2020-12-31-accounts - Holsworthy Museum

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Objectiv	e	s and	Activ	iti	es
					SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes			of	Para 1.17	To collect and preserve artefacts linked	to
the charity		as set out	in its			the history of Holsworthy;
gove min document Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those					Para 1.17and 1.19	Managing, documenting, conserving, and safeguarding the museum collections and
purposes	for the public					holdings; to exhibit, interpret and provide
benefit, in	particular,		the			access to the museum collection and
activities,	projects or					holdings; to provide material, evidence
services identified in			the			and associated information and learning
accounts.						experiences and activities relating to the
						objects in the collection; and to research,
						promote and publish studies of the area.
Statement		confirming			Para 1.18	The Trustees continue to provide a facility
whether the trustees			have			for informing and educating the public
had regard		to the guidance				about the history of Holsworthy and its
issued by	the Charity					environs by running and managing
Commission		on public				Holsworthy Museum.
benefit
					SORP reference
						The Trustees recognise the importance	of
					Para 1.38	the contribution ofvolunteers in enabling
Contribution		made by				them to continue to fulfil the charity's
volunteers						Objects and Activities. During the period
						covered by this report, although the
						Museum was unable to open owing to the
						Covid Pandemic, the Trustees continued	to
						communicate with the volunteers.

								SORP reference
									Owing to the Pandemic, the Museum
									remained closed to the public during the
Summary of achievements				the main ofthe charity,				Para 1.20	entire period covered by this report.
identifying			the difference the						The process oftransferring assets from
charity's		work has			made to				Holsworthy Museum Society (Charity No:
the circumstances					of		its		10550880)was not completed for the same
beneficiaries				and any			wider		reason, but because the Trustees of the
benefits	to		society		as		a		Museum are also Trustees ofthe Society,
whole.									they were able to ensure that the general
									public was kept aware ofthe Museum's
									activities and intentions through making
									use ofsocial media to promote the
									museum and its collections
Financ	ia	l		Review
Review	of		the charity's					Para 1.21	Owing to the Covid Pandemic the process	of
financial		position at				the end			transferring the assets of Holsworthy
ofthe period									Museum Society (Charity No: 1055088)
									could not be completed.
									Initially, difficulties were experienced
									communicating with the Museum's Bank	to
									start the process ofopening a Bank Account
									for the new Charity.
									Although the Trustees had chosen	to
									continue with the same Bank (HSBC) this
									process caused a lot of frustration. As	a
									consequence it was decided to continue	to
									operate as Holsworthy Museum Society for
									the period covered by this report. For this
									reason the financial report shows no income
									or expenditure in this period.
Statement			explaining				the	Para 1.22	The Charity's reserves will continue to be
policy for		holding reserves							held in a savings account forease of
stating	why they are					held			access if required. Reserves are required
									to ensure that the Museum can continue to
									cover the cost ofoverheads in the event
									that no income is received. The Museum	is
									normally closed for a period of3-4 months
									during the winter and therefore the
									minimum level ofreserves maintained is 6
									months o eratin costs.
Amount	of		reserves			held		Para 1.22	Upon completion ofthe transfer ofassets
									the expectation is that the amount of
									reserves will be in the re ion off30,000

Reasons for	holding zero		Para 1.22	n/a
reserves
Details offund materially		in	Para 1.24	n/a
deficit
Explanation	of any		Para 1.23	Currently	none
uncertainties	about the
charity continuing as a going
concern

				The charity will rely upon income from
The charity's principal sources offunds (including			Para 1.47	voluntary donations from visitors and users ofthe Service Point and the sale ofbooks
any fundraising)				about the history of Holsworthy.
				The charity is entirely reliant upon
				volunteers and the biggest risk will be a
A description	of	the principal	Para 1.46	loss ofvolunteers. Many current volunteers
risks facing	the	charity		are elderly and the pandemic has caused
				some to be concerned and they are now
				reluctant to act as stewards during opening
				hours.
				Upon completion of the transfer ofassets
Other				the Museum is expected to be in healthy
				financial position relative to its size and
				o eratin costs.

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity	Para 1.25
constituted?		Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	The Museum is dependent	upon the skills
including details of any		that an individual can bring	to the
constitutional provisions e.g.		management of the Museum, which is
election to post or name of		wholly reliant upon volunteers to ensure
any person or body entitled		that it continues to comply	with governing
to appoint one or more		legislation and the requirements of
trustees		Museum Accreditation. These factors will
		be a primary consideration	when selecting
		Trustees who are asked to	commit for a
		minimum eriod of3 ears

Charit	name			Holsworth
Other name the charit			uses	None
Re istered charit		number		1187705
Charity's	principal	address		Manor Offices
				North Road
				Holsworthy
				DEVON
				EX226DJ

	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Office (ifany)
	Dr David Kenneth
	Hillebrandt
	Mrs Margaret		Treasurer/	Secretary
	Benjafield
3	Mrs Elizabeth Curtis	Mary
4	Mrs Pamela Johns	Jane

ame oftrustees holding	title to	property belonging to the charity
Trustee name		Dates acted ifnot for whole year
NONE
unds held as custodian		trustees on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets
held in this capacity		All items comprising the Museum's	collections
Name and objects ofthe
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this	The items comprising the Museum's		collection are held	in
falls within the custodian		trust for the benefit ofthe local community
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements safe custody and	for	Under the terms ofthe Constitution collections can be used as security	none ofthe items in the for loans or mortgages.
segregation ofsuch assets from the charity's own assets		Safe custody is by means of physical monitored alarm system.		security and a
		The value of the collections does not		form part ofthe
		Museum's balance sheet.