WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sumer Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At 31 December 2024, the Museum had no borrowings and cash balances of £333,674. It has continued to manage its cash and costs carefully, and to reforecast the likely out-turn in results as circumstances change. As a result of this, and the on-going support of the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Endowment Trust, the Trustees consider that the Museum has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED · parent
   1. Singleton Museum Services Limited 100% · England · Museum shop and cafe

Significant events

• “Imaginative Immersion A significant achievement was the imaginative programme of immersive interpretation days, activities, and events spanning the 'Ritual Year' throughout 2024.”
• “Preserving Historic Buildings An important milestone was reached with the final stage of the conservation and repair of the iconic 16th Century Titchfield Market Hall. Improved access to the surrounding courtyard area has now fully opened the Hall to visitors.”
• “Promoting Interest in Ancient Crafts and Trades The Museum was delighted to welcome young people from across the region to Taster Days and extended learning opportunities in ancient rural crafts and trades.”
• “Education at the Heart of Our Mission We are proud to be the home of two Master's Degree Programmes, validated by the University of York. In 2024, the University extended our relationship, enabling the Building Conservation and Timber Building Conservation Courses to run until at least 2030.”
• “Making the Collection Available to Others In 2024, the Museum embarked on an ambitious project to digitally archive its vast collection of photographic slides and historic materials.”
• “Leadership The Weald & Downland Living Museum embraced a change of leadership in 2024. We are grateful to outgoing Museum Director Simon Wardell for his hard work and achievements. We welcomed Professor Tilly Blyth as his successor, but in April 2025 Tilly was appointed to a senior post at the Imperial War Museum and will leave the Museum later this year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -38%

  £538,478 → £333,674

• Net assets

  -3.8%

  £11,175,852 → £10,749,851

• Employees

  +11.5%

  52 → 58

  highest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -6.2%

  -£401,086 → -£426,001

• Wages

  +15.1%

  £1,374,239 → £1,582,346

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers