RegiBtsr8d number: 08716250 Charity number: 1158304 Huguenot Heritsge Centre (A company Ilmlted by guarantee) Unaudlted Trustees. report and flnanclal statsments For the year ended 31 March 2025 Huguenot Horftage Cen (A company Ilmlted by guarantso) Contents Page Reference and admln18tratlvo dotalls of the Company. its Trustees and advlsers Trustees. report 2-10 Indopend•nt examlnerfs report 11 Statement of financlal actlvities 12 Balanca gheot 13 Notss to the financlal siatements 14-24 Huguenot Herltage Cantrn (A company Ilmlted by guarantse) Refernnce and admln18tratlve detslls of tho Company, Its Truste￿ and advlsers For the year ended 31 March 2025 Truste Naomi Billingsley (resigned 09 May 2025) Andrew John Cazalet Bernard Mlchael de Lerisson Cazenove (resigned 15 March 2024) Ruth Mary Comett Peter James Duval Bryony Duval Fryer (appointed 15 March 2025) Bernard Eliot Osborn Hunter Elizabeth Jane Money {resigned 17 November 2024) Dr Tessa Vlolet Murdoch Sophie Plender Susan Prlchard Company r•gl8ternd number 08716250 Charlty rogl8tsrod number 1158304 Raglstered offlc• 95 Hlgh Street Rochester Kent ME11LX 8ankor8 Lloyds Bank plc 25 Gresham Streat London EC 2V 7HN Ind•pondent Examlner lan Inman FCA Inman & Co, Chartered Accountants 71-75 Uxbridge Road London W5 SSL Huguenot Heritage Centre (A company Ilmlted by guaranteo) Tru8tees' report (contlnued) For the year ended 31 March 2025 A¢hlev•monts and performance (contlnued) Tru8te•8' report For the year ended 31 March 2025 The Trustees present their annual report together wlth the financial statements of the Company for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The Annual report serves Ihe purposes of both a Trustees, report and a dlrector8' report under company law. The Trustees confinn that the Annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's goveming document and the provlsions of the Statement of Recommended Praclice (SORP) applicable to charltles preparing their accounts In accordance wlth the Financial Reportlng Standard applicable in the UK and Republlc of Ireland {FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019). Slnce Ihe Company qualSfies a8 small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic report requlred of medium and large companles under the CompanEe8 Act 2006 (Strateglc Report and Directors, Report) Regulations 2013 has bean omltted. ObJectlv08 and actlvlti . PollclM and obJectlve8 The objects of the Charlty, a8 set out In Clau8e 4 of its Artlcle8 of Assoclatkjn, are.. to advance education of the publlc by eslabllshlng, developing, and operatlng a Huguenot Heritage Centre (I,e. the Huguenot Museum) at 95 H￿9h Street, Rochester, ME1 1LX', to advance education of the publ1¢ by promotlng interest In, and knowledge of, Huguenot herltage., and to advance education of the public by holding, managlng and consepllng Huguenot and Huguenot related collections and archives and making such collections and archlves publicly avallable for tho PUTpose of vlewing and research and the publication of tho results of that research. In setting objectlves and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideratlon to general guldance published by the Charlty Commission relating to public benefit, includlng the guldance 'Publlc ben8frt: runnlng a charity (PB2)'. b. Strat•gle8 for achlevlng obJectlve8 The88 obiects are forwarded by the 8Ctivitie8 of the Huguenot Museum, which opened to the publlc on 13 May 2015, and which has a programme of pemianent and temporary displays and exhibltions, interpretation and educational event8, special events, family actlvltles and outreach work. c. Publlc benefft The Trustees have complied with the duty under Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to public benefit guldance published by the Charitles Commisslon. They have considered this guidance in deciding what activilies the Charity should undertake, and they are satisfied that the Charity confers a publlc benefit. Achlev•monts and perforniance a. Maln achiovemants of the Company Accreditatlon and Govemmont Ind•mnlty In September 2024 we received notlfication from Arts Council England that the Huguenot Museum achieved Full Accreditation. We also qualified for Government Indemnity Scheme through which we can insure incoming loans. Huguenot Herltage Centre IA company limltsd by guarantse) Trustses. report Icontlnued) For the year ended 31 Ma￿h 2025 Achievements and porformance (eontinued) Fundraising Following the taunch In January 2025 of the Huguenot Museum's Houblon Circle, our upper-level individual supporters who each contribute £1000 per annum, the museum continued to develop our Friends membership. We now have 89 Friends, 55 are Life Friends, and following the Fumiture History Society visit to the Museum in March 2025 to view Sarah Lelhieullier's dolls house and the Huguenot England Tour planned for members of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina in May 2025, seven new lrfe members in the USA. We malntalned our US tax status through the British agency ol Chapel York. We progressed with the NLHF funded resilience grant"The Huguenot Museum: A New Future.. Match funding continued through the combined support of the Garfield Weston Foundation (£10,000 in September 2024), the Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust (based in Charleston, South Carolina; £7.000 in January 2025} and Ihe Friends of the Huguenot Museum and the newly launched Houblon Circle (£7000 raised In January 2025). In March 2025 we submitted an appSication for a top up grant from the NLHF and were notified of the additional grant of £24.300 in April 2025. We recognize that a vital element of our New Future programme is to fundraise for capital to sustain the k)ng-term future of the Huguenot Museum. Our goal is to raise the necessary capital sum to underwrite the support needed to sustain the museum going forward. Reportlng an Incldent to the Charlty Comm58slon In November 2024 we reported the impact on our finances and visitor footfall of the closure of the Visitor Infomiation Centre, the resulting presence of homeless people at the Rochester High Street entrance to 95 High Street and our n6goliations with the local police. This was followed in February 2025 with confimiation that we had raised an additional £22,000 towards Core Funding for that financial year. The Charity Commission confirmed that the matter was closed. 95 Rochester Hlgh Street In mid-April 2024, after our successful Press Launch for Sarah Lethieullierfs 1730s Dolls House, Medway Council's Visitor Information Centre closed. From mid-July the Huguenot Museum has managed access via the ground floor. The windows on the High Street carry vinyl posters promoting Sarah Lethieulliefs dolls house, using Batonl's Roman 1751 portrait of Sarah, and the Joseph Highmore portrait 1723 of Davld Le Marchand shown with hls sculpture of Susanna and the Elders, enticing visitors inside. Thanks are due to the National Lottery Heritsge Fund for funding additional nine part-time Visitor Hosts to provide the necessary welcoming and security presen￿ whlch is supported by eleven volunteers as assistant visitor hosts and family history researchers. This has doubled the Stsffing cost of the Huguenot Museum. We have successfully applied to Trusts and Foundations for multi-year grants for core funding to keep the museum open five days a week. We a￿ grateful lo the Rothschild Foundation and the Golden Bottle Trust for supporting us in this way. The air conditioning in the Leaming Space was replaced during August and Septernber 2024 so Ihat is now fully equipped as a teaching space. We have relaunched our Leaming Programme and are gradually building up a programme of regular and ￿turn visits from London and local schools. Autumn Evènts at Egllso Francai80 de Londres In October 2024, Kate Mosse spoke with Cato Pedder about her fourth vdume in the Huguenot Joubert family chronides The Map of Bones. Copies ol the book were sold and signed during a wine reception kindly provided by Thibault Lavergne, Consistory member. In November 2024 some sixty people attended Stars of rhe Antiques Road Show, Rupert Maas, Geoffrey Munn and Lars Tharp spoke about memorable experiences gained on this very popular TV programme. A vote of thanks was given by furniture dealer Lennox Cato. The event was followed by a subscription dinner at The Huguonot Herltage C•ntr8 (A company Ilmltsd by guaranteo) Trustees. report (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2026 Achlevomonts and performanco (contlnued) Garrick Club attended by 48 Friends and their guests al which Slr Jonathan Portal sthe about the Importance ofthe Huguenot Museum. Mu80um Dl8play8 Huguenot Ivory Carver8 In January 2025 we created a new display around Davld Le Marchand's Susanna and the Elde￿, acquired In 2024 through a fundraislng appeal. We are grateful to the Scouloudl Foundation, Old Possums Practical Trust, the Nicholas and Judith Go¢)dison Charitable Trust, The Henry Moore Foundatlon and The Scott Finnis Trust and Friends of the Huguenol Museum for supporting thls appeal. A Huguenot refugee from Dleppe, Davld Lè Marchand settled in Edinburgh In 1696 and came to London in about 1700. Thls rare figurative sculpture draw8 attentlon to the abuse of women and trauma experfenced by Huguenots when Cathollc soldlers 'Dragonnade8' were billeted on thelr homes and forced thelr conversion. This Ivory sculpture Is displayed alongside an Ivory medallion portrait of Admlral Apraksin carved in St Petersburg by Salomon GouSn, generously given to the Huguenot Museum by TIM Schroder. Gouin, also a Huguenot from Dieppe, was recorded as working in Moscow and St Peterburg from the early 1700s. We are also grateful to Danny Katz for lending an Svory medallion portrart of Louise de Kerouallle, Duche8s of Portsmouth, Charles Il'8 French mistres8, and the mother of thelr son, 1. Duke of Rlchmond, carved by Jean Cavalier, also from Dieppe. We hosted Iwo events In celebration of thls new display. In February a conversation was led by Dr Martln Warner, Blshop of Chichester, who spoke on the theological significance of the subject. Dr Kira D'Alburquerque spoke with Dr Charles Avery about the life and work of David Le Marchand and Dr Jacob Wiseman spoke about the literary slgnlficance of Susanna from the Book of Daniel. In June we hosted a seminar on African Ivory, following recent leglslatlon In 2018 and 2025. Speakers included Lucy Vlgne, from Nairobi, on current use of African Ivory, V&A's Leanne Manfredl spoke about the recent legislation and Nlgel18rael and Jo Whalley provided samples to ald Identification of different sources of ivory. VI•w8 01 the Frèneh H08pltal In Fln8bury and Hackney Thanks to a grant from the Idlewlld Trust, Katya Belala undertook con8eNatlon of the portralt of architect Robert Lewis Roumieu (French Hospital Collection) which is now dlsplayed In the Leaming Space alongside hls watercolour of the Victoria Park, Hackney, French Hospital buSldlng now the Mossboume Victoria Park Academy. Also on di6play, two views of the French Hospital in Finsbury on loan from the Huguenot Society which are nomially housed In the Huguenot Library, The Natlonal Archives. We are dellghted to Illuslrale the successlve homes of our parent charity in London. Sarah LethloullleV8 1730,8 Dolls House The Press Launch for Sarah Lethieulller's Dolls House exhibition in April 2024 attracted wide media coverage on BBC South East, Ini Meridian and The Times Plcture Desk. More recently we recer¥ed a double page spread In Kant Life. A full-page article in The Eastem Eye was almed at readers wSth Indian heritage in the UK. In November 2024 the Huguenot Museum hosted a study day for members of Kenslngton Dolls House Society on Sarah Lethleullier's dolls house. Speakers included independent Gonsultanl Patricla Ferguson on Ceramics and Glass and National Trust Curator Megan Wheeler on the Furniture. New d18play8: Mlnlature Fumlturn Sarah Lethieullierfs magnificent 1730s dolls house, with 700 fixtures and fittings, deserves return visits. In January 2025 National Trust colleagues selected miniature furniture from Ihe dolls house for closer viewing in an adj8￿nt display case. The loan is extended through to December 2026. In March 2025 members of the Furniture History Society visited the Huguenot Museum to Inspect the Dolls House in connectlon with the Society's annual symposium the Art of the Dolls House. The visit and symposlum attracted international interest and ralsed awareness of the Huguenot Museum. Huguenot H•ritage Centre (A company Ilmlted by guarantee) Trustses. report (contlnued) For the year ended 31 March 2025 Achlevernents and perforniance (contlnued) The Eliza G¢)dfrey tea caddy 8et was allocated lo the Huguenot Museum through Acceptance In Lleu from tha estate of the late Anthony Houssemayne du Boulay and is on display beside Its orlginal sllver rnounted Shagreen case in the Craft Gallery. Davaloplng our audSènces: working with younger visitors In August 2024 we hosted our first event for our Apprentices (young Friends) at the V&A, to view masterpieces of Huguenot design and making. Four of our Seven junior members were able to join us on this last Saturday of the summer holidays to view Huguenot silver with Tessa Murdoch and to leam about David Le Marchand'8 Ivory carvSngs from V&A Sculpture Curator Kira D'Alburquerqu8. These same four Apprentices have contributed to a blog about Sarah Lethieullierfs dolls I￿USe posted on the Huguenot Museum's website. Group vl81ts Special group vlslts in 2024-5 Included Sn Aprll 2024, members of the Pepys Club arKI Franco- 8riti8h Society. Other Friends, fornier V&A Colleagues and Trustees (representlng the Leche Trust and Goodison Charitable Settlement) vlslted in June 2024; this encompassed Restoration House as well as Rochester Cathedral in late June. Silver SoGlety (September 2024), the Furnlture History Soclety (March 2025). Ro¢h•8tei. Kènt: Collaboratlon wlth Rochester Cathedral The Huguenot Museum continues to collaborate wlth the Cathedral. In March 2025 the recltal glven by the combined choirs of the Hackney Mossbourne Parkside and Riverslde prlmary schools of contemporary classical and popular music was enhanced by solo performance from former Mossbourne Hackney Cornmunity Academy student professional vlolinist Aanu SodSpe who plays wlth the Chineke orchestra. The event was sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Grocers. French Hospltal Annlvernary lactur• at the Huguenot Museum. In June 2024 Kathryn Jones, Senlor Curator, Royal Collectlons Trust, 8poke on Queen Mary'8 Dolls House to a full capacity audlence. Stafflng Over the last twelve months our stalwart Operations Manager Lara Dlx has been supported in openlng the Huguenot Museum by twelve volunteers, four of whom are resident at the French Hospital. The NLHF Resilience grant has paid for additional part-time visStor hosts. In May 2024 we were Solned by Raymond Edwards, Chantale White, Amy Smith, Kirsty Spicer, Nell Holllday and Jelhro Dykes. Malsle George and Alice Payne continued to assist as thelr studies at Central St Martin's and Oxford UnNersity allowed. Voluntoers We are most grateful to the volunteers who asslst In welcoming our visitors on the ground floor and at the museum re￿ptIOn and to those who run our Family History Research Service. This brings a steady income for the Huguenot Museum. Resldents of the French H06Pital who include Jan Carroll, Ann Blyth. Mo Trfgg and Edward Hlll. Huguenot Herftage Centrn (A company llmited by guaranto8) Tru8tee8' report (contlnued) For the year frndod 31 March 2025 Achl•v•mant8 and performance (contlnued) Tralnlng On July 2024, fifteen members of staff and volunteers visited the Young V&A to view the dolls, house displays and the French Hospital Victoria Park Hackney and were fascinated to vlew evidence for the original fumishings and decorations of the interior. Our Operations Manager Lara Dix brought Robert Lewis Roumieu, original plans of the bullding which we were able to compare. Tru8teO8 Trustees attended a November away day at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury facllltated by Richard Holdsworth and vlslted the Huguenot Chapel In the Crypt, Canterbury Cathedral. We reconsidered the museum's finances, the relaunch of our Learnlng offer and the redlsplay of the galleries with more opportunity for rolatlon, display of Stored collections and incoming loans. Our refreshed interpretation will encompass key themes associated with Huguenot and European Protestant migrants a8simSlated Into British culture. Key words include achievement, charity, communlty, deternilnation, endeavour, falth, famlly, flight, hope, impact, persecution, perseverance, Protestant, re8lllence and skill. Now appolntm•nt8 We were lolned by Bernard Hunter In March 2024. Bemard has had a career In City finance and 18 a founder member of the NatSonal Gallery of London'8 Beaumont Group and a fomer Trustee of Dulwlch Plcture Gallery. Bryony Duval-Fryer, granddaughter of foundlng chalrman Peter Duval, Joined us a8 Trustee and Company Secretary in March 2025 Trustee Sophle Plender who managed the growing Museum Frlends Slnce March 2023 handed over that re8ponsiblllty to Amy Smlth who Jolned the museum as a Vlsltor H08t In June 2024. Sophle conllnue8 to advis8 on our Leamlng offer. Jani8 Money, who joined us in 2022, reslgned Sn November 2024 due to her husband's poor health. In March 2024, after nine years, Bemard Cazenove 8180 Stood down as Trustee. We are most grateful to Bemard for h18 ongoing support, raising finandal conlrlbution8 from hls Llvery Company, the Worshlpful Company of Dyers and the Lord Faringdon Tru8t. The Trustees contlnue to meet slx tlme8 8 year, alternately at the Rochester Huguenot Museum and at the French Church, Soho Square. The Finance and General Purposes Commlttee meets altemate months. We have recently formed an Acquisitlons Committee and a Fundraising Committee. The Huguenot Museum Is grateful to the Recovery Advisory Group chaired by Ann West, Deputy Lleutenanl of Kent, and led by Rlchard Holdsworth, fomier head of interpr8tation at Chatham Dockyard. Edward Martineau, Secretary of the French Hospital, has steered negotiations with our parent charity. Caro Howell, director, Imperial War Museums, has provided wise counsel. Peter Duval, founding Chaimian, continues to share his eleven years of experience in managing the Huguenot Museum Huguenot Heritagè Centr• (A company Ilmited by guarantee) Trustees. report {contlnued) For the year ended 31 March 2025 A¢hi•v•m&nt8 and parfonnan¢• (continued) b. Rovlaw of actlvltlos The Charity's incorne for the period totalled £232,351 (2024: £128,468). Total expenditure amounted to £169,573 (2024: £145,203). Staff remuneration amounted to £67,108 (2024.. £38,172). premises related costs to £40,962 (2024.. £30,106), fundraising expenditure amounted to £3,349 (2024: £29.299) and other operats'onal costs to £58,154 (2024,, £47,626). At 31 March 2025 the Charty's total funds amounled to £110.867 (2024: £48,089), an increase of £62,778. Flnanclal revlew a. Golng concern After making approprlate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for Ihe foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going Goncern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies. b. Reserves policy As a precaution against unforeseen adverse events, the Trustees wish to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to fund the core operation of the Museum for a period of at least six calendar months. Under the Museum's new operating model. the funding required for six months of its core operations is currently estimated to be of the order of £30,000, and the Trustees thus aim to maintsin unrestricted reserves of at least £30,000. c. Financlal r18k management objectivgs and pollcl88 The Trustees have a duty to identify, assess and regularly revlew the risks to which the Charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Charity. The Trustees need to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. During the year ended 31 March 2025. the Trustees have identffied and assessed the major risks to which the Charity is exposed. They are satisfied that, in the introduction of robust systems and procedures, they have taken appropriate steps to mitigate exposure to major risks. The Charity is responsible for the care and maintenance of the French Hospital's collections of records and artefacts,. these are of both historical interest and intrinsic value. The risk of a failure to adequately care for and maintain these collections is mitigated by ensuring they are held and displayed securely in a stable and controlled environment, by cataloguing Ihe collections, and by maintaining adequate specialist insurance cover. Huguenot Herftage Centre (A company Ilmlted by guarnntso) Tru8toe8' report (contlnued) For the year ended 31 March 2025 d. Prlnclpal fundlng In the year ended 31 March 2025 the Charity's principal sources of core funding were: Donations l Grants (Including Gift Aid) £171.831 (2024: £86.161) Museum operational actlvltles £60.520 (2024: £42.30n Induded In the above, the Chartty received one-off grant funding, as follows: National Heritsge Lottery Fund - £67,883 Garfield Weston Foundation - £10.000 Henry Moore Charitable Trust- £6.000 Weavers Benevolent Grant - £500 Idlewild Trust- £4,800 Sackler Trust - £10,000 Finni8 Scott Foundation - £2,000 Dyers Company - £3,000 Golden Bottle £5000 multl year Samuel Freeman - £7255 8tructure• gov•mance and manag•mont a. Con8tltutlon The Charty was incorporated as a charitable company Ilmlted by guarantee on 2 Octobor 2013; its cornpany registered number IS 08716250. The Charity's goveming document is Its Artlcles of Association, the current version of which was registered at C(xnpanies House on 12 August 2014. The Charity was registered as a charity with the Charity Commlsslon on 20 August 2014; Its charity number Is 1158304. The Dlrectors of the C(xnpany are tho T￿￿tee8 of the Charfty. b. Methods of appolntmont or dectlon of Truste The Trustees have assessed the necessary and desirable skills, attflbutes and experience that they consider should be available to the board in order to enable it most effectivety to fulfil the objects of the Charlty. Where deficiencies in skills and experience among the existing Board of Trustees are identified, the Trustees actively seek to address such deficiencies. ConsideratK>n is also gNen lo succession planning. An individual proposed as a Trustee is subjected to a Ihorough selection and interview process to ensure that their appointment as a Trustee will strengthen the overall composrtion and balance of the Board of Trustees. At each annual general meetlng one third of the Trustees (or. rf their number is not three or a multiple of three, the number nearest to one third) must rellre from office, the Trustees retiring being those who have been longest In office since their lasl appointrnenL Clauses 27 to 39 of the Charity goveming document describe the ptrrters of Trustees, and Ihe procedures for their appointrnent, reS￿natiOn and removal. c. Organlsatlonal 8tructurn and dec181on4naking pollcles Under the Charity's govemlng documen( the Trustees are responsible for the managernent and control of all the charity's activities. The Trustees rneet regulaty in order to consider the Charity's affairs. The tasks of the day to day running of the Museum, the maintenance of its premises, and the management of the Charity's other employees are delegated to the Operations Manager, who is superylsed by, and reports to, the Board of Trustees. Staff are involved In major decision making arKI policy fomiulation wherever possible. Huguenot Herltage Centrn (A company limited by guarantee) Tru8tee8' rnport {contlnuad) For the year ended 31 March 2025 Structuro, govemanco and management {¢ontinued> d. Pollc108 adoptad for the Induetlon and trainlng of Trustoes New Trustees are briefed by the Secretary conceming both their duties and the Charity's expectations of its Trustees. They also receive a copy of both the Charlty's governing document, and the Charity Commission's guidance publication, The essential trustee: what you need to know (CC3). In addition, new Trustees are instructed Sn the wort( of the Museum by the Museum Director. Extemal tralnlng for Trusiees in matters of governance Is available. Plan8 for futurn porlod• The Museum has the followlng strateglc alms: to make museum operations sustainable and Increase our resilience for the future. to become the home of knowledge for Huguenot Collections natSonwide and develop a representatlve collection of our own. to develop a national and Internatlonal profile in Huguenot history. culture and heritage by offerlng a varied and engaglng programme of displays, activities and events on site and online. to lead the sector In providlng learnlng opportunities for audiences which connect the Huguenot Legacy wlth contemporary i88ues In the present day. Huguenot Herltag8 Cantre (A company Ilmlted by guaranteo) Trugtee8' report (contlnued) For the year ended 31 March 2026 8tstement ol Tn*teM' rn8pon8lblllllo8 The Trustees (who are also the directcrs of the Company for tho puwes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees, report and the financial statarnents in accordance with applicable law arnl Untted lfjngdom Accounting Standard8 (United lfjngdom Generally Accepted Ac£ounting Practice). Cornpary law requlre8 the Trustees to prapare financlal slatemenls for each flnanclal year. Under company law, the Trustees must not app￿Ve the financial 6tstem8nts unless they are satisffied that they give a true and falr vlw of the state of affairs of the C(xnpany afKI of 118 incoming resources aFKI applkatlon of resources, Includlng It8 Income and experKllture, for that perlod. In prepwing the8e Ilnanclal statements, the Tru8tee8 are required to: sdect Suitable accountlng policie6 and then appty them conslstenty. obeerve tha mattr￿5 end winciples of the Ch8rities SORP (FRS 102): make Judgments and accountlng estin*tes are reasonable and pnklenl: 8tate whether applicable UK Attounting Standards (FRS 102) have be￿ followed, $ubJed to any material departures dL8dosed and explained in the financial statements; prepare the financlal Statements on the gomg basls unless it Is Inappropriate to presume that i Company WUI contlnue In busine68. The Tru8tee8 are re8pon8lbh for keeplng adequate accA)ufttlng records thet are 8ufflclent to Show and axplaln the Company's tran8actlons arKI dlsdose wlth reasonable acujracy at any tlme the finandal p08111on of the Compary and enable them to ensure that the financlal 8taiem8nts comply with the Companie8 Act 2008. They ore al80 responsbi le for sal￿uard1ng the 8868ts of tho C￿￿panY and henca for t8kln9 reo8onabl8 Steps for the preventlon and detectlon of fraud and other lrregular1ti￿. Approved by order of the rrthibern of the board of TnAle88 and signed on their behaK by. Lto ki pe Dr T Murdlxh Ch8lr Date: 10 Huguenot Heritage Centre (A company lirnited by guarantee) Independent examiner's report For the year ended 31 March 2025 Independent examine￿$ report to the Trustees of Huguenot Heritage Centre (Ihe Company,) I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025. Responsibilltles and basis of report As the Trustees of the Company land its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'l. Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Company's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(b} of the 2011 Act. Independent examlnerfs 8tstement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by sects'on 386 of the 2006 Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records; or the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and faiv view wh￿h is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination., or the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities lapplicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)]. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. This report is made solely to the Company's Trustees. as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state lo the Company's Trustees those matters l am required to state to them in an Independent examinels report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pemiitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Companls Trustees as a body, for my work or for this reporL Signed: Dated: lan Inman FCA Inman & Co, Charterod Accountants 71-75 Uxbridge Road London W5 SSL 11 Huguenol Herftsge Centr• (A company Ilmltod by guarantee statement of flnanclal actlvlt188 {Incorporatlng Income and expendlture account) For th• year ended 31 March 2025 Rastrletsd Unrestricted fund8 fund8 2025 2025 Total fund8 2025 Total funds 2024 Note Incomo from: Donations and legacie8 171,831 171,831 86,161 other trading activities 60,620 60,620 42,307 Total Income Exp•ndltur• on: Ralslng funds 3,349 3,349 29,299 Ch8ritable actlvltle8 166,224 166,224 115,904 Total eX￿ndIture Not movement In fund• R•¢onclllatlon of funds: Total funds brought forward 13 252 47.837 48,089 64,824 Net movement in funds 62.778 62.778 {16,735) Total fund8 carrled foNMrd The Statement of financlal activiti68 includes all galns and108888 recognlsed in the year. The notes on pages 14 to 24 form part of the88 financial statements. 12 Huguenot Herltage Centre IA company Ilmited by guarant••) Reglstered number: 08716250 Balance sheet A8 at 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Flx•d a880ts Heritage 8888ts 102.187 11.950 Current a88ets Stocks 10 4.056 1,171 Debtor8 11 11283 19,546 Cash at bank and In hand 32.866 32,760 53,477 Creditors: amounts falllng due withln one year 12 139,524) (17,338) N•t currnnt a880ts 8,680 36,139 Total not Usets Charlty fund8 Restricted funds 13 262 252 Unrestricted fund8 Designated funds 13 102.187 11,950 General funds 13 8,428 35,887 Total unrestricted funds 13 110.616 47,837 Total fund• The Company was entitled to exemptlon from audit under section 477 of th8 Companies Act 2006. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of Companies Act 2006. The Trustees acknowledge iheir responsibililles for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements. The financlal statements have been prepared in accordance with the provislons applicable to entilies subject to the small ccxnpanies regime. The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: A J Cazalet Treasurer 13 Huguenot Heritage Centre {A company limited by guarantse) Reglstered number: 08716250 Balanoe sheet As at 31 March 2025 The notes on pages 14 to 24 fomi part of these financial Statements. 14 Huguenot Heritage Centrn (A company Ilmlted by guaranteo) Notss to the flnancial statsment8 For the year endod 31 MaKh 2025 Gon•ral Information Huguenot Heritage Centre is a company limited by guarantee with the charity registration number 1158304 and the company registration number 08716250. The add￿sS of the registered office is 95 High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1 LX. The main objectives of the Charity are: to advance education of the public by establishing, developing and operating a Huguenot Heritage Centre {i.e. the Huguenot Museum) at 95 High Street, Rochester. KenL ME1 1 LX. to advance education of the public by promoting interest in and knowledge of Huguenot heritage; to advance education of the public by holding, managing and conserving Huguenot and Huguenot- related collections and archives and making such collections and archives publicly available for the purpose of viewing and research and the publication of the results of that research. The Charity is a company limited by guarantee. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the Charity. Accountlng policie8 2.1 Basis of proparation of flnancial statements The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Flnancial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard appllcable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and Ihe Companies Act 2006. Huguenot Heritage Centre meets the definition of a public beneflt entity urKler FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. 2.2 Golng concern The Trustees assess whether the use of going concem is appropriate, i.e. whether there are any materlal uncertainties related lo events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Charty to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for Issue of the financial ststements. and have concluded that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and that there are no material uncertainties about the Charty's ability lo continue as a going COn￿rn. thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 2.3 Income All income is recognised once the Company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of Income receivable can be measured reliably. Grants are included in the Statement of financial advltles on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the Balance sheet. ihjhere income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt. its recognition is defer￿d and included in Creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before inc Total 16. P•n81on commltments The Charity operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently adminSstered fund. The penslon cost charge represents contributions payable by the Charity to the fund and amounted to £nil (2024: £nil). Contributions totalling £nil (2024.. £nil) were payable to the fund at the Balance sheet date and are Included In creditors. 16. Related party transactlon8 At the Balance sheet date, one of the Huguenot Museum's Trustees, namely P J Duval, was also Trustee Director of the French Hospitsl. One of the Huguenot Museum's Directors, namety Dr T V Murdoch, was a Non-trustee Director of the French Hospital. During the year, the Charity received income of £25,665 {2024: £22.000) from The French Hospital in respect of fees due under a contract for the conservation and management of its collections. During the year the Charlty pald The French Hospital rent of £25.665 (2024: £22,000) for its 95 High Street premises. The Trustees made aggregate donations to the Charity durlng the year amounling to £1,650 (2024.. £1.100>. 24 Huguenot Heritage Centre (A company Ilmited by guarantee) Notes to the flnanclal statements For the year end•d 31 March 2026 There were no other related party transactions In the current or prlor year. 25