THE ALLHALLOWS MU8EUM OF HONITON CHARITY NUMBER: 1200249 YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
Th• Allhallows Mus•um of Honlton Charlty number: 1200249 For th• ygar •nded 31 Octob•r 2025 Contents Pages Trust88s' annual report statement of trusteas, re8ponslbllltie8 lThJependonl examln8rf8 report Rec4lpt and payments aCcnI Slatemonl of 8688ts li8blllU88 Nol88 to th8 acclnts
The Allhallow5 Museum of Honiton Charlty number: 1200249 R•port of th• trustegs For the y8•r 8nded 31 Octobgr 2025 Roglstratlon The charfty registered ¥th the Charity Commissic as an Incorporalad Charitable Organlsation 1 Septemb8r 2022. R•gl8tratlon nufflbor 12CN)249 Prlnclpallr•glster•d addr• Allhallows Museum High Street Honlton EX14 1PG Board of tru8t••8 Mr8 R A Connett (chalrl Mr S Parson8 Ivlce chalrl Mrs M L8 {$¢cret8ry1 MT D C Le%6 {troasur8r) Mr8 L Cray Mr8 V l Foss Mrs M Wardell Mrs P S Land18ppolnled S March 2025} Mrs E Slanbury lappolnled 9 July 2025) CAF Bank PO Box 289 We81 Malllng Kent ME19 4TA Bankors Uoyd8 Bank pl Swansea Os¢ Epona Hous8 Phaonix Way Sw8nsea SA7 9HG Indepond•nt •xamlner MrNSmy Weslcotts Chartered AG¢ounlant8 Qu6$ns House New Street Honilon Devon EX14 18J
The Allhallows Museum of Honlton Charity number: 1200249 Report of tha trustoes For thè year ended 31 O¢tob•r 2025 Thè trustees present their report 8nd the accounts for the year ended 31 October 2025. The trust8e8 who s8rved durlng the year and up to the date of this report are Sel out one page 1. Structurop govomance and manag•mgnt Tho rules for the appointmanl ol trustees are sel out In tho charlty's ¢on8lltulion. The Allh8lbows Museum Society of Honilon was eslabllshed as an Independent museum after thg buildlng was purchased In 1945. It has been a registered charity {3066451 since 1964 and became a Registered Museum in 1997 and has malntalned thè Accr8dit81ion Standard IR07981 sln¢& The Muséum has now been registered the Charfty Comm18slon as a Ch8rftable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI registered number 1200249 in the name of 'Th8 Allhallows Mu50um of Honilon,. A Pra-merger vesting declarallon 10 July 2024 wa8 completed with a Iransler of assets beiween the charillès effected on th& 7 October 2025. The objects of the charily and management slruGlure r8maln unchanged. A raque8t to Glos$ the fonner tharily 1306645) w88 made to tha Charfty Commission on 20 January 2026. The CommlssSon was infomad on the 21 January 2026, by the CIO (12002491, of the merger and requested this be nolad on The Register of Mergors. The museum 18 run 8nlr8ly by volunl¢¢rs. The freehold premlses are h8ld by the Irusta6$. The bulldlng5 are dgemod to be of 8p8clal architectural and hlsloric intere81 and arg scheduled Grade11 listed. Th8 Museum Is admlnlstered by 8 commltle8 of Iwst888; the leg81 responslbility is vg$tad In the cio. Oblectlvos and actlvltle• The slated purpos8 of the Mug8um, whlc remaln8 unchanged 18 to cdlect, care for and dlsrAay artefacts, docvm8nl$, and other materlal Ilncluding our wodd-f8mou$ Gollection ol Honilon Lace) which has relevance lo Honllon, tt5 surroundlng district, Ènd its inhabi18nts. Ils principal aim 1$ lo make the collectlon availabla and accesslble lo the public. thus glving an inslghl Into the hlslory of the local are8. All our odlvilies producg publlc benefits. and it18 conllm8d that the Iruslges have complied fully wtth Ihe Charlties Act 2011 In th18 regard. The policy of free entry, introduced in 2011 will remain unchanged. Our Museum Development Officer 1$ Joanna Calms. A¢hl•vem•nts •nd perform•n¢• Changes were made in 14 dlsplay case8 In the museum during the wintèr closure 8nd wo loaned dlsplays lo Colyton H&rttage Cenlre. and artefacts to Otlery St Mary Heritsge Museum and SWAHT. We have our own display cablnel in Honiton Library. The museum was open for 1,348 hourg In 2025. The total vlsltor numbers were 7,696 {down 411 whith included 626 chIldn Idown by 1011. Analysis of the 531 vfjsilor surveys complelgd showed that there was 8 slight ince88e Sn foreign visitors. Elghlyaone percent of visitors came to Honiton by car and travelled for half an hour to get here. Twgnty-seven percgnt vislted after a recommèndation and 20V• cama because of $ocial media or our webslle.
The Allhallows Museum of Honiton Charlty number: 1200249 Report of the tru$tOgS For the year ended 31 Octob•r 2025 Achlevem8nts and pertorniance fcontlnvBd) The CIO has ffifty members, forty-eight of those glve practical as8lstsnc8 In the daily running of the Museum. During the sèason 6,993 hours were worked by voluntegrs. We responded to 1,325 enquiries. Th8 number of ryjr Facebook followers rose to 1.156. and the 18rge81 post reach was view8d by 16.814 people. Mary Wardell took Honlton la¢e from our llectIon to display at the Bolsena {118ly} Blenna16 2025 from the 4th lo 7th Septemb8r. Thlrty-flva donatSons were m8da to the mu88um colledion including Madeline Radford's and Mrs Florenc8 Grlfffths lar cdleclions. One pupil did work experience. Four vduntefjrs attended a costume mounlSng traSnlng day and everyone attended fire tralnbng. M05t prebooked coach lour vlslts wer8 ¢an¢¢llgd, but gulded tours were provlded for eight groups. We were involvèd in the Telling Our Slorfes, Flndlng Our Rool8' project. Museum volunl8ers regularly provlde artleS for Honlton Vce and The One magaane. Thg Museum h88 always taken an actlv8 role wllhin the communlty and ils acivlll88, We are proud lo ba Dementla Frlendly 8nd fully support Honlton's Falr Trade Town slalu5. We have malnl8lned and fostered close link3 with local communlly groups such 89 St*ools, library, Thelma Hulbert Gallgry, Old Honltonlans lex-puplls of Mlhallow8 Sthooll. In September 2024, wa launched an appeal to raise £40K funds to replace the flal18ad rool over the Nicoll gallery. Th1$ wa8 suc8Sful and tho work 8lart8d In November 2025. Financlal rnvlew Our total income for the 2024125 year was £71,466, up from £51,238 tha pr8vIou8 year an In¢r¢ase £19k. The total income comprf88d shop counter Sales of £13.089 and exl8mal s8la8 of £625. Our core 8ales 81 the counter saw no imyovemenl. However, when adding visitor donation5. the overall lolal visitor 8ales and donatlon8 increased by 0.85% from £17,039 to £17,183. The 8verag6 visitor spend par person (purchases & donalSons) was £2.49 compared with £2.43 In the prevlou¥ year. Our progr8s8 In our recovery to pre-cowd sales and donation figure8,' remains slow al 10.51Vo down compared lo 11.18Y¢ last year. Thls Ss a concem and whi18t we h8ve bg8n able to benefit from increased retums on our capllal that cannot ba oxpected lo conllnua. Income from ail other sre¥ was £48.188 up £26,089. Thls total Induded grants, donatlon8 and glft ald of %thich £42,423.56 is attributed lo the Roof Ap1 Fun¢J. Income from Interest c4) saving8 Increased to £9,583 from18St year's £9,139. Our total expendrture f911 by £2,806 10 £21.$62. ThSs was prfnclpally because of lower maintenance costs of £5,024 bul offset by high8T electricty sts of £1,819. AJI other expenditur8 remalned comparable lo previous year. The Increased power c081s and general inflation wlll add pr8$5ure to (r budget $¢tting and certaSnly make the task more demanding. The museum did not have lo call upon cash reserves lo cover any unavoldable 8xpenditure.
The Allhallow$ Museum ol Honlton Charity number: 1200249 Report of the trustee8 For the year ended 31 October 2025 Flnanclal revlew Ite&) Overall. the year hos financially been salisfact(yy. At thg year end, cash balances exceed £292,488. this Includes reslriGled funds of £54,126. Rlsk management Thè Trusle8s have 88gegsed the m8Ior rlsks faclng the Ch8dty and developed approwate procedur¢$ to mlligate end Gontrol th088 rt8k8. Reserves poll¢y Resèrvés of £197,125 are inv6sled in a varlely of fixed and varlab18 daposlts to cover all aspects of museum finar suble¢t to regular revI9w. The d81ty core running costs are £62.92 per day. Th8 AIM economic imp8cI of the museum lo the local 8coni)my was £433,090. Stat•mont of tru8to05' responslbllltlos The trusl88s are responslble for preparlng th8 Tru8lees' Annual R8POrt and the a¢¢oun18 In a¢¢ordance wllh applicable law and Unit¢d Klngdom Acccunting Standards IUnll&d Klngdom G8nerally Accepted AG¢ounting Pr8CtIc81. Law app11¢ab lo charflies in England and Wole¥ r4ulre8 the twslg08 lo prepare accounts for each financial year whlch give a true and falr vlew of charfty and of the Incomlng re8our¢8$ ond applICaOn of r•source8 of the ch8rlty for thal year. In pr•paring these accounts tha trustee8 8re requlred to- select suitable accounting pollci88 and Ihen apply Ih¢m con8181ently; obseNe the methods and principles in the Charttl88 SORP; make ludgemènls and &stsmale$ that 8re r8ason8ble and prud8nt', stsle whether appllc8ble UK Accounllng Standard8 have been followed, 8ubla¢t lo any malertal departure8 d18clo8ed 8nd explaSned in tho accounts,. and Ppare th8 accounts cffi the golng concern bas1$ unle88 h Is inapproprfala to presumo that the ch8ilty will continue in operatlon. The trusteas are reSp(sblO for keep¢'ng adequate acCoUnng records %thlch disdose wllh raa$on8ble accur8cy al any Ilme the financ6al posltlon of thg charity and en8bl8 them to 6nsur8 that the accounts comply with the Charltles Act 2011 and the Charity {AountS and Reports) Règulation8 2008. Thay ara a180 responsiblo for Bafewardlng th8 assets of the ch8rlty and hance for tsklng reasonable steps for the preventlon and deleclion of fr8ud and other irregularit. Mrs R A C¢nn•tt On b8h•lf of the board of trustees Date: Ii.03-A
The Allhallows Museum of Honiton Charlty numb•r: 1200249 Indopondent •xamlners report to the tNste88 of The Allhallows IAus•um of Honlton For the yèar onded 31 Octobgr 2025 I report to the trustees on my examSnation of the financlal 8tstements of The lhallowS Museum of Honilon I'the charlty,) for the year ended 31 October 2025. Responsibilitl•s and basls of r•port As Ihe trusle8s of Ihe charlly you 8r¢ rgSFonslble fc* the preparalion of the financial sl8tem8nls in accordance the requlrement$ of the Chadlles Acl 2011 {'the Act'l. I rgport In respecl of my examlnatlon ol th8 charity'8 finandal statements carried out under 8ecllon 145 of tha 2011 Act and In Garrying out my &xamln8tion I have followed all the applieable Directions given by th& Charity Commisslon under sectlon 145151{bl of thg Act. Indep•ndent examln•Vs ststement I have complet8d my examSnation. I confim Ihat no material m8tt6rs have come lo my attentlon In conn8Ctlon with th8 examlnation gSvlng me cause to b81ieve that in any malertal respect.. 8ccounllng record8 wera not kept in respect of the chadty as requlred by sectson 130 of the Act,. or the finand81 statements do not acwrd wSlh th088 rec•JTd8', or tho flnanclal 8ts1¢menl8 do not comply wllh the appllcabla requirem8nt8 concemlng the lomi and content of accounts sel out In th8 ChadU85 (Accoun18 8nd Reports) Regulation8 2008 other than any requiremenl that thg 8ccoun18 glv8 a Irue and fal vlaw whlch18 not 8 matter considered as part of an independent ¢xaminaUon. I have no concems and have come ac16 no other matters In connectbn wllh the examlnalk)n to which attention should be drawn in this rgwrt In order to enable a proper underBtandlng of the 8ccounl8 to bo reached. Mr N Srny ACA Indep8ndent Examln•r Wostcotts Chartered A¢countant8 Quoens House New Stre•t Honiton Devon EX14 1BJ Date: 12.03 .ioIPts
Allhal Mus•urn ol Hon0 ch¥r nwmber.. 12LhJ249 RKelpts and paym•nts •ccoun¢ For th•yeaTeTrd•d 31 October Z020 Y•411ndAd 31 OEtobo1202S UnrE•trkt•d R4Atrfct4d Y••r¢ndqd 31 Octob•r 2014 Un¥•itrlGted eBt¢thd fund fund Totsl T4*01 Jnd• R•c•lpt• Gitt • QeTher donBUonB Lrf8tle DonAYon boxas Mombers £ub8o¥WM• FAmllyAoc41 hLstory P¢lyphan 671.50 424.20 26.520 09 9.623 a8 27,191.50 10,047.76 e61.80 278.eg 9.050.00 2.288.88 9.711.80 2.585.55 3,422.41 10. fjB.20 12.$0 83.00 •,SB3.r2 992.83 3.422.41 10.00 66.26 92.50 93.00 Q,S83.22 3,272.63 2,993.39 2,993.39 64.00 75.C 9.138.80 74.17 64.00 75.00 9.t30.00 97417 owi ald relwd Grants Totil r•c•lpt• t,0.00 4 000.00 9 700.00 SIKJp •¢¢ount Sa 13,244. 470.OD 1a,714.39 14,914.40 1,098.05 18,010.45 Qp•nlw •tD 111.401.861 111.401.88) 11,803 131 11 704.98 112.285.751 12.401091 112.285.791 Clollng stodL 11704.98 P•ym•nl• Ekntrkty Wat•r In•uF•rt• PO5gO and •l•lkn•ry 4.34B.72 358.10 3.82I.44 203.6$ 4.349,72 358.50 3,825.44 203.66 2.33D.99 29S.50 3.677.15 202.43 2,030.99 29S,80 J,877,15 202.43 1,124.9• 1,ee4 44 4,974.06 27S.QO 18J.QO 1,124.19 I,ie4.44 7,374. 276 00 188,00 858.99 3643 28.00 1.091.25 1.338.59 2,197.JJ 328.40 329.fp) 804.99 288.42 492,00 l.Okl.2J 1.338.59 12.897.85 328.40 320.00 804,99 208.42 492.OD Secuiity sundry r•1Th Ev•nl• •nd enteino Subscp1kJns Cornpuiei ieNlr•i ConEervDIkn lumPb Accountsncy C1lnId1$[IlY 8lJff And ank thorg•$ Depredoib Tol•l p•ym•nf• 2,400.00 10,200.00 38.43 828ibJ 222.17 222.17 1a7 QO 420.20 193.18 9 178.90 4ZO.20 193.68 3 176.80 Z62099 SurpluId•fi¢tt) l•ry••r
Alh•Jlow4 of Hontton ¢h4rfty number. 12W449 Statemqnt ofM••ls •nd lthb11 At31 Ottob•r2025 Ytsrtndqd 31 Othb•r2025 Uhr••trf¢t•d R••trfcted fund• Y•ared)lO¢1OIl01 2024 R•¥ld¢t•d Totsl Tot•1 hdi lund• Re•eryei brouglrt roth &Mplu•fld•fic4)for yew 202.633.87 5,289.24 13,632.91 40,493. 816,48b.6 4S,7B2.to 294,380.83 .472.94 1,70D.00 11,932.91 296.080.8J 20.405,75 At JI OGtob•r2020 47,925.00 47,926.00 47.K6.00 1.00 1,1.00 10.893.00 247.0 47,926.00 1.00 1,531.00 10,693.00 247.00 Websll• FiMlur•# Hnd flt¥ngB syllem Computw wutynent 1.225.00 ,554.00 351. 1.226.00 8,554.00 361.00 11,7Ql. 11.704. 11,4D1.0 11,401,e4 Cwh fWI Lloyds Iwwr•N CAF e4•h xcounl CAF 90 •¢ThI Sklpton c1mbrg• H•mp¥hk• unl0T1¥t BMk loo. 1,902.89 35.217.02 3,geo.85 10,BB1.99 18,wo.00 2,243.38 1fj,LknJO.00 10D. 1,&02.89 ,287.Q2 68,DB3.32 10,8Ot.g9 18.000.00 8$,243.38 85.000.00 iuo.00 $.840.47 1,893.66 2P.415.97 lQ,S63.30 tJ,000.00 82,B16.61 8J,000.00 100.00 3,618.47 16.236.59 29,415.97 10.$53.36 18,000.00 82,815.51 86,000.00 13,832.91 84,12a.47 At JI OctobwX21 Fund 0•n•[ lun 306.122.91 308,122.91 302.833.87 3Q2.O33.67 Allhalk Schcd Artblth. Cbj HonnonlkM• Dodicad to Elb•n Gth)dN&Je Hontton pott. R•th• RoolApp•al Honitcn Pott4ryColl8thD Sodoty I,000.c 1,OW.QO l,LO.00 200 00 800.00 11.392.91 J40.00 1.1))o.ao 200.00 600.00 60Q. 51,888.47 S40.00 500.QO 01,186.47 040.00 640.00 AtJl Oct¢bw202S
allow• Ilu•qumol Fh)n#o b4rlty nwnb•r. 12N249 Notes toth• •ccouni AIJI OEtob•r2D16 I. FW as1•ts Fr••hdd prty•rty Wobslt• ahd ffttlfi98 tyateffl• •qlPMbrt Yotsl Co•t At l NOr 2024 Add0 47.925. 1,ge2.00 10,141. 28,926.00 4,060.80 279.09 6B,014.80 279. At $1 oaob•F 2025 D•prt¢tIO At l Novèmbw2024 Charofy yoir 1,901.00 8,810.QO sc4.c 13,233.00 2.139 3.813.eo 176.9 27.617.80 2,62U.99 Al 31 Ocict*r 202$ W•tbtyok ¥u• At 31 ¢Xp¥•r20Z4 .00 At $1 Oclcthr 2D26