2024-11-30-accounts

WITNEY AND DISTRICT MUSEUM CIO Registsred Charity No: 1203635 Address.. 75 Hoh Street. Wtney. Oxfordshire OX28 6JA Witney:. District", rFliJSEUM Trustees, Report for year ended 30th November 2024 l. ObJe¢tl¥es and acllvltles Wrtney and District Museum CIO fThe Museum.) was set up 19th June 2023 to rec8ive the assets of The Wrtney Museum and Historical Society (Registered Charty 1006722) and to continue its work. The transfer took place on 30th November 2023. The objective of the Museum is to maintain a collection of items and documents which record the history of Vwrtney and the surrounding district, to celebrate that history and to educate the public about it. The Museum has done this during the past year by (a) continuing to organise and record its Collection (b) opening to the general pU￿￿C on four days per week between April and October (c) arranging special events and exhibitions. During the year, with the aKI of a grant and advice received from Museum Development South East, the Vthey and District Mu88um has successfully negotiated with the National Lottery Heritage Fund a £198.096 grant for an agreed program to enhance the professionalism of its operation and the variety and quality of its presentations. Work started on this program in September 2024 and is due to be completed by July 2026. 2. Achlevements. Perfom￿nCe and Public Benefft The Museum has been visrted by 1189 adults and 259 children during the past 12 months. It has welcomed 6 school and college parties. Iptrth the NLHF funding, the Museum has started on a volunteer ￿¢rUItMent and training program urKler the guidance of freelan￿ experts Wtth the aim of raising th8 standard of Ca￿ for. arKI presentation of. its collection and increasing the involvement of the communtly. The Museum provides a public benefft by: Recording. preserving and interwets'ng the history of the local communrty Educating local residents and visrtors aboui their herttage Providing the opportunty for volunteers to work, share and leam from others of similar interests. WkntymUge￿rnann￿l repOrt￿23-24 P8ge1of3

1. Financial Review Funding is by entrance charges, donations and grants from charities and other public bodies. The Museum has no employees and was staffed during the year entirely by volunteers. The Museum began Ihe year with £18,043 and ended the year with £12,884. Re￿IPtS were £9.807 induding £2,553 from enty fees, £1,725 from grants, and £2,970 from the NLHF for the initial three months of the project. Expendrture was £14,966. Major items were utilrties and insurance, solicrtor's fees for the renewal of the lease and £3,135 of NLHF fees. Our Reserves Policy is to hold sufficient cash to cover 12 months running costs, and broadly this was achieved. Funds beyond those required for day-to4ay operation are invested in a Lloyds Business Banking inte￿St-payin9 deposit account. The Museum is grateful to the Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust who have granted new lease on the current premi8es for 30 years from 12th September 2024 at a peppercorn rent.

2. Struclure. Governance and IAanagement The Museum is run by board of belween 3 and 12 Unpa￿ Trustees who met 12 times during the year to set policy and exe￿iSe oversight of the Museum, its fInan￿S and its statutory ￿POnsIbl}It1e8. The day4txlay operation is run by a Management Committee appointed annually by the Trustees. S. Trustses and their appo5ntsnenl Potential Trustees are C￿Sen for relevant skn'lls, knowledge and eXper￿nCe, and appointed by the existing Trustees for a tenn of 3 years (with special terms for the initial Trustees). The TNStees up to 30th November 2024, with tIH'r terms of appointment, were: Appointed Term Retlred John Alyams Keith Early Crawford Gillian Fettes Jean Marion Greenway MichaelAnthony French Christopher William Hopkins Sally Rees Watson 19.6.23 19.6.23 1 year 3 years 2years 4years 3years 3years 3 years 1.7.24 19.6.23 19.6.23 15.1.24 12.8.24 2.12.24 WknoyMu88um8nnug1 rEr*N12trty24 P8ge2of3

3. Management of Risk The Museum's finances are monitored through monthly accourts presented by the Treasurer to the Management Committee. No commitment to any expenditure is made without knowing from where the funds will come. All payments require dual authorisation. The Museum has insurance giving protection to ts assets and for public liability claims. The Trustees and the Management Commfftee are jointly responsible for ensunng that the museum is a safe and Secu￿ place for the collection. for volunteers and for visitors. Any breaches or complaints would be brought to the attention of the Trustees.

4. Declaration This report was approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by.. Signature.. kc Ketlh Early Crawford. Chair of Trustees Date.. 2*. 2. IS with accompanying Accounts + Examiner's Report Witney Museum anNalweport202>24 Page3 of3

Witney and District Museum CIO Accounts for the Year ended 30 November 2024 INCOME EXPENDITURE Entry fees Donations General sales C￿￿MISsi(￿ sales Grants lexcludiw NL Heritge Fund) Roy8ltses Other income IEv8nls 8tc.I DeF4)sil accojnt interost NL HerFlage FurKI Receipts. 2553.CMJ 873.88 539.32 255. 1725.(Kl 113.25 586.01 191.52 2970.47 Eledricity Water CoLml rate5 704.72 217.14 0.02 634.31 360.00 2185.82 &fj5.79 98.28 43.00 141.00 239.55 277.49 74.32 7895 Website Seonty (fire. intruder, elecaroni¢) Cons6rvabon and display sub￿￿ptiOnS Commission Stod< o)st Admin expenes Event expenses Sundrie8 Equipment C￿er81 maintenw Total inoyne Deficit for pericJ 5158.88 14W.33 3CE9.1JJ 3047.52 3135.42 Lea$8 ASSI￿￿1 NLHF Prqed- QualifyirvJ e>wso$' Total 8yrKlrture 14￿ 33 Balan¢•s Total funds at 3LP Noven￿ 21Y23 1W3 34 L883. Deficrt for per￿] 5158 68 Lloyds arxount Lloyds current ac£/J￿1 Cash in hand 12121.50 844.85 20.11 Total funds at 3￿ November 2024 12884 46 129e8.46 102.1)) 12884.46 . The Not83 and Addit￿781 Infomwtion In pag8 2 rtlalè to awly81$ of Project transactions qu81fying for Sup from the Nat￿r￿1 Lottery Hwrtage FuTrJ arKI are part of thes• accounts. Sign8d: Ichaimian) Sign8d. 3.Z.ZS (Treasurer.) Examlnoes certificat•. I have examined these acc£￿fr￿ togettw wrth the Bc(s. Statemerrts ￿ VoLthers We$￿ted by the fvlJseum and r￿e1ved full and 5thsfathy explanati(￿S of any q￿les. n my opinion the SOC￿ has kept prow rec￿dS and tr￿se ￿)￿lS g've a tnR and fair view of the Transactions of the Wrtney and District MUS￿ CIO {frKmety Witney IAuseum and Historical Society) for the year ended Nov 2024 ￿ ofthe 8alances at that date Sign&Y. Witney Book-Keepers Ltd 19 Viner Glose Witney, Oxon OX28 1EP Tel: [phone] Pye-l

Nadonal Lottery H•rltage Fund *•MnL The Muswm ha$ received the award of finance t(ywards a wojKa- Witnels gol Wt)ol and What ElseT - from th8 NL Heritage FuThJ. The lthjseum Voryll re￿1ve frJndirKJ of approximately 94.74% of Qualifying Expenditur8. A Prq"ect Manager has teen apwntwl to oversee rts implementatson. . The Project commenced in Septemter 2024 and is Pr1)3r￿rned to run fN 2 y8ars. The followng analysis of Qualfying Expeditwe incurred effectivoly represents only activity in the first tsvo months ofthè prtsJrarrm8. Quallfylng Expen•e Project man8ger f88s SctrKwJl & Community activity days CateriT¥J for trainirvJ days scoal events 2921.72 27.85 185.85 Totsl Qualfyry expenses Less". FurKling recoived 313542# 2970.47 # 164.95

Those fioures aré carried to the resp8c¥ eyper¥Jitwe ￿ incrxM sides of the 8ccAints in page 1.

NON￿ONErARy ASSETS HELD FOR USE OF THE CHARITY a. Bulldlng•: The museum building is leased from Bartlett Taylor Charrtab18 Tru8t. b. Colloctlon Contents of dr&play cabinets, open display and items stored c. Offlce equlpment Indudes Cal￿"neI5. desks, ￿nputerS. PTinterl¢opier5. nN)nitors, tebphones. POS temiinal, office chairs, securty cameras and related equipffBnL d. Slock for sale & free to v181tors Includes t)oks, booklets. sm1 glasses and pen(#ls o. General FF&E Includes chairs. tables. display boards, televisions. DVD player. mannequins, e18ctronic slide show, display cabinets. display stsndthlders. craft items for activits'es, loom table, children's table and chairs and t￿k¢aSe$ UABILMES None Page2of2