## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Day01 Month10 Year2023 Period end date Day30 Month09 Year2024 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Friends of the Museum of Somerset **Other names charity is known by** FOTMOS **Registered charity number (if any)** 1188706 **Charity's principal address** Park Field Cottage Langford Budville Wellington **Postcode TA21 0QU** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christopher
Cooper|Chair||| ||Christine Jessop|Secretary||| ||Barbara Cooper|Treasurer||| ||WendyFlint|||| ||LesleyHerriott|||| ||Marion Holley|||| ||Brian Hunter|||| ||Veronica Matthews|||| ||Lauraine
Newcombe|||| ||Donald Ruffell|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution, adopted 18/02/2020 registered 23/03/2020. Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected from membership. Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; Somerset Councils financial difficulties are expected to have a long-term effect on the grants made to the South West Heritage Trust and in turn, The Museum of Somerset. We work closely with the South West Heritage Trust supporting them with grants for acquisitions but also support the Museum of Somerset with direct purchases to enable them to continue with a varied and consistent programme of events for the public. We have recently increased membership fees, giving a variety of types of membership to enable us to keep our funds to a level we consider satisfactory. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To advance the education of the public by promotion, support, assistance and improvement of The Museum of Somerset. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **TAR** March **2012** 2 Monthly lectures, those during BST being face to face at The Museum of Somerset, whilst those during GMT are by Zoom. Regular newsletters. Occasional visits to places of interest. Annual lecture by a well-known speaker. All activities are advertised, and reports of meetings are displayed on the website and sent to local newspapers. The trustees have had regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The charity is run exclusively by volunteers. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance Annual programme of lectures and an Annual Lecture by a well-known **Summary of the main** speaker which encourage members of the public to join the Friends of the **achievements of the charity** Museum of Somerset, thus enabling their subscriptions to be used to **during the year** support The Museum of Somerset. In December 2023, £4,800 was given to The Museum of Somerset to assist with the cost of displaying the Cheddar Brooch, the Friends having contributed to £2,000 to the purchase price in the previous year. In May 2024, £5,000 was given to The Museum of Somerset to help with the acquisition of the Chew Valley Hoard. The hoard is 2,528 coins dating from the mid-11th century, very shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The hoard was found in the Chew Valley, Somerset, in 2019. It is one of the largest finds of Norman coins in the UK. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** Reserves are held to be available to assist The Museum of Somerset in purchases of specific objects or for specific projects. **Details of any funds materially** FOTMOS has no deficits. **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; Membership subscriptions are the chief source of funds, supplemented by the Annual Lecture, the sale of second-hand books permanently on display at The Museum, occasional plant sales, raffles, and quizzes. At present £3,640 is reserved to help with the purchase of a lectern for use by any speakers visiting The Museum (£130). A further £1,000 is reserved towards the purchase of a Roman Ring. The remaining £2510 is for The Museum to use in ways that will enhance their visitors’ experience. - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
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Barbara Rosemary Cooper|Christopher David Cooper| ||

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07/11/24|| ||07/11/24|| **TAR** March **2012** 5 **The Friends of The Museum of Somerset 1188706 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/10/2023 30/09/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**2,614**
**1,577**
**310**
**585**
**-**
**-**
**1,258**
**10**
**6,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,354**
**9,800**
**376**
**96**
**22**
**158**
**-**
**-**
**1,050**
**195**
**11,697**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,697**
**- 5,343**
**-**
**21,528**
**16,186**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,614**
**1,577**
**310**
**585**
**-**
**-**
**1,258**
**10**
**6,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,354**
**9,800**
**376**
**96**
**22**
**158**
**-**
**-**
**1,050**
**195**
**11,697**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,697**
**- 5,343**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,614**
**1,577**
**310**
**585**
**-**
**-**
**1,258**
**10**
**6,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,354**
**9,800**
**376**
**96**
**22**
**158**
**-**
**-**
**1,050**
**195**
**11,697**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,697**
**- 5,343**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Members' Subscriptions|**2,614**||**-**
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**-**|**2,614**||**1,644**| |Fund raising|**1,577**|||**1,577**||**939**| |Gift Aid|**310**|||**310**||**259**| |Bank Interest|**585**|||**585**||**132**| |Visists|**-**|||**-**||**192**| |Events|**-**|||**-**||**1,582**| |Donations|**1,258**|||**1,258**||**34**| |Miscellaneous|**10**|||**10**||**69**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6,354**|||**6,354**||**4,851**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**6,354**||**4,851**| |||||||| |Donations to Museum|**9,800**||**-**
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**-**|**9,800**||**2,223**| |Speakers|**376**|||**376**||**217**| |Insurance|**96**|||**96**||**96**| |Website hostingand maintenance|**22**|||**22**||**56**| |Printing, postage and stationery|**158**|||**158**||**5**| |Visits|**-**|||**-**||**130**| |Events|**-**|||**-**||**659**| |Venue|**1,050**|||**1,050**||**72**| |Miscellaneous|**195**|||**195**||**100**| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,697**|||**11,697**||**3,558**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**11,697**||**3,558**| |||||||| ||**- 5,343**|**-**|**-**|**- 5,343**||**1,293**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**21,528**|**-**||**21,528**||**20,235**| ||**16,186**|**-**|**-**|**16,186**||**21,528**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/11/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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**charity’s own use**
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**funds**
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**3,071**
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**426**
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**12,689**
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**16,186**
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approval| |||B R COOPER|07/11/2024| |||C D COOPER|07/11/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 11/11/2024 2