2024-09-30-accounts

MINIATURE BRITISH BUILDINGS ARCHIVE Registered Charlty No.]204102 Created 19th July 2023 as'a Charltable Incorporated Organlsatlon uslng the Commlssion"s standard . Foundatlon" model constltutlon. Annual Report and Accounts year endlng 3(>92024 Trustees- Jeremy Jullan ( Commlsslon contsct) Patrlcla Hymers James Day Mark Hlckmott Chrls Boutal Brlan Salter (Archfves) Head Offlce- 20 Layard Drlve, Wlmborne BH21 ITF Objects of the Charlty. To advance the educatlon of the publlc In the subject of mlnlature Brltlsh bulldlng and thelr creatlon by provldlng the publlc wlth access to an archlve of mlnlature model bulldlngs and resources Includlng bulldlng constructlon toy4 klts and Iltsrature whlch Illustrate and trace the development of model bullding systsms methods and craftsmanshlp a a record of soclal hlstory. THE FIRsf FOURTEEN MONThS- - from the charity-s fommtlon up to the date of thts report has already encouraged further involvement by other5 to contlnue thelr researches Into the subJecL Alth￿gh research In ftself Is not normally CO￿ldered a charftsble occupation, the retent1￿ c(xrtlnued wtseThatlon and availability of the results are a maln original reason for the Archlves fOnT￿ organlsatlorL Addttlonally. an already exlstlng exhibition of Brltlsh bulldlng toys can rTh be &￿Ported and some highly relevant publications expanded upon. All are biased towards the alrr6 of the charity, not the collector. By actively pursulng these avenues further a vastty wlder au￿lenCe will be within reach. An Immedlate bon￿ vras to become Involved In both the physical movement and 1 saving of "Tlnkleford" Minlature Dorset Village, Swanage. Last seen In publk c1965 and Ixevso￿fy on three dtfferent sites it was amon>t the earllest to charge for enty, potsitAy ts earfl In the later 1920& It tra￿ferred Into the ownership of knr(age Museum In Novembef 2023. In September 2023 "Introdudng the Mlnlature Brldsh Bulldlngs Archfve" was publthed (ISBN 978 - 0 - 9955814 - 8n some 32 pages to explaln the unlque and ¢Yiver5e range of m]nia Interests covered. ft has proved an Immensely valuable . tool-. added to the life Before Lego exhlbttlon. In Marth 2024 the worfd framoLts . Bayko" name and trddemark were transfeffed to the Archiv WIth￿rt charge. The name Is the best remernbered brand of Britisfj I￿Alding toy (ts34 . 1964) Ims a safe h(Th. an Iconlc dolls ho(se brdfKI. Here the Arthlve Is onty generdlty Intere￿ In the arthitectural modelling and In this case these excel. ft has been P0￿bIe to recofd a falr cross section d the

,ThroU￿oUt the perlod some effort has been extended In the dlrectlon of mlnlature bulldlngs as souvenlrs of herltage attractlons. One was soon slngied out for extra attentlon - Anne Hathaways Cottage, recognlsed Instsntly throughout the land and beyond. It was In the - buslness- from the 1890s (and much earller prlvately) and so covers nearly all methods of productlon and prtsentatlon slnce the Industry became serlously commerclallsed. It speaks near perfectly for thls whole speciallsatlon, what the MBBA terms Interest 3 - Ornamentsl and Collectsble. Varlous small donatlons of vlntage bulldlng toys have been recelved, almost entlrely as a result of Life Before Lego. A standard donatlon form Is avallable althou￿ many do not wlsh to record the matter. On two unrelated occaslons, two falrly Ilmlted non orfginal boxes of Bayko have produced unique back- storles. They are both retalned as found and presented complete with some very Interesting period re-packln& All in all, the Archlve has grown In some really dlverse sectors. encouraged ￿thout a doubL by the fvture security engendered by the registration. Further publlcations are envtsaged and much thought is now being given to other moves forward, desplte some Interests actually stlll belng slightly embryonlc. Flnancial Statement As of the above date the Archive has not been involved In any financlal trdnsactlons and no account is in operatlon. Worklng expenses are mlnlmal, mainly of a domestlc nature, and borne totslly by the trustees. An agreement dated 10th August 2023 absolvts the Archlve at this time from overhéads. No fund ralsing actlvltles have been undertaken or are proposed. Thls report has been agreed by the trustees and signed on thelr behalf