# ABBOTS HALL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 310322
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 21, 1972
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=310322


## Contact

- **Address:** The Food Museum, Crowe Street, STOWMARKET, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP14 1DL
- **Phone:** 01449612229
- **Email:** finance@foodmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## 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

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £12801 | £60 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £9065 | £60 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £7843 | £5124 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £6679 | £5141 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £5761 | £13070 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev David John Hastings Longe** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 25, 2019
- ANTHONY MARK DARELL-BROWN — appointed Aug. 15, 2012
- Nigel Macpherson — appointed Feb. 15, 2016