The Egham Museum Trust The Literary Institute, 51 High Street Egham. Surrey, TW20 9EW 01784 434483 onorary Patrons Lord Hèmmoi,;: 8arone55 Prashar of Runnymede Dr. Ben Spencer MP curator@eghammuseum.org www.eghammuseum.ofg THE EGHAM MUSEUM TRUST TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31". December, 2023 Legal and Admlnistrative Informatlon Charity name: The Egham Museum Trust Charity registration number.. 1198538 Financial year ended 31$1 December. 2023 Address: c/0 The Literary Institute, 51 High Street, Egham, Surrey TW20 9EW Governing document.. Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation as at 6th. April, 2022, as amended by Resolution dated Objerts al The provislon and maintenance of a museum in or near Egham, which, through its exhibitions, outreach programmes and use of its collections, aims to provide for the communities of Egham. E8h3m Hythe. Englefield Green. Thorpe and Virginia Water. a centre of life-long learning dedicated to raising awareness, sharing knowledge and promoting enjoyment of local history. bl The provision of the above museum with facilities and a budget for tts day-to-day operation, research and outreach artivities, the continued improvement of its services and the extension, enhancement, conservation and storage of its collertions for the continued enjoyment and benefit of the local community and visitors. Trustees and Governan Trustees generally meet on a quarterly basis and those who served during the year and beyond were:_ th Mr. V.M. Bairstow MBE~ Chalrman to 17 . January, 2023 Dr. S.L.R.E. Evans (appointed 25t* March, 20241 Cllr. M.T. Harnden Cllr. S.M.G. Jenkins (resigned 29th November, 20231 Mrs. H.R. Knight (resigned 3rd. July, 2023} Ms. S. MacNicol (appointed 25th March, 2024) Dr. M.G. Smith-vice-chairman until 171h January, 2023 and Chairman from then
Mr. C.J. Warwick Trustees are elected from volunteers who have expressed an interest in the objects of the Trust. With a view to adopting best prartice for charities, Trustees continued to commit themselves to attending external professional presentations on governance. Mr. R.A. King served as Hon. Treasurer until 14th November. 2023. Mrs. M. Jenkins then took over as Treasurer in a paid capacity. Miss A.E. Stone served as Curator throughout the year until herfixed term contract of employment expired on 31st December, 2023. Her replacement, Miss R. Tabrar, was appointed with effect from 13th. May. 2024. As at 23.59 on 31st December, 2022, the Trustees of The Egham Museum Trust, charity re8iStration number 278422, entered into a legal agreement being the Transfer of Charitable Undertaking from an unincorporated charity to its corporate successorf with thi5, its successor charlty, which had the legal effect of all of the former charit¢s assets and obligations being taken over by thi5 charity, with physical transfer to this charity principally of chattel assets and the collections being deemed to have been effected then, but with the transfer of other assets and obligations unless otherwise paid, still remaining to be effected at the date of this report. Thus, this successor charity commenced all activlties as at that moment. The Trust has been able to provide a home for its charltable activities because of a beneficlal lease arrangement with Runnymede Borough Council, giving security of tenure, whereby the lease held by the th former charity was finally assi8ned to The Trust on 4 . July, 2024. Wislon: A museumfor all. valued by our diverse locol community and at the heort of our cultural live5. Mission: Through our collertion5, exhibitions ond outreach progmmmes, we provide o centre of life-long learnin9 th¢7t raises awareness, shares knowledge andpromotes enjoyment of locol history. Artlvltles The Museum colletts, displays and cares for items of local interest relatingto Egham, Egham Hythe. Englefield Green, Thorpe and Virginia Water. The Museum carries out research and produces exhibitions and other interpretative content, online and on-site, on subjects of local historical interest. This is complemented by a programme of events, talks and workshops, working with local community, educational organisations and interest groups. In addition, the Museum has a Facebook page, a Twitterfeed. a YouTube channel, an Instagram account, and a website, plus project-specific MIcrs4te5. The Museum is open 3 days each week110.30am to 4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10.30am to Ipm on Saturdays), free of charge for the general public to view or to undertake research and study, all assisted by several volunteers. helping researchers in person or by
correspondence. The Museum works closely with E8ham-by-Runnymede Historical Society la separate registered charity) to undertake research into matters of local historical interest. Achlevements The Museum engaged over 2,100 local residents, students and visitors in 2023 elther at the Museum or off-site, with a further 7,500 following the Museum via its soclal media channels and feeds. As part of this programme of artivity, over new, research-informed local history stories were created and shared via the Museum's website and five community events held. The Museum was also pleased to host a temporary exhibition researched and curated by the Egham Girl Guides in March. The Museum team also prepared and submitted a £140,OLKI grant application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and secured a grant of £3.000 from the South East Museum Development Pro8ramme to support a paid internship in partnership with Surrey Choices, a social enterprise supporting young people with social. emotional and mental health needs. In addition, over 2.000 collection records were digltised and volunteering training sessions run on processin8 new acquisitions. Reserves Pollcv The Trust had no reserves policy in the year under review. It has relied principally on grant- aid funding received from time to time to cover relevant expenditure and project work. Grant-maklng Policy The Trust has no grant-making policy. Revlew of Major Rlsks Major risks have been reviewed on an on-going basis and Trustees are embarkin8 on a round of fund-raisin8 at the date of this report so as to ensure that the charity is a goin8 concern for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the attached financial statements. Sl8nature and Declaration The Trustees have approved this report and have authorised Dr. M.G. Smith to sign it on their behalf. .Dr. M.G. Smith (Chairman)
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