2024-12-31-accounts

RECISTEREDCHARITY NUMBEIL" 1176535 Re￿rt tsf tkn Trnsttts *Ad UNaMdited Financi￿ for tht Year EThded31 Deremlxr 2024 Wayd Ik)tMknan A￿111 Service5 ljd 4 Cedar Park F¢Mth)￿ IndLtstrial Eqa B11217SF

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Rtport of th¢Trustee5 f•rth¢ Yew EDdEd 31 DErember 2024 The ￿￿tte$ present their re￿￿rt wth ihe fLTwial #amertts of tk charity for the year thwled 31 DeccrnbEr 2024. The Injsiees have aiknd ihe wovisions of A￿0v￿ling a￿ Re￿￿1￿8 by chan1￿5.. Sthiemeni of Recommended Practice applicable 10 chariiies prerAring their arcLKIT￿ in accirdxKe with thE FLiJaticial Rqx)rtirt¥ Stsn(knTd applicable in ihc UK nd Republic ofireland {FRS 1021 {¢ife¢iive l JaNwy 2019). 0￿ECr1vEs AIYD AcfiviTIES Objertives ain7S Sherbome Museum fiN OF￿1 to ihe in 1968. ILS ain as Th)w. ￿l[l￿ for the tolleciiow preserv￿1() and djsplay for the benefit of ihe public of itans of ge￿31 alw the Jmydmg or lethuTes. discussions and medings relaiin8 10 Ihese and sirnilargJbiea& The Museum is housed in th¢ fDTrN¢r Ably Gate H<w¢ in I￿ heart of sher￿￿ne. It comprise5 on the ground floor a Biti shop aThl Ihree d￿plaY area5. Tr fi￿ flwr contaiTLS Iwo f￿hEr dlsplayiexhl￿1i￿ artak and ihe second noor consists of workrooms for wjminislration, ctKLmlion researc￿ swnge of anelaeis and digitsl imaghn¥. The Texrve colleciion Is siored in Se￿jre p￿rnI￿$ at ilr offices ors￿￿￿Tre Town CwKil in buildin85 are wlw)Ily owned by ihe Museum: the PToperty also ¢ompnses a single ￿t4)ancY li alM)ve. The Mu5¢um i% run by B03td of Tntse& who ap￿1￿1 Otriccrs on an arnual basis aThd a on a pemianertl b&%is. #nd other memters as and when ttqtsired. All memEa5 of B03rd TnLsic¢5 of the thaTiiy: Board mtetin¥s are hEld ￿ l¢a5t every 2 nwniks. ShethnK Museum was regiAered a5 a CIO by ChaTi¢y C(xThnissiM on 5th January 2018. Curdtor is delegated io manage Ihe rutming of Ihc muscum a day4Trday bas￿. including publi¢iiy, family evenis and re¢wiimeni of museum volunieer& ￿ hokls TeBul3r briefing5 with the lean￿ ofvDknntary woEers. The CuraioT i5 SUPPOrted ihewrole by the Museum De￿lOpMent The Curalorrole also enthil$'. - Making applications forgrdnl funding wheT¢ rekvarf I￿lI￿lIng the Culiurdl Support Gram. - Maintaining clase coNacl with OEIKr voluntary IKKI)es. ed￿lI1￿1a1 estsblishnxThis aThl wi￿l¢j￿5 within Ihe heritsBe Yee￿r. Organising evcnls atKi xtivilies to owlure I1￿ links. - Ensuring compliatK¢ wilh A¢¢redikiion aTh1ards IS￿ by Ans Council England in¢luding SPECTRUM stsndards of Collections MaDag¢tnenl. . Compl¢lin¥ th¢ thffe.ywly A¢¢roJittiM)n a￿] eThsWI￿ JhereKe ￿ the mwcv￿￿ A$s(￿laIl￿n CodE 0f￿hIC$. . Anw¥ing ttairtfft￿ formuseum volunu5 whcre aprKowwt. Publ5¢ bel￿￿1 The objeclivesofihe Museum as swed lnwcor￿lt￿i￿ aT¢ 5 f¢AIows: l. To advance educ81ion for Ihc public benefiL in partKular exclusively. in th¢ hist(ry ofihe LOWL) of S￿rb￿ne and Ihe S￿￿o￿nding area, iis heritsse, naDJrAI history aTKI ruliwe. 2. To provide and mwntain a muscum at tk krtown as the Abiw &ieh(Mtse in Church Lane. SherbL¥l￿ or such her buibjings, aThJ in pursuit of tha&obj￿1. - 10 colleci. borrow a￿j loan colkctKm5 reling to the a - lo mana¥¢. d(um¢Trl, con5t￿e a￿l safeguard Ihe museum colleaiffl5 knldin - lo exhibit. ini¢rpre¢ #nd wovide x¢¢ss io ihe m￿M collethions and holdings: - 10 provKl¢ experietKes and aciiviiies for the ￿b]le. - 10 prov￿¢ exhibilioiis. cortfere￿e% and cvent5 both ort- aT¥J off.5il¢: . lo r¢s¢aT¢h. pmmote PLblish #￿IleS ofthe ar 3. To wth1ake any oiher charitable purFw The TnJses have had due rewd io the Chariiics Commi%5iOn BuKla￿¢t on wbli¢ kn¢fit.

eport Of Ihe Tr¥5tees f•rthe Year Ended 31 Deetmber 2•24 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMAf4CE Charit#bl¢ A¢tlvltks Th¢ museurn w&¥ uprTr frorn Febft￿ry 10 March ￿ winier (wiing )￿15 ftom April ￿ D#¢mir [# in 2￿4. A I￿81 of 7.667 VISIK￿ engaged with the mu5wm dwiJJg this inc1￿1]ng 5.165 adults and 832 children who carnc to vicw I exhibiiioL)s. whKh demo￿¢$ a in¢ras¢ in Tmwnbets ¢(thp￿ to 2023. Seven wirt￿r talks were held. five ouireach sessions in resideDiial and futhisJDg ¢v¢Thl& the amual ￿"1 and an EveThtD8 of Antiwes with Richard Brornell. A Pr￿¢T￿all￿n wa5 given to 230 PUPLIS of shertr￿e Pn"mary on the ¢Mgins of Pxk MoThtsy. These events conthbuied a lurth¢r 77? pe￿1¢ ¢n8ayng wilh the musewn. Within the mttseum we held 27 events and gr(w Vi51ts whith f4x u5¢rs in ￿ ov¢rall visitor numb¢rs. Owxll. we ¢aier¢d to 16 dsffereni or8ani￿1oTrs LnclL¥Jing the Femthrn U3& Mayofs Civi¢ Day. Chilion Bnd8e School. Barwick artd Sioford Primary. four visits from L¢W¢m￿ ￿1￿1. B￿[L￿d Aikns HistOTi¢al So¢i¢ty and ShertA)me Isi Brownies. As well as our ￿5￿[ Messy Monday orruin8s we also IM)St&l a Creative Clay Workshop. a Wasp Appreciaiion Day and a c￿er Day. We also participated in Visit Dorni's "Iwir&1 by Dotsei- couniy-wide projeci on an in museum5 were granied £200 10 olTu an ¢v¢nt )nspi¥¢d by th¢ taat)ical art of I￿"ana R￿11 wil%)￿ Feedbxk gaihered on prepared forn￿ p05t-visil we achieval hi8kn scotts ￿ rye-visii cormiunicMML ￿r￿1￿55. achKvem¢nt of kamirtg obje¢¢i¥¢s and enjoymeni. The kjans boxes have again woved wular. with Ihe Rortwi, Egypiian. Saxon knxe5 CiT¢ulaiing lo scl1￿[S Lrt Thornfrf Yaminsttt. Yeovil a￿1 powe￿￿. again wilh high scores ￿ fttdbk and used by 3pproximaiely ISI Sludents overdll. To￿1 [thysic￿ wrs of the mus¢urn wrr¢. tkre(￿r. 8.59). 50 th with lh¢ in¢lusion of our virtual ¥uth"¢nce {see be￿wA I￿al l￿[$ overnll were 13.743. We have commiiied io following goals sd by ￿ ALMlien¢e tkvelqxnthrt Survey atMI &$ S￿h havc widened our offer of frce family fn'endly evertt& in particular Messy mo￿lay& with the aim of etKmging thos¢ from rn0￿ disadvantag￿ Wa￿ i ihc town. We have also ol￿ed volunerin8 q4XKiIMILiie5 particularly regarding for these ev¢This. aTKI wc havc the trKL%Utll'5 f￿1 Youth ott the BrArd. We coniinuc ￿ off￿ placcmrnts WOTk ¢xperierK¢ Duke of Edioburgh awards. Followin8 Ihc Or8anisaiional Hcalih Ckck. the fffused ￿ rt¢witm¢rt with ful￿nISing skills in mind atxl succeeded ai ihe end of 2024 w attrdding 5¢v¢ts) applicJrf& Thrte wospeaive tyust¢es were interviewed and put foJi¥ard fLYco.owion onio ihe B09rd in tIK New Yrdrof 2025. The proj¢￿ "Un1￿killg ￿ Archives. Diwtisitlg the David HUN Colleairm.. fuThled by tknel c￿lrI1. was a mijor fo¢u$ for 2024 with Iwsi ov¢r thousand gla￿ plaie negaiivts Ixing s￿n￿l la goal ￿ OUT Forward Plan) by TowrJsw¢b Ar¢h)vin& A ieam of 12 volunieers ihe ¢ommunily was a55embied to ￿￿Ogue pla1¢5 aTKI providE basic data fDT ihe $ik and all infommiion has now been received. Voiuntett5 from the pmJe¢i I￿ed the Winter Talk in December io share Iheir expenences atKI SOTr of the pl¥MogrJph5 With the coMmL￿]IYJ which wovcd very Twuiar. The plaies themselve5 will sent lo Dorffj History C¢ntre in &thysi¢al aMI di81ts1 fonn $ DHC is Tthysically rvAy io receive Ihem. W¢)rk 15 curreE)Ily ongoing lo upload the Infom￿)0￿ •x1 images the t￿¥ collec11￿% plfLYm SLyJymed by Town5web. In Jonuary we su¢¢essfully appld a 8rani from LAW Cattrfjn txrn with ￿ aim of rthing our car￿n ¢mi5510ns by 1.9 tomes atml byant of jum over ￿.(KN) will E¢ W towards 4ThJ iTtaJling solar paTls. In Jun¢ Ixth the museum loft and the ietwii's lofl were fully insulated. aThJ a soi¥ arrny w45 ill5taJkd in D%ember. ID M¥¢h th¢ fi81 roor over Ihe wLthhop aftd WC rwxed. It is intyxkd thal W￿51￿￿ a-wanll mom- ￿th a rtew exiemal door and window 10 prev￿1 erKrgy kakagc and I￿￿¢49¢ searity. Two tknn¢r Wil￿Ow$ from the nani's fiai are scheduled for replacemeni. We havc rejoin￿ the Asgx1ali￿ of M￿UM'S Etwy knioTh (hup and are seekin8 their support in swihin8 10 g grrtn t[￿Y Wiff. In this way we are commiuntsm 10 rMJr GrJe 11 Listyj Building aT￿ ￿ Jnrt¢asin8 th¢ $usiainability of the ￿￿uM fw F￿￿e gemiions. We also benefiu¢d fm a grani of £8{￿ from shert￿ Town Council w￿vardS wliJ)g all thc ¢DTnputer horthvare aThl acquiriTh8 Ihe larest sofiwdre and cwily. I￿luding ¢ollrfti(ffis nlln8gem•Jt. (￿¢s1de this ptiTrjtti. the elecirithiy me*rs were upgraded as wcll as thes￿￿1]lY alaTm. W¢ coniinue io E¢nefii from ihe Dor5ei CowKil Culiwal Gtant which ￿￿e￿lY stsnds ai £IO.(m afier an increase from £5.(th in 2023. Visit En¥la￿l agaiti Vtsiior Aitrathion Q￿LItY ASsura￿e IVAQASI standard. with re(omm¢ndaiion5 for 2025.

Report Of the Trusttt5 fwtht Ytxr &#ded 31 Dece￿￿er 2024 The immediaie inheriied backlog of xce55ions I￿S beffl wcKe55ts1. The on80in8 dtrxce55l￿lng PTDgrnrnme bewn IE) archives. IMM)ks and iexli1¢5 will T¢suIi in m￿¢ ttsilient rtlevatrt collea1￿￿ and tk pr￿esS will wKIEn lo I￿l￿de colleciiolls. As thxum¢nlalion WOTk (QD¢1Th￿s, mor¢ Irm8-4aTh1in8 anefaa5 are be)"ng revealed thal either had bff ary¢ssioned in Ihe flrsi Instance or which Iwve ￿¢)￿e divotccd fttmn their xee5sion numba5. This probl¢m is slowly iring resolved. fkning 2024 the loys aNi ganKs aThl th¢ ￿derWeth a full coileriior15revi¢w. museum conlinues io benefit friffj of the NO￿ Iknsd m￿um5 GIDUP and t￿ D(¥sa Museums Associ81ion in Iurn5 of JTllQual Fxthli¢iiy. supm skill4han.ng ￿viCe. The DMA membership also Ptovidts access Lo Harwell RestordlioTL whi¢h WDvidcs etncigaKy conservion tn the cveN of a disasT¢r. as w¢ll a$ 8 presence on th¢ Visii Dorsci website. W¢ Tertive xlvi¢¢ trainirtg OM￿￿￿11•e5 fm the Ass￿11￿ of It￿Endent Museums IAIMI aDd lh¢ South We51 Muscufn D¢v¢lopm¢nl P￿gra￿u￿ ISWMDPI and Drtss and Textile Specialists {DATSI. We send 2 regular aiieThJee io Ihe Sh¢Tix)n TouTism and have become n￿mE£15 ofihe Slkn Chnber of Trnth. RepreseniatLves regularly atlcnd the Armu41 Pansh M¢din¥ in Iht kn¥n. We have Mrenwhened OUT link5 with shell￿ Ablxy and SS Johns Alm5hous¢ a￿1 th¢ newly opetd Tr Shtrlxxne. ans is sttking fLY museum io be¢ome (rt of its prtmary euliural ia¢ik websiie and ￿$t ofxial media has been Fnised ty Vi5ii EmglaThJ. ch￿ virt￿1 a￿11e￿¢ ¢(wists of 1,577 followers on Fattlxx)k. 2.553 on Twit￿ aThl 1.023 on InS￿rIn￿ Our reserve eolleaions coniinue 10 ir ilK Town C(RJncil marK￿ House in Newland. Slthy)rne Town Council has also kiThJly agreed for the ￿lId1￿ to act ￿ a frK vulrKrablc ims sllould an emet¥¢rt¢y eur. Membership review Memtership sthcriplions ar¢ a wtal r(mIril￿1ion iw))e, and members enjoy various ben¢fits inrludiTrg attess 10 our senes of Winter Talks. a biannual ncwsietlcr. acctss lo rtsearch faciliues aTrddi￿ on culain events. 2024 ￿ gained 34 mrmbas. We l0# 20 thmu¥h &aih. carttllalw)n LY Th￿-Payment or rees. Our total membership ai ihe of 2024 wa$ 187, exceedirtg our year-ertd figures for 2023. The c£￿tr￿1￿g sn membus is largely due to Ollwlion thwh Wi￿￿TalkS and ihe reLYuilm&M of new steward5aTKL (her v(knieeT5.

fw Ihe Yt#T Ethdedjl D¢e¢mbtr 2•24 TrINANCIAL REVIEW Fln•nei•l pos1￿0 Thr charity ShcTIM)TD¢ was formed 74wJ ¢rt￿Ed thr Rryi5w by Tr Chariiy on 5th January 2018 &8 a Charitable Inco4￿(ed (kganisaiion (CIOI Alihou8h iE)cthne is ltss ihan £250.￿ thi% y￿. ￿oUnts hve beth ryerAred an accrual b&sis 10 be consisieni with recent yea￿. Restrlcted (C8pltll F¥Dd- Endowmffit Fund The capitsl in the Restricd ICapiMII Fu￿1 be used The irKome arising from capital only uscd lo coniribute ￿WardS Ihe paymcni of wage5. ￿1￿[1¢5 aThJ knoraria. The furwj. cash atKI Investmen￿ was valued it £35,759 81 end of Ihe year. Restrided Fthds {OrdSMry) These r¢¢wd the d￿lI0￿￿8rants r¢c¢iv¢d ¢¥wwh"iyw¢ irw1￿ for wif1¢ proje¢w They ore noi avai18bl¢ for any Ot￿r purpose artd iTlude the Homranum Ac¢wnu]ation Att￿￿[ to which itscome gthetaityl by ¢he Honordrium Capi121 A¢¢ouni 1$ ¢rediied. (kncc any accouni within the Reswirted F￿S (Ordirwyl ca80ry ha5 served its pwrxbsc aTrJ h&$ betn sFnt in rthi we wll cimiinue wilh ourpolicy of c105ing alr￿nL Thc funds for Ihe H￿TariuM ACcuThll￿ Fund {cash& ai cThl ofthc st￿1 ￿ £36.285. tkgniied Reservt Fnmds A¢¢ounts within this wup aTe in the 01￿$¢￿V¢S sd by th¢ Tnstees io meet aNi¢iwed liabilities t1￿ yei fully known. Although IhE5e fund5 rot pll1￿ xtual 5￿c. use djswtsal aTE entirely ￿ ihe dixrtli￿) 0fiheTn￿e¢$. Capital F4ipme#VlmprovementlAtq•hlt5on F•d This fund L$ Used 10 buy or reE￿W equipmeni arKI aftefacts which aye futyjed elsewhere. The balmce as ￿ Ihe ¢￿10f the year c&th aTwJ invemenis w&$ £48.304. Major Repair Fmnd This fund ha5 Eten crcated to ¢51abii5h Y4 rcscrve again# the CO￿ a￿1 CxpEr￿ in nmlng th¢ fial. th¢ ifisu￿. and ryiT5 ih¢ Slrwufc. WiTin& lthing aT¥J major plwnbiDg of all our E￿ildIn￿. th¢ target iriDg 3.5ty• Df th¢ IT￿ured valu¢ of the building5. The builditw were profe55iODally valud ￿ ITansfer ￿ Shelt￿ MuseLml a￿j the estimated Ttyixerneni value was given w £850.(KKI. TIK tsr8a valu¢ of this fi￿d is IlKrtlo¥t V9.750. The r¢Mal income from the flaL togeiknwith th'vthrtth and Int￿ e pa￿ itllo thisxcryjni. The balance ai ytar-cnd irKludin8 inves1men￿ was £29.970. We ctsntinue to undertlke imwvemen¢S mnterwKe to (w trtJiklin8s in xcord#TKe with the re¢¢MnmerJdaiitslls ouilined L the condition r¢wut pt(MJwd by Pknljp Hygh¢s A550CWte5 in Mmrh 2023. rnajot WOjed5 WUE ¢onwlet¢d wiibin the yrdr.. the re￿ar¢￿ent of ihe r(x¥f over the WC and W{￿51￿￿. wwading the k)ft iwlatii)n in IhE Imjilding at ai. which in¢ltsded the intrthluciion of loft imwlve ac£ess: and tht lttst8liati(￿ ora solar PV aNay on the south roof sly of th¢ main ￿lIding. The latw twrj projeas prt-fw)&d by Low Cath)n Drrti and IIK Shared Prosp¥iiy FutM1. The works are noi only intended ￿ red￿t Ihe than"I￿S %waun8 COSL8 b￿, more imr￿an1]y. demonstraie our Commitme￿ io reducin8 the museum's env￿￿Mental inwaci andensurÈTh8 iLS fviure $￿al￿abIlL1y. The works Progrnn￿ed 2025 inclwjc the replaccmum thnncr winrknvs in the flat and re{kn￿l0￿ of ilK fa of the building.

Report ofihe Trwstees for the Year E￿Ied JI DecembeT 2024 TILe Muscurn EnhAThtemeat Fund This L5 a fund th￿ wos set up with a th¢ bte Mrs JeaD G&selee Gteu. Its lim is io make large ￿ale inwr0v¢m￿ts lo the museum. Cwrenily the main ¢XPEllSCS thin1￿ratiVe and sUtconlTwcior co$￿, includin¥ the Cmratofs renunlcrdlion. The moncy was fonncrfy kkl in a CAF Crfbld savings aCC￿Th. In 2024 a w1ion of ihis was moved ￿ a CCLA investmeni Imd. The fund balJrK¢ as ￿ the end ofihe yvdr was £2￿.157. CeTrerl Fund- op¢r8tioMI iNtomelexpendit•rE Thr purpose oftius futhl is 10 cover Ihe day-104]ay nmnithg ¢￿S of the rn￿rn. Ai cryj the Fwd 5Ws a minor cash dtficil. The value of the lund (with Inve￿n￿tsand fixed held) ai t￿ MI of Ihe year wa5 £451.437. Business RAie telief of i(W• Exovwjed by Cwxil hel￿d yely. aThl ihis th¢ DO￿¢1 Cfmjncil revenue 8rani payment in¢r¢as¢d from £5.1￿ 10 £IO.LYXI. This year the Fund has pallitwiawly b¢rtfid iThm%e in Temil fveni 4X)￿[shIp. almt memberthip $ubS¢iioi￿S. Flxtd Assets- Buildings Th¢ freeknid ryemises. including the f]. wert pofe&sionally valued in March 2025 * £395.IJKI c￿lm￿ed matei value. The buildin￿ 4re insur¢d for than tk full reCoffl￿ rep1xa￿l val￿ £960.(M. Flxtures Fittiny and E4wlpm¢nt - Fixiures and fitiin8S 3r¢ deptcciatEd a the rate of l(PA Istraighi lincl Fr •MunL ¢Wt• value £24.791 - Elecirical items and cornwiery ar¢ dewttiatedai the Ne or￿￿{5￿￿1gkn1 li￿) w aM￿m.. current value £3.686. - The cojnbincd book valu¢¢ome$ 10 £28.478. Inve5trneDI poliryi obh¢¢lv¢s p¢rformance Some of ow surplus c&8h is held wilh Ihe Chariiies OffKi¥l lovesthwi FuThl (COIF) I)ep05L'I FuThJ a¢xoun15 al the Churches, Charilies $nd L(¢al Authorities (CCtAI (wn1￿1￿. Bank intet¢Y 1$ YAMI ￿ the CAF Cash aLyJ CAF Gold attounts. Ollr bnv¢slm¢nts at¢ held In hdd in a combL"naii¢M of bLmds. th￿sits aml quilie5. The majoriiy of the holding in Ihc CAF CM)Id aEriMJni Wds tr￿sferred 10 a CCLA t￿￿$1t FWKI ￿ knfii from a hisher R¢s¢rv¢s pollry Re5etves are Tequired 10 ensure th& cash reswr¢es atr aHilabie so IhaL the (w￿10￿31 viabilily orth¢ is nol pui in - damage to property nor cove¥¢d by insurantte.g- Y¢pairs required ¢kn ro fair wear& irar - the purchase of new a[￿ repiacernttLI fjxed Lwis. furniiure aThl equiwnthi - railure 10 obiain surrL¢ie¥it fuTKts for day4iHlay rLuming exrKnse5 - Ihe need ￿ provide its wnmwce wojecLS foT whith fwKlir¥ d￿all(￿LS avaiiabk only aftcr c¢Mipknion OT on d￿tIOn ofa reccyed invoice for wth dont. The TDJSittS have a ￿lIcY to Set as?th. whenever p¥)ssible. ¢th resourtts IMO tksi8rw*d ¢x oth¢1 furKis for Ihes¢ 8t￿ other purposes whenever Ihey are i(kniified. The CIO ha5 [￿¢ reserves of £27,959 95 at 31 De¢•nl¢r 2024 {2023: £23.9451. The CO￿lder ihis l¢v¢l of reserves 10 be s￿￿le1t￿L 10 thliver chariidble obiErliv¢5 for th¢ next twelve n￿h$. Free re5eTVCS are (3[￿lated by ded￿lift8 fixed a55e¢s fvom the urtrestriued land undesignaEd} [C￿e5 hEkl ai Ihe )Thr<nd.

of tke Trnstees for tke Year EDdtd 31 Dtt¢wb¢r M124 STRUCIIJRQ GOVERYkANCE AND MANAGEME Governlng ¢kKwment The chwiiy is ¢Mtroll¢d by ils ¢OllSlitutim 8nd r(W51i1u￿ •ClwitabJ¢ I￿1￿ OrgaDigli(¥n. RetruitmeDt and appolntMI¢Dt rfnew trwl¢es The charity fdiows ￿da￿t issued by the Ckriiies commissi(￿ with re8￿ts 10 reCrnI￿en1 tsainin¥ of any new Key mnagernellt remuwer•tio EJi5ab¢ih Bletgx was paid a loMI Of£14.8￿ f(Y her services as a freelatKe CWLY. Rid( m#n4KemeAt The tr￿le¢s have a duty lo ideniify review Ihe risk5 ￿ whith tlK CIO is expw)sed and ￿ ensure appropwiate conirols are in place ￿ provide reasonable assurance against aTDr. R5sk a55C5Srn5 are regularfy carried oui Wbth r¢gard to Ihc Ilxiion& sdxool visits and Ic0nstK)x¢& The Trusiees ¢onsid¢r thai the norn￿1 risks of dam28¢ 10 buildings athl otlw taD¥ible assets belonwng to the Museum logd1￿r wilh public and Ihird-pafty liabiliiy arc adeq￿tlY covered by insurance. There are effective intruder fire a18rn1 5y5tems ins¢alled and fite exiinguishers placed in [￿)SItiOnS recommeLMled by profe￿onals. These are re8u18rly inspecied and rna1nlair￿d. There is also a syxem in operation whereby Ihe l&%t rrson in the buildin8 has ￿ sign oui. certifying all fire are wop¢rly Closcd wwthws Sh￿ aThJ ck¢¢rical appliaTK¢S P¥DFwiy ig)]aled beforc 5c¢iing ik inlrudcr alann. The de￿¢S$l0￿lnB wogrnmme enswes 'gwd Iwekwithg, tskes pl#¢e to enable resF4)nsible collecling in the fuiure. It 1$ 8uwJed by The Mus•uDs Asyttiaii(m Coje of Ethics so the is Completely irnwami and has th¢ Boarrts approval. REFERENCE AIND ADMJTlSTRATIVE D￿Alls Registered Charlty •xmber 176535 PTlnclpal d¢lre55 Church Lane DoTset DT9 3BP Truste G E Lewis Msc FTear G C BeNlell L R Mouland G Morris (resigned 4.7.241 M5 L BiackilK)rn¢ laprM)ind 23.1.24) O Young K Barl R BOWn￿ 23.3.241 IDdepeid¢ot Exmk Ward Goodman Adit Servicts L 4 Cedar P Ferrldown Induslrial Eswe D(xsei BH217SF

R¢porl of th¢ Trnstet5 fwth¢ Ye*r Eod¢d 31 D¢¢¢mber2024 Approved by orderofihe iy)ard of tru￿￿5{111......... .. ... .. andsigvd on 11$ behalf by.. L fTIoLLlJncL L R Mouiand. Tn

IAdepeode•t ExAlaer's Rwrt l• tkeTrnslees of Sbtrb•rne Mwseum ldepeAdent examioer's report to Ihe tr¥sltts •f Sherbwx M#se¥ I r¢wrt 10 th¢ ¢hariry tswAees on my examination of the aceounts of shert￿￿ Mwum lthe TnLst) the year ended 31 December 2024. R¢$p•n5ibili(ie5 and b•sis of rep)rl As the chariiy Irusiees of ihe T￿￿ you art Te5wThiblE for the of thc xr¢Junts in aLrordance with th¢ requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ACVI. I report ￿ respeci of Tny ¢xaminalion orth¢ T¥N5t'S ¥ftNmt5 uryi¢d 145 of the A¢1 ajxl ith ¢arryin8 out my exaffliro1iM I have followtd all aN)litable DitC¢liotLS g]vth kry theChaTity Utth Setti(MJ 145(5Xbl of (he Aa. INlÈpthMletht examltter's Slatem￿l I have ¢omplded my examination. I confimi that m ma￿181 mallers ha￿ crxlx ￿ my aikThiion in Connect￿ wilh the ¢xarnino1l￿ w'ving me ¢aw to tdieve that in any makrial couNing record5 were n( kepi in re5rKci of Tr￿ a5 required by S￿10￿ 130 of ihe Aci.. or Ihe accounts do acr￿d wilh records., or Ihc accounts comply with the applithk ￿1r￿n¢￿ts corKaning the fonn cont¢nt of a¢¢ounts sd oul lll the Chariiics (Accounts a￿1 RegulalM)tL5 2(KJ8 ￿her than any tWULTement ihat ihe accounis give a true and fair view whi¢b 1$ not a MaitertoJKs￿rtd as p$ oran ¢xaminati(th. I have no concems and have come across M other mallers in connection wilh Ihe eXaMi￿lOn ￿ which atteniion slMvJld bc thawn in this rewt in order ioenabie a undersw]ik¥ ofthe xeounts io te react￿￿. I M Rth1d Bsc FCA FCCA wa￿ Goodman Awlit Service5 L 4 Cedar PaTk Femdown Indusirial Eswe Wimborn¢ BH217SF

Stsiernent of fIn•neI￿ A¢tivilie5 ror tbe Year FA￿e￿ JI Decernber 21124 2024 Total furMIs 2023 Total fur rLt N￿¢S INCOME AYD ENDOWME.YTS bliom Dooaiions and 1¢8a¢5 18.481 18581 33.970 her Irading aaivitie% Invesim¢ni ittome 13.445 13.015 13.445 15253 13,713 10.930 2238 T•ixl 44.941 2.338 47.279 58.613 EXPENDITURE ON Raisin¥ r￿d$ 1932 1932 4,504 Chgrilxble actlvltle5 Charithbk Acliviiies 57.610 4.471 62.081 69.030 T￿] 4.471 65.013 73,534 Nd ¥ains on inwesthitn 3.355 563 4.819 8,425 NET INCOMEI(EXPENDrruREI Other re¢fj8Dlsed y105111055es Gairts on revalu*iOn of r￿ed 1112461 {1,570) {12.915) {6.4961 25.(KKI 25.1 Net movement In fTANds )1754 11.570) 9)1 12.085 16.4961 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Ttyal funiLs trwghi fon¥ard I I I 39.C66 J4.858 882.035 888.531 TOTAL FUNDS CARWED FORWARD 82Q865 37.496 35.759 894.120 882.035 TKrt¢5 form part of fiDJvcial

31 D¢rtmb¢t 21)24 2024 To￿] 2023 Total funds No FIXED ASSETS Tangibl¢ assets 423.478 61.455 423.478 119.654 3W,294 14.835 21441 35.758 484.933 U441 35.758 543.132 505.129 CURRENT ASSETS Siocks Deirtor5 Cash at bonk arKI in haml 10 4.379 1.153 331.786 4.379 2.082 749 375.395 15.055 337.318 15.055 352.374 378.226 CREDITORS Amounts fallin¥the witkn'n or 12 {lJ861 IlJ861 11.320) NET CURRENT ASSETS 335.932 15.055 350.988 376.￿6 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENf LIABILITILS 820.865 37.496 35.759 894.120 882.035 r A&SETS 820,865 37.496 35.759 894.120 882,035 Fuf4DS Unresiricied funds ResInc￿d fuJyl% Endowment funds 13 820.865 37,496 35.759 39.066 34,858 TOTAL FUNDS 894.120 882.035 Thr fiTtancial slat¢Jn¢￿$ Wtre apwivtd by the Boatd of TnL#ets )d frr issue athl were signed on lis behalf by". 3rd ApKil 2025 L ffioLLl&ncL L R IMouland- Trunce fonn w ofihese finKial sta*ments Page io

Not¢s to tb¢ Flpaodal gatemeAts for tke Ytxr Endtd 31 Decembtr2024 LECAL FORM SherErf)me Museurn 15 a chJritsbl¢ inc¢MWK3I￿ ￿ga￿l$all0￿ {CIO) for I￿ wbli¢ benefii and rry1s￿red with ihe Chan'ly c¢JMmi￿l0n in England Waks. The 15 page 6. ACCOUNTlkYC POLICIES Basis of preparing the fiun¢i•l stternewts The financial aiemenls of the chariiy. which ts a wbli¢ it￿rit tythily FRS 102. have been prepated in aceordarKc with the Charities SORP {FRS 1021 'Attouoiing and ReFM)rting by ch￿illes.. SuiemeDI ol Recommemled PTaUiC¢ applicablc to charities preparing thur accounts In acudantt with Ihe Fit)ancial Re￿Ing sth￿rd applicabl¢ in the UK id RyJbli¢ of ITria[￿ IFRS 102) letTeJive l JartLOry 20I9Y. Fimncial Rerx)ftin s￿l￿1a[d 102 Tr Fi[W￿￿1 RyTling &aTth¥d 3tvli¢abi¢ in Ihe UK and Republic ofireLaL¥I and Ihe Chariiie5 Aci ?011. Tr rinancwl statcTr￿ lrni TweTwrd utKkT the hisioital eosi conveThtiM, with th¢ exccpiion of invcslrnent5 which are itKluded ai mathi yal￿ as M￿lf￿ by the Yevaluaiion ofcertain assths. Intome All incom¢ is r¢¢ogoised in ik Siaiemetli of Financial Atiiviiies otKe the chaTiiy has eniiilemert ￿ the fuTKls. it is bable ihal the incozne ￿1] be teceived and the anKnmi can ￿ mea5urd rcliably. Grant$ {in¢ludirtg governmthi gyantsl shall k reco¥nised in rrofii Ioss on a $￿e[nati¢ bsis over ihe periods in which Ihe eniily recowses as exrThes Ihe relwed c￿$ frrwhich ik gran15 IT11¢nd￿ io Exptnditm Liabiliiies are recognised as ex￿dit￿re a5 s￿n as there is a legal or con5truclivE obligation eommillin¥ ihe ¢hariiy io thai expeL)diiwe. 1¢ is wobable Ihal a transfer of ecotw)mic knfits will bt req¥ir¢d irt settlement and Ihe amouni of obligaiion can bc M￿u1rd rEliably. EXF￿￿11￿¢ is a¢¢0￿￿1¢d for 00 on a¢cn#l$ ￿lS and has been elassifled ￿t￿r headings lh￿ aggr¢gatc all cost T¢iat¢d to cdtegiry. Whue costs Can1￿ be th"recily attributed ￿ particular headin85 they have becn allorad to tiviiies on a Eosi$oxtsisi•ht wilh use ofyt￿￿rees. TngilAt fixed 4set$ Fixcd a55e15 wr¢ ￿VI¢wed amuaily for IT￿1¢4￿￿ of inyimmt aThl r¢Valu￿l￿S are reco8nized ihere is a nLlterial diffetence between an &8set's catrying valL its far valuc. Fr¢¢hold prop¢tty is ￿ld in th¢ a¢crM)ts on a r¢valuatiw Iwi& Wiihin the items ￿tegOris￿l under Fixiures and Fillirbgs there are iwo assu ryFKs which Fumilutr aTd Filling5 artd Electr￿al Equipmcni. These areikweeiad 0￿r ik cAlma￿d u5efu] lile ofihe asset al the [01h)￿n¥ rates: Fumiiure and FLlling5- I¢P/o Strdight line deprecialion Elecirical EquiprrKni- 2LY/o 51raighi line deweciwion A capithlisatv)n p)licy h•s been sd by th¢ inty*es tha any ovtr £250 aNI with a ￿tful economic life of over 3 yrdrs will bcron5i¢J¢T¢d for witslisotion. Stotks Si￿ks valucd at the lowcr of or tralisabl¢ vaJy¢, ats tmking allowarKe IA>solete and slow Movin￿ iiem& on a FIFO E4Si& Taxation The ¢haTity is exempt from its charikble auiviti Urw¢siii¢ied ruthl$ Can be used in acC(￿￿tte with tr charrtable obieaives ai ihe thScrd1L￿ of t￿ trustres. Pa8cII coniinued...

N•te5 to the FinanaAI StttrneDts- eontinmed ror the Year EAdtd 31 Deternber 2024 ACCOUNTIYI G POLICIES- CODlill¥ed F¥•d Restricied can only for partioJ13r re#ria¢d pur￿￿ within the obi¢￿n¢Tht fund5 are not ¢l￿dIbl¢ and any iroTne a¢om)ulai¢d ficth uivestmeNS held ate lo ihe Honorarium AccunwLiicd I[Wr￿ Fu￿L Fwilww>ianI￿ ofihe n¥w¢ aTrJ PUryk)se of ¢ath fut¥i t5 in the Me5 10 the fina￿la] sthtements. 14v¢$tments Invtstments are reco8nised initially at fair value whidl is Thxrnally the ITat￿l￿ price excludirtg irnnsKti(xi costs. Subsequemly. ITrw measured ai fair Wdlue with changes TecoBni5cd in '￿t ￿47￿￿[￿￿¢5) on inv¢stm¢nt$" in ihe Sthiemeni of FirtswKial Aclivities if the 5hare5 are ￿l¢lY trad￿ w thcir fair value can i)thetWJ5e be n￿s￿red reliably. CAih #t bnk IJ• Cash at bank and cash in hoTKI in¢lth ¢ash athl SI￿ tem) highly liquid investments with a short matwiiy of three rnornhs or le55 from the datc of acquj5ili(￿ orowing of thc dwil Ot simiiaraccouni. Deblors TrddE alld thher debtors are re£08n￿ed * Ihe sd1len￿i amount knafterany di5cowll offer￿. Pr¢p3ym¢nts valttd * theamoum ofany wade di50JJnts due. Creditors C￿dItorS rwnised where the chaniy kn a Fyesem resuliing evctth that will wobably JEsthI in Ihc Iransfer of fvTrJs 10 a thwd rArty aThl awwjuni io seule the Obligati￿ ¢an be me&sured or esiim*ed reliably OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 2024 2023 FutKlrnising events Shop income Ren¢al Income 1.675 5.539 6,231 2.931 4.782 13,445 13.713 Page 12 C￿lI￿￿e￿..

SkErknrMe Yotr5 to the Fin•wcial StAternen¢S- ¢(Illtitiued lor the Ye¥r EDded 31 Decrmber 2024 INVESTME1￿ INCOME 2024 2023 DivKlend 3fLd BaNk In¢ucst 15.253 10.930 SUPPORT cosrs Govetnance cos Chaniable Aciivities 1.386 For the yeart￿d 31 De¢¢mber2024. Itmkpthii Examirtts. ftts i(kn]led £1 J86 (2023.. £1.3201. TRUSTEES. REMUYI ERATION knND BEYI EFITS Th¢re wtte no ¢TU51ce5' remun￿all0Tr or th benefits fty y￿r 31 D￿eMber 2024 for the year ended 31 December2023. Trnsttts, expensej Trusesreceived reimbWSw￿ fcexpw In1￿year eThled 31 December 2024 iothlling £331 {2023.. I505}. COMPARATIVES FOR THE sfATEMENf OF FINLYCIAL AcfiviTILS uN¢str￿ted Resthcied Endowmeni fund T(al futhl$ INCOME AND EPDOWMENTS FROM Donaiiw$ and le8aci¢s lJ.378 20392 33.970 Other ty•1ing J¢iiviii¢s Inves1n￿nE i￿ome 13.713 8.837 13,713 10,930 2.LW3 Total 35.928 22.685 58.613 EXPENDITURE OY Raising funds 4J04 4504 Chartt*bk ￿livItIeS Chantsblc Activiiies 52.435 16.595 69.030 Total 56.939 16.595 73,534 Nd gains on ￿v¢s1￿￿ 4J07 1.594 2.524 8.425 INCOMFJIEXFEPIDJTURE Transfers between funds {16.7041 1534} 7.684 534 2.524 (6,4961 Net moverneol IA fuods Il7.2381 8218 2.524 16.4961 P4e IJ conlinued...

Y•te5 to iht FIMNei•l &•iemettts- eoAtlAed fw ¢he Year 31 Deternber 21124 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENTOF ThYANCIAL ACTIVITILS- u]w￿rICtEd RcstrKlcd Endowtnenl fund Tottl funds RECONCILIAT10YI OF FiJNDS Totsl funts brrML8hi forward 825.349 30.848 32J34 888.531 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 808.111 39.066 34.858 882.03$ TAPICIBLE FIXED A&SETS Fixiurts Ftrehold fillin8S T￿815 COSTOR VALVATION Ai l January 2024 Ad¢tiiions ReVaI￿li0r￿S 370.1XKI 112.642 15.684 482.￿2 15,684 25,0(Kl Ai 31 December 2024 395.(KMI 128.326 523J26 DEPRECIATION At l January 20?4 Clwye fwy¢ar 92J48 92J48 7.5( At 31 Dettmbet2024 99.848 99.848 NET BOOKVALUE Ai 31 Decemtrr 2024 395.1 28,478 423,478 Ai 31 Lkcth2023 370.IXKI 2Q.294 39),294 C05t or valuation ￿ JI De£emkn2024 is repKc5rntaiEy". Fixtures Frteknld filting5 Totsls Valu41ion in 2018 Valuation in 2024 370.¢ 25.(MKI 370.0 25.¢XbO 128,326 128.326 395,(XX) 128.326 523.326 Page 14 coniinued..

SherbDrNe Mw5¢4 Note5 to tke FinaAeil S¢alemeThts- rontinved for lh¢ Y¢Ar Ended 31 Deternber 2024 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS List Lt)vestmws MARKET VALUE Al l JatLW 2024 RevaluaiithLS 114.835 4.819 Ai 31 De¢ctnlrr 2024 119.654 NET BOOK VALUE Al 31 DecernEfr 2024 119.654 Ai 31 LkcemE¢r 2023 14.835 10. STOCKS 2024 2023 S￿￿&5 4,379 2,082 ii. DEBTORS.. AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wmiiN OI%E YEAR 2024 2023 herdebiors PLEpayments and a¢crued i￿ome 304 749 1.153 749 IL CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN OIYEYEAR 2024 2023 AccnaaLs and defetTtd lJ86 1.320 Page 15 continued...

Notes to tb¢ Fkn•cll Stslemets- eoAtio•ed lor iht Yer Ended 31 Decewbw 1024 13. MOVEMEP4T IN F￿NDs Nd TransfcT5 Ai 31.12.24 Atl_1.24 in fuT¥Is Unre5trirled funds GetThl fLM Major Repair Fund Capiial EquiprTMUlmwovem¢nVA¢quisi Fund M￿rn Enhanc￿￿[ Futhl COVID-19 F￿d oUtr￿h F4uipmcAt 414239 37,198 (20.4911 4SI.437 29.970 46.481 295.570 424 93J 1.823 {5.4131 48,304 2￿.157 424 573 (3601 12.754 820,865 Restrkted Honorarium ACCum￿la￿d I￿0￿¢ Fu￿1 corls￿alIt￿l S[￿1￿] Exhibitions & EvMts D¢vclopneni of ihe N'aiutal HI￿ory RcKmn Enha￿ement of Ik Oral History Coll￿10n Wasps Nea A￿hlY11)s fut)d 33.515 403 1770 31 1401 36.28$ 577 143 13241 iio 143 (1431 434 534 4.531 14.4311 (1.5701 37.496 Honoranum CarAial 34.858 35.759 TOTAL FUNDS 881035 12.(*5 894.120 Page 16 ef￿11￿￿ed...

Not¢s to lh¢ Flotydal Statements- tontinued for tht Ycar EThled 31 Dettrnber 2024 13. MOVEMEPtT IY FUNDS. rw¢SnTAed movemeni in fuMls. includ¢d in ihE ab)vc are45 follows: Gains and losses Mov¢meN ¢xpid¢d In Uore5trided fmnds General fur Major Repair Fund Capjial EquipnKntnniwovement1Acgui￿tl Fw Mu5¢uwn EnhaDE¢m¢nt Fund Outr¢ach Equiwn¢nl ?th,137 (14,084) (28.623) 25.145 37.198 120.4941 1.817 9.447 Q.6151 {l4.8601 I3￿) 2.621 1.823 15.413 (3(Al) 44.941 {￿)421 28.355 12.754 R¢MTl¢ted furtds HonoTWiUrn A￿U￿wIllIed IKom¢ FuE¥l CO[￿r¥alK)n Special Exhlbilir￿ & Events Wasps Ne A[Chi￿n¥ fund 2.207 31 563 2.770 31 1401 100 14,4311 (401 14.4311 2J38 14.471) 563 11.5701 EndowmeAt f*Mds Honorarium Cawial 901 TOTAL FUIYDS 47279 (65.0131 29.819 12.085 P4BE 17 Cominued...

N•tes t• the F￿￿¢1#1 &ttrnents- ¢OMtied for lhe Yer Endrd 31 Drttmber 2024 13. MOVEMEYT IN FUNDS- ¢•#tlAtd Compargtive5 for Jnovemeni kn funds Transfers AL 31.12.23 Ai 1.1.23 in fuThJ5 Unr¢strf¢t¢d General fund Major Repair FutKJ Capital EquipmenVlMTxovemerA.'Acqui￿lIOD Fund 423.033 52263 {8.260) {1,799) 15341 414.239 50.464 44.973 1508 (9.086) 46.481 295.570 424 933 COVID.19 Fund Oyir¢ath Ewipment 424 933 82S.349 {16.7041 15341 808.111 Restiirttd fllnd5 Hot￿rariUM Aecumuled IKome Fut ConseThaiion s￿claI Exhibilions & Evenis Dcvcl¢)pm¢ni of ih¢ Nalur41 H￿Ory Ellhancemenl oftlroral Hiyory Coll¢di Wasps Nest knkn"vin¥ fut*l 29.9)1 330 3.614 73 33.515 403 iio 143 143 {5341 4.531 534 4.531 534 39.066 Endowrnent funth H￿(￿an￿M Capmal Fund 32J34 34.858 TOTAL FUkYDS 888.531 16.4961 882,035 Page 18 ¢Mtinued..

ShEthJrne to ¢be fiD¥Drial StAt¢mthts- ¢oAtlnu¢d for the Ye•r Endcd JI Dtrrmber 2024 13. MOVEMENT IN FUYI DS-tMliA¥ed Ctxnp4rntiv¢ oei ￿￿em￿l in [￿d$. in Ik knvc or¢ as follow5.. Incomin Gains and Movemeni funds Uore51rirted f￿ndS Gen¢ral fw Majar Rcp31r Fund Capiial EiwipmenL.ImwJvemen￿AeqUiS1l10n F￿d Museu¥n Enhancement FLbnd 0￿reaCh Equipmeni 20.475 7.130 (292811 {10.6(kn1 (8,260) (1.799) 1.677 1.749 5.574 12,3251 14.6fAJI 167) 2.084 1508 (9.0861 933 35.928 (56.939) 4.307 (16.704) Reslrkttd fynds Honoranum A¢¢unMLlaied Income Fu￿1 CMsthion Wasps Ne knhiving fund 2mO 73 1.594 3.614 73 15341 4,531 (1.4341 19.W2 22.685 {l6J951 1.594 7.684 EAd•wAKt fuAd5 HoTKJfdriumCapiial Fw 2.524 2.524 TOTAL FiINDS 58.613 [73.5341 &425 (6.4961 Page 19 continued..

Ntste5 to th¢ Fwneil St•ternents- cwtinwd for the Yur FAded 31 Decewber 2024 ij. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- eMtimd A cumi year12 month5 a￿1 pnLYye¥r 12 nxmths combiKd w5111(￿ is as folhjvs.. Net Trdnsf¢T5 bdwttn fLmds At 31.12.24 Ai 1.123 infu Unrestritled funds General f￿d MaN>r Rcpair FuThl Capilal EwipmenVlmwovemen¥'Acquiiion Fund Mus¢urn EnhanccrnEnt FuThl COVID.19 FwLd Ouire¥th Equipm 423,033 52263 28.938 (22.293) {5341 451.437 29,970 44.973 3.331 (14.4W) 48.304 2W.157 424 573 424 573 825.349 {3.9501 (534) 820.86$ Re5tritted tulld5 Honorarium Ae£wLwlaied I￿)mC Fund Conservaiion Special EKhibition5 & Evenls D¢v¢lopm¢nl of th¢ Naiulal Hbstory Ro( ￿nhat￿c￿￿Trt of the 0￿7 History Colledm W8$ps Nest Ar¢hivin8 29.901 330 6384 36.285 577 143 (3241 (401 143 11431 (4341 534 114 534 37,496 EndowmeDi fuAds H￿OrgI1￿M Capiial Fu￿1 32.334 3.425 35.759 TOTAL Fuf4DS 888.531 5J89 894.120 coniinued...

Noles ¢0 th¢ FJn•M¢l•l S(•ttm¢nts- ermiinM¢d forthe Year EndEd 31 Dct*mbtr 2024 MOVEMEJYf IN FUYDS- comliD¥ed A cutteni ￿ 12 months wior year 12 M￿lh5 cornbiKd nd movemem in fu￿$. in¢luded in ihe above are follows Gains and ID&S¢S Movemeni in funds Unre5trkted General fwml Major Rq)aiT Fund Capital EquipmEnUIrnwovemcnVAcquisitioii 46,612 14.670 143.3651 139.2291 25.691 2266 28,938 {22.2931 14.9401 {29.5201 1427) 4.705 3.331 114.4991 57J Mus¢um Enhan¢¢m¢ni Outrcxh EwLwneni 15.021 i.oc .869 (117,481) 32.662 {3,9501 Restricted fuThd5 Flonornrium Actumulaied Income Fund Covs¢TVatLon SFttial ExhibJiÈons & EvthLS Wasps Ne Ar¢hiviE)¥ futwA 2.157 6,384 (40} 11.434} (19.5921 1401 4341 100 I,O(Ml 19.692 25.023 {21.(kn6) 1157 6.114 ENdowm¢At fmods Honoyarium Capiial Fund 3.425 3.425 TOTAL FUJYDS 105.892 (138J47) 38244 5,589 Page 21 conlinued...

io the Fi•#flal S￿t¢￿t•ts- ¢ontlu•¢d f•r the Year F￿ded 31 Ikcerttber 2024 13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- Mxjor Repalr Futtd . ThLS is an unrestricteit dwed fi￿d. This fimd by thc 10 crcatc ready repairn M￿st￿m.S freehts￿ tAY4Xrty, srttifully all expenses tElive io ihe flai aLY] all repairs 10 rhe buildin¥s". ekciri¢al wirin& plumbin& heatin8 and fabric of ihe tXLildins& All reni from the flai is crediied ￿ ihis rund. Capltal Improvement Dd Acq•isiti•m - This is an unrfsiric￿ thsi8naied fund. The tf5kdw of a major legacy. Ihis furld was str up in ordcr fiNwJs which CLNdd k u5¢d for th¢ P￿h3$y of ¢apitsl quipmeni where no granl &gn be obtsined arvj immediwte wchasc is ner¢55ary. Authori5Jtion by th¢ tTur5 for stxcifsc pwcha5es 15 wJvi5vL li earns irK¢Jm¢ by way of divi(kThJs fr(￿ Invests￿ bank irtteIesL Hothorrfum C•plfl wi¢al of the em)YJ￿l fimd is ￿lIable for m￿￿e￿M use. However, ihe irKofton ¢hi$ r￿d is ￿reTI¢d ioto th¢ HrM)Miwn Hothorarlun) A¢¢¥tyylatrd In¢om¢ fmm the H0tmxari￿n Capitsl Futml is Irnisfe￿ed into Ihis fuNI from whi¢h a transfer may be m ￿ &e￿[al fw)d auihxisation by the T￿￿ee5 ￿ ¢￿tribUte ￿ wage& 5aknes and honorana. Museum EAknncemeAt FU￿ . This is an this￿ed (￿￿. Thi5 firN] 15 made ￿ ofo [￿e legacy leti ihe M￿￿M th the inMee5 knve thci(kd io sdasidc w Tllakc major iryTovcrncnts ￿ the murn. ConservAti•n - For corb5¢￿i0n wJpiic5 atMI rnay (wjr. main￿1n1ThB and safely displaying any artefacts Ihai have thnai Speci#i exhibitiO#$ Ithd Evemts - Thi5 is ud to thibiiions aml events thAt fall outside of the gCr￿3[ TUllnill¥ ofihe JnuseuTh. Dtvelopm¢t of Natural HlstfA7 Roow . This 1$ 8 hRMI xt aside to inyove srK¢ifi¢ r(Kbms ￿thin the museum which vis110ts aboul lttal E) atural hisiory. Enhafj¢¢mMt of Oni Hbtsry CoiletliDn - This is a fiM¥J ￿ Wp imwove ￿￿1 expand Ihe LKal hislory collection of Ihe M￿e￿n￿ which consisLS ofaudio in krview5. Covh>19 - Thi5 is a fwwj to hdp the rnu5ewn through Covid-19 pNrwkmic and covu any exceptional rnsts I￿￿TTed. Outreach Eqiipmewl . asidr by th¢ Tn￿¢¢$ for ￿p￿th￿g thkne8¢h and thlks programme equipment {5uch as pwch3sing a digithl p)intr. r¢thl. The moniE5 ￿ thtived f¥oJn an ullr¢51ti¢ied kgacy from fozrner member aThJ volunieer, Cornl Bromdl. W¥5P5 Nest . a grant fr(xn &xLth Wc4 Muscwn Devel4rn1l a￿1 C￿￿11 En812nd to consetve display a large historic nesL exhibiied in the Naiwal eallery. AT¢hivlllg Fy•d _ a gmi fmm tknet Courtil io diyiise and make rRplicly eessibie our l¥Be colledion of glass piaie ne8atives. Tran5ftrs between fTA•th A transfer has iakcn pixc beNvccn the EnhaTKrni of the (knl HistLKy Colkcli(WL r￿K1 •nd the CffiServ￿lort fvnd 10311ow for coniinuvj mainl¢DaTKC of tk rolkc1i￿1. Page 22 C￿lill￿ed...

i ote5 to the Fifvweil StAt¢mmts- ¢ontlwd fortknt Year Ended 31 De£Ember 2024 13. MOVEMED￿ IN FUYI DS- eoJJfiDued TT¥n5fer5 betweeu fwds-fowtlty•¢d A IransfeT ha5 tsken ￿a¢¢ t¢iw¢en the s￿ela1 Exhibiiion & fund. the tkvel(ymcnl of ik Naluraj Hi510ry RLV)m fund and the Wa5P5 N¢￿ 14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSUR Elisabdh BldsoE was T¢ITnE￿rScd fty expcnses in yeat to&lling £251 12023.. £5241 for her sUViCC5 AS 4 fittlan¢e euraior and wa5 paid £14.800 {?023: £14ffj0013s a forher semces as a curdts>r. Dwing the year ewjed 31 De¢unl*r 2024, thttt thtstees {2023: thwo) d￿￿ted a of £210 (2023.. £105110 the chariiy. P4e 23

Detsiled Statement af F￿ncIlI Artivilie5 for the Yer E￿Ied 31 December Z•24 2024 )23 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS DgDatioDs and leycieJ Donations GIR aid Le8aeies Grants SthscriNions 5.543 305 4.759 859 l.O(MJ 25.592 1.760 IQ913 1.820 18381 33.970 Other tr￿1￿8 ttivi¢ie$ Fth)draisin8 events Shop i￿Ome Renwl Income 1.675 5.539 6231 2,931 4.782 13.445 13,713 Invest1￿￿t Intorne Dividend 4tKI Bank Iniere 15.253 10,930 T•tal regJMrtt5 47.279 58,613 EXPENDITURE (hker tradlllg a¢￿Vi￿ (Wing st(M* Putrhase5 C105ing st￿k 2.082 5.229 14J79) 1.453 5.133 12,0821 2.932 4.504 Ch¥rltable Arfivltle5 2.659 1.421 2.421 1.204 Pos¢ag¢ atml statity SyndTiCS EAhibiiion & Constr￿1 Establishment Chws Ptsbliciiy (hLiill8s and Events Sthonlraclor fees Maintcnanc¢ Char Fixture5 and fitlin8S 17,708 6,838 810 1.032 14.6 16.426 5,552 6.957 631 911 14.800 19,352 7.5(Kl 60.695 67.710 This rAgeikK5 n¢M fomi rAn of the fina￿131 5weffler Page 24

Ddailed S¢iemtnl of FiuThcil Activsties ror tht Yer E￿d 31 Iktejmber 2•24 ?0?4 2023 Support Costs G•v¢r•#¢¢wsts A(c(￿￿t￿ aT￿ leyl fcc5 1.386 1.320 Toial Tes(wtts expathl 65.013 73.534 Ntt txpthdilurn btftsrt g•lAs •#d l•ss (17.734) 114,9211 R¢•lised rttogffjl$ed E&45 l•sses R¢alis¢d gaiTk%,'Iloss¢sl on fixed assei inveynKnts 4.819 8.425 Ne¢ expenditure 112.9151 16.4961 Thi5 pgeth¢5 Fwt ofthe fir¥anrwl at¢rnEnts Pase 25