## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 01-04-2023 To Period end date 31-03-2024 Charity name: Redditch Local History Museum** **Charity registration number: 119116** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP
reference
Summary of the purposes of the Para 1.17 To collect, store, preserve and display
charity as set out in its governing artefacts for the general public and other
document organisations from within the Redditch
area, to build up the profile of the town of
Redditch and to instil a sense of pride in
the people who live within the town and
surrounding area.
To raise funds from organised events
i.e.: visits from local clubs and groups.
Summary of the main activities Para 1.17 and Events held throughout the year have
1.19
in relation to those purposes for included a Ghost Walk for Halloween. On
the public benefit, in particular, Carnival Day we have an open day and
the activities, projects or ask for donations instead of an entrance
services identified in the fee. This seems to work in our favour by
accounts. raising more money and encouraging
more people to come and explore the
museum. It is hoped to identify more
potential donors and sponsors in the
coming year. Visits by local Scout and
Beaver groups. Outreach Programme
which visits various organisations and
collects memories of old Redditch for the
benefit of future generations. Attendance
at several indoor and outdoor displays,
mainly in collaboration with Redditch
Library.
Statement confirming whether Para 1.18 Trustees have had regards to the
the trustees have had regard to guidance issued by the Charity
the guidance issued by the Commission on Public Benefit.
Charity Commission on public
benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP reference||| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Building a solid base of volunteers,**
**each bringing their own skills to the**
**running of the museum. Whether it is**
**interacting with the general public at the**
**front of house. Answering questions to**
**the best of their knowledge and ability.**
**Working within the archives, repairing,**
**restoring or preserving artefacts.**
**Setting up new displays within the**
**gallery. All these skills and more when**
**joined together make the museum the**
**centre for raising the profile and pride in**
**our to**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We confirm that the museum is solvent**
**and endeavour to keep costs under**
**control. We are in a healthy financial**
**position. The balance sheet shows total**
**bank funds at the end of the year as**
**£46,264 including restricted funds of**
**£22,708.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held for future spending**
**within various grants.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£58,690**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**It has become more and more difficult to**
**raise funds within the present economic**
**situation. Fresh ideas are needed to**
**approach general fundraising. There is**
**also a need to attract more volunteers to**
**keep the museum going forward.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Entrance fees. Retail sales i.e.: books**
**and promotional items. Donations from**
**individuals and local industries. Applied**
**grants.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**General cost of living rises. IE: utility**
**bills etc and the effect it has had on the**
**general public not having any spare**
**finance. The lack of new people to**
**replace retiring and leaving volunteers.**| |Other||| Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Museum Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees appointed by interview with**
**reference to management potential,**
**experience and skills. But most of all the**
**desire to preserve the heritage and**
**history of the town for the people of**
**Redditch. Final appointment must be**
**agreed by all serving Trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name The Redditch Local History Museum
Other name the charity uses None
Registered charity number 1191166
Charity’s principal address 5 Market Place, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8AA
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Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Malcolm Hicks Chair
2 June Strong Trustee
3 Martyn Curry Trustee
4 Peter Brough Trustee
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Artefacts donated on loan| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|The Redditch Local History Museum. To collect, catalogue,
store and display those artefacts as seen fit.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|Items recorded on acceptance. Either as a donation/gift, or
on loan. Complete paperwork and computer records as
appropriate.| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**||| |**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**| |**Accountant**|Hayward
Wright Ltd|4 Clews Road, Redditch, B98 7ST| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** June Strong **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 20 / 04 / 2026 Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 -sEJ￿- (HARln [W￿510M FOIENfiANDII4OWA Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forlhe penod To Section A Receipts and payments Unreslncted funds Restricted funds endowment funds Total funds Last ye4w loth*fft•awMt£ knth• r*ar•sl£ tr*tr• toth• M•r••t£ A1 Recel miSStsIS 1.705 )273 I,￿? 3￿55 Otr*i Gr￿ LF Sub toiallGr¢xss IrKome ARJ 175 A2 Ass•t and Inv•styn•nt Ml•s, *•• tab￿ . Sub lotal Trrt41 r•c&fpts 176 18.413 A)Pa meTht5 P(efflig￿ OecoirtX￿ & D(mests & Prthmi¢•6 FLwd Co 147 2.71) PTLIThDb￿ & 1.512 2.Bll D4￿ Exr•Me$ Furwj Sub lot IZ.121 12 A4Ass•t Inv•slm•nt urthases A$$et and Inv•¥lm•nl Pur¢h•xe* Sub lotal Total paymwrts 14.7 4•37 A8 Transfers be￿een funds A6 Cash frJnd$ last ytai e Cash funds this yew end 50.201 Doc ID.. 67c420f53f2562d6f8aec252c22c87596e618ce5 **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|6| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**B1 Cash funds**|Cash at Bank||||**23,392**|**22,708**||**-**|| ||Cash in Hand||||**165**|**-**||**-**|| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**23,557**|**22,708**
OK||**-**|| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK|||OK|| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|Access and Display Facilities||||**-**|**1,817**||**1,817**|| ||Record copying & Storage Facilities||||**-**|**6,405**||**6,405**|| ||Exhibits & Displays||||**480**|**882**||**1,362**|| ||Furniture & Fittings||||**1,734**|**-**||**1,734**|| ||Computer equipment||||**1,874**|**-**||**1,874**|| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**When due**
**(optional)**|| |**B5 Liabilities**|Supplier Invoices not yet paid||||766|**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name|||Date of
approval|| ||||||
June Strong||2|0 / 04 / 202|| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 **Redditch Local History Museum** Hayward Wright Ltd 4 Clews Road Redditch Worcestershire B98 7ST Dear Sirs, ## **Letter of Representation** We confirm that the following representations are made on the basis of enquiries of management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience (and, where appropriate, of inspection of the supporting documentation) sufficient to satisfy ourselves that we can properly make each of the following representations to you in connection with your report on the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31[st] March 2024: 1. We acknowledge that the work performed by you is substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and that you do not express an audit opinion. 2. We confirm that the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to have its financial statements for the financial year audited. We also confirm that the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the financial year in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 3. We acknowledge as directors our responsibility for the preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and for being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 to 396 of the Companies Act 2006, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of that Act and regulations made under it relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. All the accounting records have been made available to you and all transactions undertaken by the company have been properly reflected in those accounting records. All records and related information, including the minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings have been made available to you. 4. We confirm that we have maintained adequate accounting records, as required by the Companies Act 2006. 5. We have disclosed to you all known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations whose effects should be considered when preparing the financial statements. 6. We have disclosed to you all claims in connection with litigation that have been, or are expected to be, received and such matters, as appropriate, have been properly accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements. 7. There were no contingent liabilities at the balance sheet date. 8. Related party relationships and transactions have been appropriately accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements. We have disclosed to you all relevant information concerning such relationships and transactions and are not aware of any other matters which require disclosure in order to comply with the requirements of company law or accounting standards. 9. As directors, we have considered the financial position of the company. We believe that the company's financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis on the grounds that current and future sources of funding or support will be more than adequate for the company's needs. We have considered a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. We believe that no further disclosures relating to the company's ability to continue as a going concern need to be made in the financial statements. 10. All events subsequent to the date of the financial statements which require adjustment or disclosure have been properly accounted for and disclosed. Yours faithfully Signed on behalf of the board of Trustees 20 / 04 / 2026 Date……………………………………… Doc ID: 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 Audit trail Sign RLHM Charity Accounts 23/24 for signing Title Finals.pdf and 1 other File name Document ID 67c420f53f2562d6faaec252c22c87596e618ce5 Audit trail date format DD / MM / YYYY Status Signed **20 / 04 / 2026** Sent for signature to June Strong (june.strong@rlhm.online) 10:49:40 UTC+1 from mail@haywardwright.co.uk IP: 77.44.12.38 **20 / 04 / 2026** Viewed by June Strong (june.strong@rlhm.online) 12:00:46 UTC+1 IP: 86.171.185.57 **20 / 04 / 2026** Signed by June Strong (june.strong@rlhm.online) 12:05:02 UTC+1 IP: 86.171.185.57 **20 / 04 / 2026** The document has been completed. 12:05:02 UTC+1 Sign Powered by