## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2020 to 31[st] December 2020 Charity name: BATH MEDICAL MUSEUM** **Charity registration number: 1176084** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Summary of the The object of the CIO is:
purposes of the charity  For the benefit of the public, to
as set out in its establish and maintain a
governing document museum of the history of
medicine in the City of Bath
from the Medieval to the
Modern.
Summary of the main  Conserving a collection of artefacts,
activities in relation to documents and images relating to
those purposes for the the medical history of the city of
public benefit, in Bath;

particular, the activities, Liaising with the Royal United
projects or services Hospital Foundation Trust in relation
identified in the to those collection items owned by
accounts. the Trust;
 Expanding the collection,
particularly by means of donated
items;
 Enabling public digital access to
view the collection to increase their
knowledge of specific items and of
the context of the medical history of
Bath.

Having specific regard to the history
of the Royal National Hospital for
Rheumatic Diseases where the
museum collection was located until
Autumn 2019.
Statement confirming The trustees’ consideration and decision
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1 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit making has had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. ## **Additional information** Volunteers’ contributions have been key to Contribution made by the functioning of the Museum, including volunteers the following activities: Museum Director Curation Cataloguing and photographing the collection Fundraising strategy Accountancy and Financial Review _A number of these roles were carried out by post graduate students from Bath Spa University, particularly those studying for the MA in Heritage Management._ ## **Achievements and Performance** In summary: By January 2020, Bath Medical Museum Summary of the main (BMM) was located at premises owned by achievements of the the Pulteney Practice at 35 Gt Pulteney St, charity, identifying the Bath (subsequent to relocation from the difference the charity’s Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic work has made to the Diseases). The Pulteney Practice circumstances of its generously made the premises available on beneficiaries and any a service charge basis. A number of wider benefits to society paintings and large artefacts were on as a whole. display in the Pulteney Practice premises. In common with other public – facing organisations, BMM was significantly affected by the radical restrictions introduced by the Government in March 2020 to address the Covid 19 pandemic. Plans to enable groups of adults or school students to view collection items or to benefit from talks on medical history topics had to be shelved and the focus of trustees was necessarily on digital access to the Museum, as far as it could be progressed in this challenging period. In the context of the transition to become a ‘virtual’ Museum, trustees agreed to work jointly with representatives from the 2 University of Bath and the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute to develop digital 3D models of the historic Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic diseases that could potentially be accessed via the BMM website. The models will show the RNHRD in 1742 and in 2019 This initiative would contribute to promoting the heritage of the RNHRD in a period when the historic building was subject to development. ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Unrestricted cash funds as at 31/12/2020
financial position at the were £6951. Liabilities at 31/12/2020 were
end of the period £2,187 .
Statement explaining the The Trustees have examined the charity’s
policy for holding requirements for reserves in light of the
reserves stating why main risks to the organisation. Regular
they are held financial reviews are conducted and
expenditure is only approved by the
Trustees when funds are available.
Amount of reserves held Funds are held to cover committed
expenditure such as website design and
maintenance.
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The charity’s principal The principal source of funds in 2020 were
sources of funds donations, legacies and grants.
(including any
fundraising)
The over - riding risk facing the charity in
2019 was the need to identify a new,
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A description of the suitable and cost-effective location for the
principal risks facing the Museum. The context was the pending
charity development of the Royal National Hospital
for Rheumatic Diseases at Upper Borough
Walls, Bath, after the sale of the Hospital
buildings to a private developer.
Other risks were generic to small
museums, namely issues of volunteer
capacity and continuity, together with
ensuring sufficient care, maintenance and
security of the collection.
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4 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing CIO Constitution
document
How is the charity Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted?
Trustee selection Trustees are selected on the basis of
methods including having relevant knowledge, skills and
details of any experience to contribute to the operation
constitutional provisions of the Museum. Individual trustees may be
e.g. election to post or appointed after identification of a need for
name of any person or specific expertise to be contributed to the
body entitled to appoint Board’s decision making.
one or more trustees
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## **Additional information** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Bath Medical Museum is a small charity
The charity’s with a simple structure where volunteers
organisational structure who have responsibility for the museum
and any wider network collection, web design and public
with which the charity engagement report to the Director. These
works roles are all voluntary. The Accountant and
Fund Raiser report directly to trustees.
The Trustee Board initiated a membership
scheme in November 2019 and a small
scale membership was established early in
2020.
Royal United Hospital (Bath) Foundation
Trust –
Relationship with any a Collection Loan Agreement was in place
related parties in conjunction with the RUH Trust.
Pulteney Practice – a base and storage
facilities for the Museum collection were
secured with the Pulteney GP practice for a
service charge fee.
Bath Thermae Spa - it had been agreed
with the Thermae Spa to pursue the
opportunity for joint use of the Thermae
Spa Visitor Centre but arrangements could
not be taken forward in 2020 due to the
pandemic restrictions.
Bath Spa University – a number of students
including Heritage Management MA
students have undertaken placements with
the Museum.
Subsequent to contact with a number of
Valuation and Insurance established valuers to check on their
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5 ||of the Museum Collection|specialist knowledge and fee rates, a
valuer from the Bristol Auction Rooms
assessed the collection in July 2019 and
provided a report to trustees. The valuation
report was the basis of the application for
insurance cover to the Ecclesiastical
Insurance company. A policy in relation to
the collection was agreed with that
company in October 2019 and remained in
place throughout 2020.|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Bath Medical Museum
Other name the charity None
uses
Registered charity 1176084
number
Charity’s principal Pulteney Practice
address 35 Great Pulteney St
BATH BA2 1JT
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6 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person
(or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to
whole year
appoint trustee
(if any)
Dr Roger Rolls Chair Trustee Board
1 appoints all
trustees.
Niall Bowen Resigned with effect
2 on 12 [th] February
2020.
3 Judith Coles
Dr Damian Resigned with effect
5 Gardner - Thorpe on 12 [th] February
2020.
Emma Robson Ceased to attend
trustees’ Board
meetings and was
7
deemed to be no
longer a trustee in
October 2020.
Gillian Kersley
8
Ryan
9 Dr John Kirkup
10 Richard Meunier
11 Dr Linda Watts Secretary
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Roger Lewis Rolls Linda Anne Watts Judith Coles Gillian Kersley Ryan John Kirkup Richard Meunier Paul Thomas 7 ## **Additional information** ## **Names of advisers** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Type of Name Address
adviser
Fund Kate Lane
Raiser
Financial Kylie Doell
Adviser/
Accountan
t
Web Lee Scott Creative Computing, Bath Spa University
Design
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members
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Stephen Dunning, Museum Director (unpaid volunteer role) ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _Linda Watts_ **Full name(s)** Linda Anne Watts **Position (eg** Secretary to the Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)** Board **Date** 24th September 2021 8 ## ## ||funds|funds||Totaluns|Totaluns|La|tyear| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||to thenearestf|tothe
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