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Abbots Hall Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
310322
Status
Registered
Registered
Aug. 21, 1972
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Local

Address

Address
The Food Museum
Crowe Street
STOWMARKET
Suffolk
IP14 1DL

Contact

Phone
01449612229
Email
[email protected]

Activities

The Trust owns Abbots Hall, a number of buildings and some 65 acres of land. All of this was let to the Museum of East Anglian Life(now known as the Food Museum) and included in two 120 year leases date 1/9/2004.The Abbots Hall Trust is concerned with monitoring the two leases to the museum and with liaising with the museum and other bodies where appropriate.

Objects: Supporting The Museum (museum Of East Anglian Life) And Education Within The Local Area. (2) The Trustees Shall Use Or Permit To Be Used For The Purpose Of And As A Site For Abbot's Hall Museum Of Rural Life In Stowmarket Aforesaid So Much Of The Principal Property As Shall In The Opinion Of The Trustees Be Reasonably Required Including Sites For The Re-Erection Of Buildings Suitable For Exhibition Removed From Other Places Or For The Exhibition Of Other Large Objects Out Of Doors.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Suffolk

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £12,801 £60
March 31, 2024 £9,065 £60
March 31, 2023 £7,843 £5,124
March 31, 2022 £6,679 £5,141
March 31, 2021 £5,761 £13,070

Trustees

Name Appointed
Rev David John Hastings Longe (Chair) Nov. 25, 2019
Anthony Mark Darell-Brown Aug. 15, 2012
Nigel Macpherson Feb. 15, 2016