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
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3. 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.
4. 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
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6. 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.
7. 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
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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 peric*J
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$￿ted
by the fvlJseum and r￿e1ved full and 5thsfathy explanati(￿S of any q￿les.
n my opinion the SOC￿ has kept prow rec￿dS and tr￿se ￿)￿lS g've a tnR and fair view of
the Transactions of the Wrtney and District MUS￿ CIO {frKmety Witney IAuseum and Historical Society)
for the year ended Nov
2024 ￿ ofthe 8alances at that date
Sign&Y.
Witney Book-Keepers Ltd
19 Viner Glose
Witney, Oxon OX28 1EP
Tel: 0.1993 702298
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Nadonal Lottery H•rltage Fund *•MnL
The Muswm ha$ 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. sm*1 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
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