WOODHAMS STONE COLLECTION Charity No 1177312
ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25
Address: 2 Buckrose Court, Commercial Street, Norton Yo17 9HX
Trustees:
John Howard Blanchard Thomas Howard Campion Nicholas John HaAon (Treasurer) Dinah Elizabeth Keal Raymond King Sarah Catherine Maultby Jill Elizabeth Wilson (Chair) Peter Richard Wilson
Structure:
The Woodhams Stone CollecOon is a Charitable Incorporated OrganisaOon (CIO) governed by a ConsOtuOon based on the recommended CIO model and managed by a Board of Trustees.
Trustees are recruited from the local Community, usually as a result of people joining the pool of volunteers. However, publicity in the local press is also used to aAract interest from potenOal Trustees and Volunteers.
Charitable Objects:
The advancement of educaOon of the public in parOcular but not exclusively by the establishment of a museum housing the Woodhams Stone CollecOon for the benefit of the inhabitants of Malton and Norton Yorkshire and the general public.
Risk Management
The trustees have a risk management policy and supporOng procedures. The main elements of this are:
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An annual review of the risks The Woodhams Stone CollecOon may face
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The establishment of systems and procedures to miOgate those risks
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The implementaOon of procedures to minimise the impact of those risks should they materialise.
acOons to make a step change reducOon in our overheads. Going forward we will manage this risk via our reserves policy, maintaining sufficient funds to cover a full 12-month period of operaOng costs based on the planned unrestricted expenditure for the next budget year. This planned expenditure to include uOliOes (electricity, water, broadband) insurance and ‘trade’ subscripOons.
Charitable Objec;ves, Ac;vi;es and Achievements in 2024-25:
2 Buckrose Court Development Project
The 2023-2024 year had seen the CollecOon consolidated in the warehouse at 2 Buckrose Court – an iniOaOve made possible by a generous benefactor and one that delivered a significant reducOon in our overheads and means we can meet our basic running costs from our small income in the short to medium term.
Our strategy moving forward is to conOnue with our incremental approach to work on the building and we seek to uOlise small grants to gradually enhance the useability of the building. In this respect, small grant funding was used in the reporOng year to extend the electricity cabling (allowing us to improve lighOng and sockets) and install an alarm system.
The end objecOve is to re-establish a permanent display space and an area for volunteers to work, albeit on a small scale.
Public Engagement
have focussed on bringing the CollecOon to the public through increased outreach acOviOes:
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Joint (with Malton Museum) pubs and brewing industry exhibiOon
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Local and Community History Month exhibiOon in Malton Library featuring locaOons from the Malton Heritage Trail together with objects related to the businesses that have occupied those locaOons.
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Local and Community History Month exhibiOon in Norton Library featuring a selecOon of images taken from the CollecOon.
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ParOcipaOon in the St Clement’s FesOval in Malton with objects from the collecOon associated with blacksmithing and related trades (St Clement is the patron Saint of blacksmiths.
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Talk to Norton SalvaOon Army lunch club
In addiOon, we conOnued our website and social media acOviOes:
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Regular features on the history of Malton and Norton and the surrounding area based on material in the CollecOon published in the Gaze%e and Herald . Current total is 50+.
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Expansion of the Malton Heritage Trail to over 100 locaOons on our website to coincide with Local and Community History Month
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Support of the Malton and Norton Memories Facebook page which conOnues to aAract large numbers of followers and generate comment and discussion
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Answering quesOons on local and family history received by email via our website
Fundraising
Grant from Ryedale District Council.
Private donaOons to fund the conOnuing development of the Heritage Trails.
Arts Council England Accredita=on
‘Working towards AccreditaOon’ status retained
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malton Museum
The principles in the draj MoU were used as the framework to work with trustees and volunteers at Malton Museum to design a joint exhibiOon focussed on the pubs and brewing industry in Malton.
Dinah Keal Chair January 2026
WOODHAMSSTONE COLLECTION- ANNUALACCOUNTS YEAR ENDING 31.3.2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 RECEIPTS Notes Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Grants 5,000 s,000 830 soo Donations 830 573 Other income 382 382 842 Gift Aid 1,212 5,000 6,212 1.915 PAYMENTS Staffing costs Training Volunteer costs Membership subscription Rents 3.000 590 Heat and Light Telephone Broadband Water Rates 515 515 37 37 425 338 338 551 Equipment & Office Supplies Repairs and Servicing Printing 125 9,013 Insurances 702 702 604 Bank charges Legal and professional fee5 60 60 1,050 15,419 1,653 1.653 Net Surplus / Deficit for the period 4,559 -13,504 Cash & barik balances brought fonNard 19.159 32.663 Cash & bank balances carried forward 23.718 19,159 I N YORKS COUNCIL 2 TOWN TRAIL 3 PAYPAL DONATIONS 4 EASYFUNDRAISING 5 INK CARTRIDGE RECYCLING