01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 18 May 1962
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £4,056
- Latest expenditure
- £31,044
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Gilbert Whites House & Gardens, High Street, Selborne, Alton, GU34 3JH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The principal activities of the educational charitable trust are to maintain Gilbert White's House & Garden in Selborne, with associated Field Studies Centre, as a visitor attraction & Accredited museum. We engage with people of all ages & abilities to promote enjoyment & exploration of our heritage through our exhibitions, collections, learning & education programme, outreach & access policies.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,056
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £31,044
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,950
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,213
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £50
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,301
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £162
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,310
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £839
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £839
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,950
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,213
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 0
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hampshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OATES MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AND THE GILBERT WHITE MUSEUM
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1962-05-18T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- SCHEME DATED 07/02/1994AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 11/08/2006AS AMENDED ON 01/02/2007AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2009AS AMENDED ON 08/03/2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 21/03/2016
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, (A) BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY; AND (B) BY THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF: (I) THE HOUSE KNOWN AS “THE WAKES” IN SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, GARDENS AND PARK OR SUCH PARTS THEREOF AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE HELD BY THE CHARITY; AND(II) THE GILBERT WHITE AND CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AND FRANK OATES’ COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY AND OTHER EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS; (2) THE SAID LAND AND BUILDINGS AND THE COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS REFERRED TO IN THE SAID SCHEDULE SHALL BE APPROPRIATED AND USED FOR THE SAID OBJECT.
- Area Of Benefit
- SELBORNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 76129
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- GILBERT WHITE'S HOUSE & THE OATES MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 76145
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE OATES MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 76136
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- GILBERT WHITES HOUSE AND THE OATES MUSEUM
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling