￿jers￿nd1rrfj of the dlmate Cr1￿$.
Pilgrim Twst - Grant for the Luguvallum ExrA(*ed ProJ&X '. un1(￿arrfj the PoknOal of Tullle
House'5 Intemationalty SBJnlflcant Roman Colleth(x). £949 of fvnds was 5￿t to wrttose an
asset ir* 2023 year end. Wtthln tr* year eJKI bala￿e is £421 refiectiThJ the Net B(K* Value of this
asset.
Thrf￿n9 cornm￿￿ties - Grant for reoultsment of C￿T￿nUnty ￿0pr￿ent W(*ker.
Wlld Escape - Grant wel￿d Nature Tako)vw. an exciting ￿lebrat￿)n of naturBI
W￿ld and Tullle s amaang cdkntions.
Steps to &Jstslnatxllty . Thls Is a NHLF fijnded run by the ￿jaI Enter￿'Se *£ademy. The
alm of the prcgramme Is to get a new Ir￿￿&￿*Ing initiative off ￿ ground.
Pmject Tullle . FlJiurE Hfi￿ Streets F￿K1 - Grart rec￿] ovw two yeats to 9JPPOrt the catNtsI
devdotmnent plans for the gte. E458,309 (2024: £507,124) of ￿ furKts Iwve b*n S￿￿t to purchase
assets In the year whith are IndUd￿ in assets in the cowse of constnth.
proj￿ Tullle - Matth fiJndiThJ - Grart to supp(Nt tt* (zixtsl plan for the slte.
Project T￿lIe - kn Coundl EngkrKI - Grant recaved to 5UPF(rt ￿pital devdcynent plans for the
slte. £1,015,417 (2024: £431,474) of the furmts have Sp￿t to wrrhase assets In the year ¥thich
are i￿luded In assets In tt* cwrse rf ccnstrvckn.
Pro￿ T￿lfie . Town Dea ￿nd - Grant received over three year5 to wppjrt the capital d￿￿0pm￿t
ptans for the site. £1,233,006 (2024.. £149.119) of the have been s￿t to purthase assets in
the year which are Ind￿ed In assets In the c￿r$e of C(m￿(m.
Carlisle LCEP - Grants frcm curi￿ts Mind5 arKI Cumixia cO￿ty Cound to Sukwrt work of the
Carllsle L￿P (L(ol Cu￿ra1 Education Partnershlp). The wrFose of the L￿P is to bring together
schools and formal leaming EYoM"ders with arts and adture organisatic￿5 to ￿tter kin up provis￿n
for Childr￿ and youTrJ pecyle in the aty. FurNllrwJ will ￿ used to delivu acbwty, F*omote tl
p¥tnership and wovlde pald 9JPPJt with crAYdInati￿ ad￿Nn.
Project Tullle ph￿ 3 Celivery matth furKiirwJ - Grar¢ts reLeiveJJ towards prO￿t Tullie.
Proj* Tullie - National Lottery Heritage Fu￿1 - Grant to gJPkNYt the deVelop[￿t plan for tl
ste.
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(CONTINUED}
25FUNDS (continued)
Volunteerlng Futures
Brfros tcKJether 10 slrategic patts*r5 to delNer a krge-scale, ambilious
pr￿ramme of voluntsirwJ in culiural sector acTOSS the ccmjnty. It Is a tsvo year project that wlll
improve community wellbang, grow capaaty Workfo￿ dEve￿ty Kr055 tIE Cumbrian ajlture
sector breakdown barriers to volunteeriNJ that exist a(ross a large, cOm￿e¥. rural county. £4,967
of the fvnés was swt to purthase assets in the 2023 year end. Within the year e￿ balan￿ is
£2,235 refl¥brKJ the Net ￿)k Value of this asseL
Jonathan Ruffer Art Gfant - GTrnt Y￿th ￿ aim of (kn￿o￿ng 1nterpretst1￿ and public
engagement, devel￿Thj new parts￿rShIpS, ins￿tUtiOnal strategy aTrJ ￿￿Ofe￿onal develO￿eTrt.
Bronze Age Gdd Am - Vari(XLS grnnts r￿e1Ved in the finarrial yw to ￿UIre tl
Bronie Age Ami Rrng. Tlis is a shwl (h¥T￿lp ¥￿th Beacon Museum.
Uncoverlng Roman Carllsle.. Di9Jing Dew exhibition - Grdnt r&eivd in prevKxts firwKial year
from Holley Charitsble Trust. This exhit4"tw)n th)wca5ed the &gnlficant fi￿1$ urKOVer￿ at Cadisle
c￿Cket aub, as part of the u￿0venrIj R￿nan Cadisle EYoJecL
Headley Tnjst - (>ant r￿aVed in the pre￿(￿1$ finatKJal year for the Blojlversty Curator fund.
B&klng the Blues exhlkntK)n - Worknng in partnership with Carfisle Unlted fwtball Club to njn t
exhibition. FurKiing of £5.000 was rere1v￿1 in prevK)us fIna￿la1 year frlxn Cumwand Council
the projecL Additional grant re￿1¥￿ of £58.673.
Uncovering Roman Car11sle - Grart ￿e1ved from cUM￿aTry Coundl for the leamlng team to run
engagement a￿V￿e$ at (ricket dub dlg at Week￿lS and durirKJ May half-term.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund . Cafe Refijrbithment . Grdnt from CumLErland Coundl - UK
Shared Prosperity Fund for work to te cOm￿e￿j on ￿ Cafe refurtrfshments as part of Project Tullie.
Last year indudal £45,500 of experKlltu￿ indUd￿j In In the Course of Construthon, ¥thlth
have b￿n capitalisd as assets ￿thin the year. £150,0(KJ of ftjntts the Pro￿rty development
fu￿ were utilised for the refurb15hm￿t Costs wthin the year. Tr rwnaining balar￿ held 15 Me￿Ie up
of the Net Book Value of the refurtxshn*nt assets of £224.850, this has all been transferr&J to t
Fixed asset re5eNe within designated reserves as there are no lorw ary restrictions Wd.
Hlstorlc EnglarKI grant for Gatdbyjse - Gratt receN8J for work to be (omFleted on the Gatehouse as
part of Projett Tullie. £102,093 12024: £5,675) of the furxls have twi spent to purchase assets In
the year whith are i￿lud￿l in Assets in the c￿ of CCnstr￿.
Serena Korda Artwork - fLY a majcy new art instsllab.on ¥￿thin the new Phase 2 welo)me
area was idenb'fied in 2023. To facilitste this, ￿￿ling was seajryl fr(Kn the V&A PlJrclNHse FwKI, Art
Fund and the Henry Mc(Jre towards the acquiytion and deVe￿)pm￿t of thi5 larg￿5(Ale
sculpbjral ple£e by Serena Korda.
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NOTES TO THE FfNA14CJAL sfATEMEPTrS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
25FUNDS (contlnued)
V&4 Lowry paintirvj . ￿rK11r￿J was s￿red from the V8A Purdlase tThards ￿ pint acquistlon
(wlth the Beacon Museum aThJ the Maryport Marttlme Musan) of an LS Lwry drawing 'thurch on the
Quay, Maryporv. The totsl purdNAse pri￿ was £42,5fKJ, remalning balan￿ covered by
contribu0￿￿ from Cumiwland CwrKil.
Weston Loans - Thls f￿1 S￿￿ted dev&ptTErt knlla Fell eXhI￿tIOn and
ass(xJated delivery costs indLkllng transkX*t, staffir¥J, marketiThJ leamlro tryrammes.
The Sheila Fdl ran from NoveJniv 2024 - March 2025.
Granada FourKlation
This fvrKI gJPFQrtoJ the devdopment of Fell exhlbltion and
assooated ddivery o)sts indLkdlrrfJ transt(¢ ca￿1 stsffiThJ, Marketi￿ ￿ learnlro prcorammes.
The Sheila Fell eXhI￿tiOn ran from Novemtw 2024 - Marth 2025.
SlTrJh Twhs Fu￿1 - FunthrKJ was searnj from ￿ Art of £9,￿, V&A Arts Cow(Jl of £5,ryxi,
and ConteMp(￿ary Art of £12,(KM), tth¥ards the KqulSlttC￿ of Sngh Twlns artyrfork 'lrKilennes:
The Extended TriaTrJle'.
Unrestrfded Funds
CumLEtland thjnal culbjre grant - Grant curn￿ Cwnty CwrKil to gJtp)rt the Operat1¢￿ of
Tullle House.
Culture R￿Very Fund . The was de5MJ￿I to en9Jre culbjral Insututbns ￿ reoFen *ter
prok)nged of dosure due to the COVtD paThJemlc, to futtl￿ preseNation aThl
sustainability of Orga￿Sat#￿ aThJ to en9Jre nK)w in organisation's future
swstalnablllty.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(coFiriNUED)
25 FUNDS (continued)
Transfers
During the year fdlowirrfJ tThinsfers were maje:
£6,199 was trander￿d from unrestrirt&1 9wal f￿dS to the Bad(lry the ￿UeS exhlbftlon, to
count for the over5PWKi ￿ the furky smthin year.
E2,100 was transferred from ursrestiicted ger*ral to the &rena KC￿da AthC￿k furnl whlch
represented the committed Contr(txjb"￿ from free reserves to projecL Cfverall this project was
i)ver5pent by £10.949 and the remainirvJ furKIs were transferr￿1 from ProJ￿t Tullie funding (£8.722
from Arts Counal England fundlng a￿1 £127 from Town Deal Fund fvndlw).
E413 was transferred from unrestrthd ger*rnl thjs to ihe VdunteaiThJ Fu￿re5 fil￿1, to account
for the oversrond on the fund Y￿thin the year.
£8,333 was transferred frc*n unreslritted fur#ts to the Nxed asset resetve fijnd, representlrwJ
the unrestrirted assets pur￿￿￿1 vAthln the year.
£121,808 was trdnsfetTed firffi p￿Ject T￿lIe deggnatsy fvn(ts to unrestTirteA general funds as part
of a commltment to supwrt the Musewn durirKJ of d(￿￿ durfng the PrO￿t Tullie capitsl
development.
£5,000 was transferred frc*m Cafe Investment to Pro￿ Tl￿lIe ￿thin ¢JesNJnatsJ reserves.
£5.(MJO was transferred from General Acquisibons deS￿nated fund to the V&4 - Lmy paIn￿n9 furKI
which represented the committed corttribulion to the [￿jeCL
£150,000 was transferred from the Pwrty devefo￿nent designated furKi to Cafe Refurblshment
restrtrted fund represenb'ng a C￿ti11XrtJ0n towards the Cafe Refurbishment (x)sts. The balance of
£224,850 was then transfe￿ed to the fixed asset reserye.
£502 was transferr* to the &ngh TWI￿ ftThl whld) wresents the commthl contrityJOon from free
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEPUS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
(CONTINUED)
26ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BEfwEEN FUNDS
Group
Totsl funds
Restricted at 31 March
funds
2025
ufireStrkt￿ funds
TangltAe flxed assets
778,732
4,054,498
4,833,230
303,288
2,371,233
873 270
303,288
661.102
Current assets
rrent liat¥litie5
830,839
879,292
Totsl assets
4 933 790
6 634 481
Total funds
Restricted at 31 March
funds
2024
Unrestrktd fund$
Tanglble flxed a$￿ts
Flxed asset Investments
alr￿nt assets
rrent Ifiabill￿e5
521,107
1,313,481
1,834,588
303,288
2,469,280
303,288
783,1
1317,781
368,319
Totsl rEt assets
1681800
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEP￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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26ANALYSIS OF NET A55Efs BETWEEN FUPIDS {rontinue41)
Charity
Total funds
at 31 Marth
2025
Unrestrlcted funds
Deslgnated
General
other
Taryl￿e fixed assets
Fixed asset investsnents
ent assets
Cu￿ent liabiliti'es
778,732
4,054,498
4,833,230
303,289
2,348,491
850 529
303,289
638.360
830W9
879,292
Totsl net assets
49337
6 634 481
Totsl funds
Restrlcted at 31 Marth
nds
2024
Unrestrtcted funds
Genernl
Deslgnated
Tan￿￿￿e fixed a55ets
Fixed asset investmer
Current assets
CurTent IiatJ"li￿eS
521,107
1,313,481
1,834,588
303,289
2,465,525
303,289
779,425
1217,781
368,319
Totsl net assets
1838 888
3 611808
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEpifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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27ANALYSIS OF NET FUNDS
Group
At l April
2024
Flnanclng
cash Ilows
At 31 March
2025
Cash at bank aTrJ in hand
1538010
1529 009
Net debt
1538 010 1529 009
At i Aprti
Flnandng
At 31 March
2023
cash ffttrws
2024
Cash at bank a￿1 in hand
262 620
1538 010
Net thbt
262 620
1538 010
Charlty
Atiwi
2024
Hnandng
cash flows
At 31 March
2025
Cash at bank a￿1 in hand
1512 627
Net dtht
1530 577
At l Aprfl
2023
1512 627
At 31 March
2024
Flnancing
cash fvws
Cash at bank arml In harnl
1761159
1530 577
Net (kbt
1761159
1530 577
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NOTES TO THE FifiANCJAL sfATEMEiif5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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28RELATED PARTY TRANSAcfIoNS
Group
During the year the group made the followirKJ relat8J paty transactions:
Museum Dirertor
In his role a5 Museum Directr*, the DireLtor ￿1ved ￿￿neratIOn in the year an￿Unting to
EIOO,462 {2024: £98,012)
Trustee patron payments
During the year the chamty recdved tc*al patron payn￿5 from Trustees of £3,l¢J) (2024: £2,750).
Charlty
Durlng the year the tharity made ftAlowiryJ rdated party transactims..
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust (Trading) Limited
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Twst (TTrding) Limited is a wholty owr￿￿ subsidkiry rf TuNie
House Museum Art Gallery TrusL At the balan￿ sheet date the arwunt dL¢e from Tullie H(*tse
Museum and Art Gallery Trust (TrèJlrKJ) was £35,893 {2024: £26,378).
MUs￿m Director
In his role as Museum Dir&*(x. the Dirth ￿mUnera￿￿ In the year arYKxJntlNJ to
£100,462 (2024.. £98,012).
Trustee patron payments
DunrKJ the year the tharity recelved t(rtal ￿tron paYn￿ts from Trustees of £3,100 {2024: £2,750).
29SECURrrY
The grant receved fr(￿n the Arts CourKil Engla￿1 for Proi&l Tullie is secured by a fix8J charge dated
14 December 2022 over the ￿se1￿4￿ and freehold by TrusL
On 23 May 2025 additiona tharges were registered. T￿ beiTrJ for the National Heritage
MeMO￿al FurKI from grant ctK)tr* in Sgxanber 2024, seojred over leaselKJld property hdd by
the TrusL
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