01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 18 November 1976
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01279396
- Financial period
- 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2025
- Latest income
- £951,552
- Latest expenditure
- £1,137,727
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, HP8 4AB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.coam.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Museum which rescues historic buildings under threat in Chilterns Area and re-erects them within a 45 acre traditional landscape with interpretation for visitors. The buildings range from domestic, agricultural to rural industrial dating from 15c to post WW2. Activities include historical re-enactments, rural craft demos, traditional farming practices with livestock. Lifelong learning is provided.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £951,552
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,137,727
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £816,715
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,040,027
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £902,753
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £986,283
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £772,275
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £683,547
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 November 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £963,538
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £724,061
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £951,552
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,137,727
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £999
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 240
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 1 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £816,715
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,040,027
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £4,670
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 225
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £902,753
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £986,283
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £6
- Income From Government Grants
- £30,689
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 200
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £772,275
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £683,547
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £12,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 250
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 30 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £963,538
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £724,061
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £364,257
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 250
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 122163
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 141055
- Income Charitable Activities
- 672008
- Income Investments
- 16326
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 951552
- Income Legacies
- 2000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £138,297
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £999,430
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1137727
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 8825
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 200505
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 29241
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £227,678
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3524394
- Assets Own Use
- 3524394
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £405,227
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £105,310
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,824,311
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 105310
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £294,754
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3556932
- Funds Restricted
- 267379
- Funds Total
- 3824311
- Count Employees
- 43
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 1 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 211177
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 208073
- Income Charitable Activities
- 377196
- Income Investments
- 20269
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 816715
- Income Legacies
- 116307
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £14,315
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,025,712
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1040027
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 260045
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 36283
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £414,566
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3563506
- Assets Own Use
- 3563506
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £505,993
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £71,721
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,997,778
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 71721
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £456,528
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3760500
- Funds Restricted
- 237278
- Funds Total
- 3997778
- Count Employees
- 37
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 23 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 295805
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 264177
- Income Charitable Activities
- 336992
- Income Investments
- 5779
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 902753
- Income Legacies
- 121500
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £14,750
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £971,533
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 986283
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 21716
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 341049
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 17735
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £187,920
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3587962
- Assets Own Use
- 3587962
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £740,349
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £94,513
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,233,798
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 94513
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £659,924
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3995232
- Funds Restricted
- 238566
- Funds Total
- 4233798
- Count Employees
- 37
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 337036
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 220580
- Income Charitable Activities
- 214446
- Income Investments
- 213
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 772275
- Income Legacies
- 111000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £17,046
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £584,001
- Expenditure Other
- 82500
- Expenditure Total
- 683547
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 11601
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 138427
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 12511
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £113,288
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3485200
- Assets Own Use
- 3485200
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £947,501
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £114,494
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,318,207
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 114494
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £834,395
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4079443
- Funds Restricted
- 238764
- Funds Total
- 4318207
- Count Employees
- 14
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 30 November 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 642682
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 157471
- Income Charitable Activities
- 162530
- Income Investments
- 855
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 963538
- Income Legacies
- 75232
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £16,712
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £707,349
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 724061
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10618
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 97514
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 10820
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 2010770
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3452822
- Assets Own Use
- 3452822
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £853,956
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £77,299
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,229,479
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 77299
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £837,691
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3903785
- Funds Restricted
- 325694
- Funds Total
- 4229479
- Count Employees
- 16
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Buckinghamshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1976-11-18T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 SEPTEMBER 1976
- Charitable Objects
- TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORICAL INTEREST.
- Area Of Benefit
- THE CHILTERN HILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures