TOTNES MUSEUM TRUST
70 Fore Street
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 5RU
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended
28th FEBRUARY 2025
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Registered Charity No. 1191791

TOTNES MUSEUM TRUST
TRUSTEES, REPORT
for the year ended 28th February 2025
PRINCIPALADDRESS
70 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5RU
2. TRUSTEES
The following were trustees during the year
Catherine Ann Wilson
Chair
Peter David Bethel
Vice Chair
Alan Paul Roffey
Alan Chandler
Treasurer
Dr Mohini Carol Chandra
Thomas Cola
Trustees are recruited from advertising in the local press and through the
Association of Independent Museum's journal
3. BANKERS
Barclays Bank UK PLC - Online Banking Account
Registered Charity No. 11917

TOTNES MUSEUM TRUST
TRUSTEES. REPORT
for the year ended 28th February 2022
4. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
The Museum occupies a Grade 1 listed Elizabethan merchanfs house, leased
from Totnes Town Council on a 27-year lease from 6th October 2011 at an annual
rental of £1. The Museum has become an entirely volunteer run organisation and
this is working but is not without challenges. The governance and administration of
Totnes Museum CIO is undartaken by a Board of Trustees who are all
volunteers. Entry to the Museum is free. The chair of Trustees plays a key role in
managing all aspects of the Museum. A core of volunteers carries out the range of
essential tasks which enable the Museum to function and open to the public.
5. CONNECTED PERSONS
Totnes Town Councll Is the Settlor of the Trust and leases the museum building to
thé TrusL
6. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The Museum 18 well situated and continues to attract significant numbers of
visitors. During 2024-2025 it has been open three days a week from July to October
and about 10,000 people from all over world have visited. Highlights of the year
have included starting to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the house being buil(
tsking part in the National Heritage Open Days fortnlght and mounting a display of
photographs of the 16th and 17th century decorated plaster ceilings in Totnes,
auditing the items in our collection that we have on display. and gaining a grant for
storage and packing materials which will allow us to better care for some of the
objects we have in storage.
Volunteers are essential to the functioning of the Museum, and we are pleased to
have a core of increasingly experienced volunteers as well as undergraduate and
post graduate students working with us.
The Grade 1 listed building continues to present interesting challenges and work is
ongoing.
Registered CharityNo. 11917

CHARITY COMM15SIO
FOR ENfjLAND AND WALES
Totnes Museum Trust
1191791
Receipts and payments accounts
2024
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Section A Receipts and payments
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lunds
R•#trlct•d
funds
Endovnn•nt
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A1 Ree•lpts
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Shop Sales
Gift Aid re￿¢V&y for tsx swr
Gen8r81 DonabonB
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12.700
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14.189
2.829
1.667
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316
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21.758
19.331
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19.331
21,708
20,468
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1.160
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1.172
310
19,800
2,311
2,215
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287
105
481
1,J19
777
295
73
73
199
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12,116
32,007
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A4 Asset and IrNè•tsn•nt
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8.761
3.355
32.007
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A5 Transf•rs between fund8
A6 Cash funds last year •nd
Cash funds this year end
10.
926
9,042
11,539
26,793
11.517
10,590
38.310
47.952
11.539
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