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    THE WESSEX HERITAGE TRUST 

    Established: 31 years
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£177£164£13n/an/an/an/an/a161
    31/03/21£311£278£34n/an/an/an/an/a254
    31/03/20£322£313£9n/an/an/an/an/a108
    31/03/19£340£339£1n/an/an/an/an/a86
    31/03/18£365£367£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£369£369£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£290£290£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£253£263£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£324£337£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£362£407£-44£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£476£514£-39£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£343£391£-48£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£84£250£-166£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£246£135£110£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£185£106£79£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£141£104£37£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£127£111£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£111£77£34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£114£95£19£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Dorset, Hampshire, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£39,300
    Henry Smith Charity£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,775
    The Grocers' Charity£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - The Wessex Heritage Trust
    £5,000 02/06/2021
    Towards core costs such as rent, insurance, IT, supplies to keep delivering an increasing amount of Memory Boxes as the charity grows its size and impact.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Memory Box Project COVID Response
    £9,775 06/11/2020
    6
    The funding will be used to provide memory boxes and online sessions for older people with dementia. The project aims to support people's wellbeing and address feelings of social isolation during the ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £39,300 16/01/2020
    The Memory Box Collection Online
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £10,000 12/06/2019
    24
    towards two years' running costs of the Memory Box project, collating items drawn from social history collections to aid the recollection of those affected by Dementia in Hampshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Memory Book
    £9,910 14/12/2018
    12
    The project will use funding to provide young people with the tools needed to record memories of people living with dementia and create an online resource. The project aims to build social ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Memory Box
    £367,550 31/10/2018
    36
    This group will use the funding to expand and further develop their 'Memory box Project'. The project delivers sessions to dementia patients in order to stimulate their sense of smell, touch and ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £99,600 16/10/2018
    Memories Brought Home
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £33,100 16/01/2018
    War Town Aldershot
    National Lottery Community Fund - Memory Lane Social Reminiscence Area
    £9,120 12/07/2017
    12
    This project will purchase specialist dementia equipment and furniture which will be placed in one of their project bases at a local hospital. This will create a reminiscence area for patients with ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £20,000 10/07/2017
    The Memory Box in the Community
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £31,800 18/04/2017
    The WatersEDGE Project
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £19,200 13/09/2016
    Burberry: From function to fashion
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £15,500 10/03/2016
    36
    towards three years' running costs of the 'Memory Box' project, collating items drawn from social history collections to aid the recollection of those affected by dementia in Hampshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Memory Box - The Forgotten Community
    £237,130 09/09/2015
    36
    The funding will be used to run a new project providing support to people living with dementia using sensory memory boxes. The project will be based at North Hampshire Hospital and Southampton ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £14,700 30/03/2015
    Jane Austen Walks
    National Lottery Community Fund - The EDGE Project
    £174,695 23/09/2014
    36
    Not Available
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £10,600 16/12/2013
    The Placemarker Project
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wessex Heritage Trust
    £49,600 25/06/2013
    The Cutting EDGE
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hampshire Museums and Galleries Trust
    £1,900 12/09/2012
    towards one year's running costs of a drama project for at risk young people in Hampshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - Learning at the Centre
    £241,333 13/04/2010
    36
    This project will enable adults with physical and learning disabilities in Basingstoke and Deane to become regular users of Basingstoke Discovery centre and take part in a programme of personalised ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/11/1992, number: 1015271
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR07: 267 days late, AR06: 231 days late, AR04: 46 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT CONCERNING THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF WESSEX, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY: • PROMOTING, ASSISTING AND IMPROVING HAMPSHIRE MUSEUMS. • ASSISTING IN THE RELIEF, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND DEMENTIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND MATERIALS UTILISING HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE BASED THEMES AND ACTIVITIES; AND• ASSISTING IN THE RELIEF PERSONS EXPERIENCING LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION THROUGH THE PROVISION TO SUCH PERSONS OF EDUCATION CONCERNING THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE WESSEX REGION, BY INVOLVING THEM IN HERITAGE PROJECTS, AND * BY TRAINING PERSONS TO RUN AND TO PROVIDE INTERGENERATIONAL HERITAGE BASED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.DEFINITIONS:“THE AREA OF BENEFIT” MEANS THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE COUNTIES OF HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, WILTSHIRE AND SOMERSET THAT MAKE UP THE AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘WESSEX’“HAMPSHIRE MUSEUMS” MEANS PUBLIC MUSEUMS HISTORIC SITES AND AREAS OF CULTURAL INTEREST IN HAMPSHIRE AND EXCEPTIONALLY THE RED HOUSE MUSEUM AND GARDENS IN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET FOR THE TIME BEING REGISTERED BY THE MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES COMMISSION).

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    HAMPSHIRE AND DORSET (SEE OBJECTS)

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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