OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 14 September 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £500,443
Latest expenditure: £379,694
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Rural Life Living Museum, The Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, GU102DL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.rural-life.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Old Kiln Museum CIO owns and operates the Rural Life Living Museum, Farnham Surrey. The Museum was founded in 1973 by Madge and Henry Jackson. (Old Kiln Museum, then Rural Life Centre.) The CIO keeps and continues to develop the museum collection, operating the museum for the benefit of the public telling the story of how we lived, tools trades and professions in the English countryside.

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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: 29 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £500,443
Total Gross Expenditure: £379,694

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: 17 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £280,662
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,425

Fin Period Start Date: 14 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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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: 29 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £500,443
Total Gross Expenditure: £379,694
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: 100

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: 17 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £280,662
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,425
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 14 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

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: 29 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 174721
Income Other Trading Activities: 101564
Income Charitable Activities: 157209
Income Investments: 66949
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 500443
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £32,917
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £346,775
Expenditure Other: 2
Expenditure Total: 379694
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 2400
Expenditure Depreciation: 11327
Gain Loss Investment: 325000
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 445749
Reserves: £1,096,785
Assets Total Fixed: 924308
Assets Own Use: 174308
Assets Long Term Investment: 750000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £233,823
Assets Total Liabilities: £23,558
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,134,573
Creditors One Year Total Current: 23558
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £187,193
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1096785
Funds Restricted: 37788
Funds Total: 1134573
Count Employees: 8
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Surrey
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-01-30T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 289150
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 289150
Assoc Charity Name: OLD KILN MUSEUM TRUST

Charity Name: OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2022-09-14T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Sep 2022
Charitable Objects: FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM COMPRISING SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION").

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 659349
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: RURAL LIFE CENTRE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures