AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE 2011-02-21 → present
2. AMBERLEY CHALK PITS MUSEUM 2011-02-17 → 2011-02-21
3. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CENTRE 1979-12-31 → 1991-10-16
4. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CENTRE 1978-11-28 → 1979-12-31

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

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Parkers

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE · parent
   1. Amberley Museum (Retail) Limited 1% · England · operate and maintain the catering facilities and gift shop at the museum.

Significant events

• “Visitor figures for 2024 dropped to 50,669 compared with 56,395 in 2023. This mirrored other, similar heritage sites and visitor attractions and is believed to be primarily due to ongoing economic uncertainty coupled with some episodes of poor weather.”
• “In January 2024, work started on the Bagging Shed project, funded by DCMS as part of the Museum Estate and Development programme. The highlight of the year came in December, when HRH The Princess Royal visited the Museum and formally opened the Bagging Shed project.”
• “During 2024, a significant amount of essential electrical work was undertaken across the site, including improvements to the Bus garages and workshops, the Road Steam/Stationary Engines display, and the Library and Hayloft.”
• “The quality of the Amberley Museum visitor experience was recognised in late 2024 when the Museum received a bronze award for Best Small Tourist Attraction in the Beautiful South awards.”
• “In July 2024, Amberley Museum successfully achieved full accreditation in the national museum accreditation scheme which recognises those who have reached a certain standard in the management and care of collections, and the delivery of public engagement activity.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  +5.5%

  £901,701 → £951,612

• Cash

  -14%

  £598,864 → £514,905

• Net assets

  +18.2%

  £1,269,188 → £1,500,610

• Employees

  +3.4%

  29 → 30

• Profit before tax

  +5.1%

  £220,184 → £231,422

• Wages

  +0.1%

  £421,377 → £421,981

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers