POLLOCK'S TOY MUSEUM — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 5 December 1968
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £41,310
Latest expenditure: £28,467
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 99 JUDD STREET, LONDON, WC1H 9NE

Website recorded by the regulator: www.pollocksmuseum.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Organise exhibitions and public events in libraries and other public places to promote the interest in old toys and toy theatre for educational and research purposes. Publish printed and online material relating to the Charity's objectives. Work with Pollock's Toy Museum on conservation and cataloguing of the collections.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 17 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £41,310
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,467

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 3 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £37,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,107

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,764
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,453

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,391
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,039

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 9 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,631
Total Gross Expenditure: £158

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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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 17 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £41,310
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,467
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,250
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: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 3 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £37,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,107
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,764
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,453
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: POLLOCK'S TOY MUSEUM
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1968-12-05T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 12TH NOVEMBER 1968 AND SCHEME DATED 10 JULY 1987
Charitable Objects: 1. TO ACQUIRE BY WAY OF PURCHASE GIFT OR LOAN A COLLECTION OF TOYS AND GAMES OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 2. TO DISPLAY THE SAID COLLECTION IN A MUSEUM WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO BE KNOWN AS "POLLOCK'S TOY MUSEUM", IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL VALUE TO CHILDREN, STUDENTS, RESEARCH WORKERS AND SCHOLARS. 3. TO PROMOTE LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF TOYS AND GAMES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS; 4. TO ESTABLISH A LIBRARY OF BOOKS, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDINGS AND FILMS ON THE SUBJECTS A FORESAID OR ANY OF THEM. 5. TO ACQUIRE BY WAY OF PURCHASE OR LEASE PREMISES SUITABLE FOR THE HOUSING OF THE SAID COLLECTION AND THE OTHER PURPOSES AFORESAID.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment