2025-10-31-accounts - Norwich Printing Museum

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Norwich Printing Museum

Registered Charity No. 1184738

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 October 2025

Trustees Annual Report for the period 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025

Charity's principal address 10 Ninhams Court, Norwich NR2 1NX Website norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk

Charity Trustees Katherine Barbara Anetts Linda Caroline Jarrold Florence Okoye Tim Medland Emma Hazell Rory Hill Russell Parkinson Geoffrey Sadler

Bankers Lloyds Bank plc, Gentleman’s Walk, Norwich

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Norwich Printing Museum is constituted as a CIO-Foundation with the Charity Commission under charity number 1186762. It is governed by a CIO constitution dated 11 October 2019.

Organisation Structure

The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. They give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits other than reimbursement for expenditure on behalf of the Museum. The trustees are responsible for all the decisions taken in relation to the running of the charity.

Risk Management

The trustees have assessed the risks the charity faces and are implementing systems to mitigate these. The trustees are satisfied that systems are in place, or arrangements are in hand, to manage the risks that have been identified. In particular, the finances are kept under regular review and insurance cover is actively under review.

Objectives and Activities

Norwich Printing Museum aims to advance the education of the public in the history and processes of printing, bookbinding and allied skills with special emphasis on the endangered craft of Letterpress, in particular by (a) the provision and maintenance of a museum for the history or printing, bookbinding and allied skills

(b) the preservation of historic printing machinery, type collection, a printing-related library and archive of printing ephemera

(c) the provision of a working hub to develop printing and bookbinding skills and training in heritage skills.

The trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have complied with their duties as detailed in the Charities Act 2011 with regard to public benefit. Careful consideration has been given to the accessibility of Norwich Printing Museum to as wide a community as possible.

Achievements and Performance

Following the closure at the end of October 2025 of the pop-up museum which was operated in conjunction with ther National Trust at Blickling Hall, the whole of the collection is currently stored in a storage facility at Fransham Farm while a search continues to find a permanent property.

Our presence at Blickling was very useful, allowing us to

* - keep Norwich Printing Museum in the public eye whilst the search continues for a permanent base

* - make good use of volunteers’ skills and reinforce/renew relationships built over many years at the John Jarrold Printing Museum

- begin the process of in-house training for trainers – the next generation of printers, compositors and bookbinders to take the skills forward into the future
- display and make good use of a selection of hand-operated machinery in the public domain
- gain insight into the viability of future courses and events
- increase NPM’s membership and volunteer database.
- subject to agreement with the National Trust, to generate sales from printed merchandise through a small shop area, and also the restoration of old and damaged books

Financial Review

Unrestricted income of £4,471 include general donations, subscriptions and merchandise. Designated income of £210,655 is donations received towards new premises.

There was no Restricted income during this year.

Expenditure in the general fund, £412, covered publicity, the collection and maintenance of some items for the collection and membership of the Association of Independent Museums.

Designated expenditure, £22,290, covers the rent on the Fransham Farm storage facility and property repairs. The net balance for the year is a surplus of £192,423

No capital purchases were made and no payments were made to Trustees.

The process of registering with HMRC so that we will be able claim Gift Aid on membership subscriptions and donations, is ongoing.

Reserves Policy

A Reserves Policy is being developed.

Restricted fund reserves are maintained in accordance with the benefactor’s wishes

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

K B Anetts

K B Anetts date 30 November 2025

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS for year ended 31 October 2025 Receipts Unrestricted Donations general 3,002 Donations Blickling Donations Septagon/Jarrold Student residencies County small grant Subscriptions 351 Merchandise (net) 593 miscellaneous/interest 525 Events, Study day - Total receipts 4,471 Payments Unrestricted Project Management Admin Publicity 115 Printing & copying Student residencies County small grant Stationery & post - Rent and lease Insurance 154 Audit, professional fees - Hardware & software Mulbarton Mulbarton electrics Property set-up /repairs IT & web 72 Sundry 71 Events - Total payments 412 Net receipts 4,058 Transfers between funds (4,760) (702) Cash at bank 1/11/24 4,596 Cash at bank to date 3,894 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as at 31 October 2025 Cash Funds Unrestricted cash at bank 3,894 3,894 Liabilities this year Fransham rent Y5 Q1 Aug - Oct 25 next yearFransham rent Y5 Q2,Q3,Q4 Nov 25 - Jul 26 FUNDS ANALYSIS B/FWD receipts Cash funds (1) unrestricted fund 4,596 4,471 (2) designated funds B/FWD receipts Blickling donations 7,252 655 Septagon donations 1,000 10,000 Jarrold donation 200,000 Property project incl removals 3,029 total designated funds 11,281 210,655 (3) restricted funds County small grant 253 - total restricted funds 253 - total cash funds 16,130 215,126 K B Anetts K B Anetts 30 November 2025+A1	RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS for year ended 31 October 2025 Receipts Unrestricted Donations general 3,002 Donations Blickling Donations Septagon/Jarrold Student residencies County small grant Subscriptions 351 Merchandise (net) 593 miscellaneous/interest 525 Events, Study day - Total receipts 4,471 Payments Unrestricted Project Management Admin Publicity 115 Printing & copying Student residencies County small grant Stationery & post - Rent and lease Insurance 154 Audit, professional fees - Hardware & software Mulbarton Mulbarton electrics Property set-up /repairs IT & web 72 Sundry 71 Events - Total payments 412 Net receipts 4,058 Transfers between funds (4,760) (702) Cash at bank 1/11/24 4,596 Cash at bank to date 3,894 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as at 31 October 2025 Cash Funds Unrestricted cash at bank 3,894 3,894 Liabilities this year Fransham rent Y5 Q1 Aug - Oct 25 next yearFransham rent Y5 Q2,Q3,Q4 Nov 25 - Jul 26 FUNDS ANALYSIS B/FWD receipts Cash funds (1) unrestricted fund 4,596 4,471 (2) designated funds B/FWD receipts Blickling donations 7,252 655 Septagon donations 1,000 10,000 Jarrold donation 200,000 Property project incl removals 3,029 total designated funds 11,281 210,655 (3) restricted funds County small grant 253 - total restricted funds 253 - total cash funds 16,130 215,126 K B Anetts K B Anetts 30 November 2025+A1	Designated 655 210,000	2023/24 372 1,489 10,000 300 320 153 38 109 2,208	2022/23 943 2,561 - 445 155 1 778
	4,471	210,655	14,989	4,883
	Unrestricted 115 - 154 - 72 71 -	Designated 14,500 7,790	2023/24 115 300 67 12,000 96 747 492 73	2022/23 - - - - 36 12,000 96 - - - - 205 144 141 391
	412	22,290	13,890	13,013
	4,058 (4,760)	188,365 4,760	1,097	(8,130) 0
	(702)	193,125	1,097	(8,130)
	4,596 3,894 Unrestricted 3,894		15,033 16,130 16,130	23,163 15,033 15,033
	3,894	204,407 253	16,130	15,033
		paid but 500 still due 500 due 11,250 total 11,750 paid movements 412 (4,761) paid movements (3,500) 14,500 3,500 7,790 4,761 22,290 4,761 - - - 22,702 -	4,596 7,253 1,000 3,028 10,282 253 1,253 16,130	2,493 5,764 3,000 3,776 9,549 3,000 15,033
4,596	4,471	412
	receipts 655 10,000 200,000	paid 14,500 7,790
11,281	210,655	22,290
253	-	-
253	-	-

16,130	215,126	22,702

NORWICH PRINTING MUSEUM Year ended 31 October 2025

Independent Examiner’s report

I report on the accounts of the Norwich Printing Museum for the year ended 31 October 2025 which are set out on the preceding pages.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Basis of the Independent Examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true and fair view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
(2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or
(3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in conjunction with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Independent Examiner

Crispin de Boos

date 10 December 2025

Crispin de Boos The White House Sandfield Lane Eccles

Norwich NR16 2PB