2021-12-31-accounts - The Lancaster Judges' Lodgings Museum Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 January 2021 31 December 2021

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Lancaster Judges’ Lodgings Museum Trust

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1171209 Charity's principal address c/o Keeper’s Cottage

Burton in Kendal Carnforth Postcode LA6 1NL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Liz Feather
2 Sue Widden
Mandy
3
Whitehouse
4 Catherine Fatkin
5 Roger Jump
6 Garth Lindrup
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable incorporated organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by continuing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public beneft in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft)	The support and promotion of the Judges’ Lodgings Museum in Lancaster for the beneft of the public
	- Although the Government’s roadmap to post-Covid ‘normality’ meant that the museum did not re-open until 21 May 2021, collections care and conservation work continued during the closed months and the Friends continued to meet via Zoom. A virtual AGM was held in February and a number of talks proceeded online. - The Friends were instrumental in the production of a new publication written by volunteer Suzanne Bradshaw entitled_They Walked These Floors_based on her research into the lives of the housekeepers and caretakers during the 150 years or so that the building was used to accommodate Assize judges. This is on sale at the museum shop and through the Friends’ website. - The museum was one of the venues for the Heritage Open Days of 17-19 September with Behind the Scenes Tours. On these days the public has free admission to the museum. - The museum joined a collaborative research project promoted by Lancaster Black History Group to trace the links which prominent local families had with the triangular transatlantic slave trade. October was nominated as Black History Month and the museum also made a donation to_Facing the Past_an ACE-supported project to commission a piece of public art aimed at redressing omissions in our collective memory of the role played by Lancaster in the trade of enslaved people who came through or stayed in the city. The museum’s collections include art and furniture once belonging to these local families. - The museum’s green team, led by the site manager, is active with the Carbon Literacy Project to work out what the cultural sector can do towards addressing climate change. The team took part, by video, in COP26. - One of the Trustees took part in a webinar on the legal implications, for the governance of charities, of the Kids’ Company case. Key points were relayed to all the Trustees. - A number of events for children were hosted by the museum including Dino Day and Hallowe’en and, for the frst time, a birthday party for the daughter of one of the Friends. Children also have access to the restored garden where croquet and other activities are on ofer. - Volunteers played a key role in keeping the museum open during the season by working as room stewards, gardeners, and guides and in operating the Victorian tea room established by the Friends.

Summary of the objects
of the charity set out in
its governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for
the public beneft in
relation to these objects
(include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public beneft)

The support and promotion of the Judges’ Lodgings Museum in
Lancaster for the beneft of the public

-
Although the Government’s roadmap to post-Covid
‘normality’ meant that the museum did not re-open until
21 May 2021, collections care and conservation work
continued during the closed months and the Friends
continued to meet via Zoom. A virtual AGM was held in
February and a number of talks proceeded online.
-
The Friends were instrumental in the production of a new
publication written by volunteer Suzanne Bradshaw
entitled_They Walked These Floors_based on her research
into the lives of the housekeepers and caretakers during
the 150 years or so that the building was used to
accommodate Assize judges. This is on sale at the
museum shop and through the Friends’ website.
-
The museum was one of the venues for the Heritage
Open Days of 17-19 September with Behind the Scenes
Tours. On these days the public has free admission to the
museum.
-
The museum joined a collaborative research project
promoted by Lancaster Black History Group to trace the
links which prominent local families had with the
triangular transatlantic slave trade. October was
nominated as Black History Month and the museum also
made a donation to_Facing the Past_an ACE-supported
project to commission a piece of public art aimed at
redressing omissions in our collective memory of the role
played by Lancaster in the trade of enslaved people who
came through or stayed in the city. The museum’s
collections include art and furniture once belonging to
these local families.
-
The museum’s green team, led by the site manager, is
active with the Carbon Literacy Project to work out what
the cultural sector can do towards addressing climate
change. The team took part, by video, in COP26.
-
One of the Trustees took part in a webinar on the legal
implications, for the governance of charities, of the Kids’
Company case. Key points were relayed to all the
Trustees.
-
A number of events for children were hosted by the
museum including Dino Day and Hallowe’en and, for the
frst time, a birthday party for the daughter of one of the
Friends. Children also have access to the restored garden
where croquet and other activities are on ofer.
-
Volunteers played a key role in keeping the museum open
during the season by working as room stewards,
gardeners, and guides and in operating the Victorian tea
room established by the Friends.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

See above You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:  policy on grantmaking;  policy programme related investment;  contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Trust is the representative body for the Friends of Lancaster Judges’ Lodgings and it is largely through the Friends that volunteers work in the museum in a variety of capacities. But for the volunteers the museum would not have the manpower to remain open every day during the season. The Trust is also the vehicle through which the Friends retain a say in the running of the museum and in the content and execution of its strategic and business plans.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trust’s cash reserves are held as a contingency fund for minor capital works or to commission consultants in the heritage sector.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Garth Lindrup Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc) Date

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Charity Name The Lancaster Judges' Lodgings Museum Trust

No (if any)

Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date To from 1/1/2021

Period start date Period end date To 1/1/2021 12/31/2021

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Doantions (private) 55 - - 55
Donations (Amazon) 49 - - 49
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
104 - - 104
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 104 - - 104
A3 Payments
Cards 230 - - 230
Webinar 40 - - 40
Donation to Lancaster Priory's Black
History project 500 - - 500
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 770 ] - - 770
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 770 - - 770
Net of receipts/(payments) - 666 - - - 666
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 29,575 - - 29,575
Cash funds this year end 28,909 - - 28,909
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted		Restricted
Categories	Details		funds		funds
B1 Cash funds		*Total cash funds*	to nearest £ - - - 28,909		to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree	balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK	OK
			Unrestricted		Restricted
			funds		funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		to nearest £ - - - - - -		to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use					- - - - - - - -
B5 Liabilities	Details		Fund to which liability relates		- - - - - Amount due (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature	Print	Name

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - -

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval