01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 21 August 1972
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £12,801
- Latest expenditure
- £60
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Food Museum, Crowe Street, STOWMARKET, Suffolk, IP14 1DL
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
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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
- 14 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £12,801
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60
- 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
- 2 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £9,065
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60
- 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
- 2 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,843
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,124
- 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
- 23 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £6,679
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,141
- 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
- 20 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £5,761
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £13,070
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 14 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £12,801
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- 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
- 1
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Suffolk
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ABBOTS HALL TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1972-08-21T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONVEYANCE DATED 26TH OF MARCH 1970 AND DECLARATION OF TRUST 23RD MARCH 1971 AND VARIED BY A SCHEME DATED 6 MARCH 1985.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 16 JUL 2026
- Charitable 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.
- Area Of Benefit
- LOCAL
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment