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AVONCROFT MUSEUM OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS

Company no. 00830659 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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AVONCROFT MUSEUM OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS is an active 61-year-old company. One to note: 1 outstanding charge. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
1 outstanding charge — secured debt registered
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
Established — 61+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years1 charge
StatusActive
Company number00830659
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated10 Dec 1964 · 61 yrs
Registered officeStoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcester, B60 4JR
Nature of business91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Next accounts due1 Oct 2026
Confirmation statement due14 Oct 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
241644
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
25 May 1965
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£518,668 · year to 31 Dec 2024
Latest expenditure
£587,246

What AVONCROFT MUSEUM OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS does

Avoncroft is a museum of historic buildings rescued from imminent destruction and carefully rebuilt on an open-air site near Bromsgrove in the north of Worcestershire. Our principal aim isTo inspire enthusiasm for and understanding of the history of building as illustrated at Avoncroft, and the relationship of people with the buildings they constructed and in which they lived and worked.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Dec 2024 £518,668 £587,246 −£68,578
31 Dec 2023 £531,280 £569,829 −£38,549
31 Dec 2022 £473,535 £537,272 −£63,737
31 Dec 2021 £471,986 £435,861 £36,125
31 Dec 2020 £649,418 £398,570 £250,848

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (7)

MARK ARMSTRONGChair
Trustee
Adele Wood
Trustee · appointed 21 Nov 2021
Edward James Kenneth Tolcher
Trustee · appointed 26 Jan 2026
Ivan Smart
Trustee · appointed 1 Jul 2023
Lucy Hockley
Trustee · appointed 1 Jul 2023
Michael Paul Smith
Trustee · appointed 16 Jun 2025
sarah BEAUCHAMP
Trustee · appointed 1 Jul 2023

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdingsPremium

PropertyTenureArea
land adjoining 84 Redditch Road, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove (B60 4JR) Leasehold Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

ARMSTRONG, Mark Andrew
Director · appointed 2 Jul 2010 · British
BEAUCHAMP, Sarah Ann
Director · appointed 1 Jul 2023 · British
HOCKLEY, Lucy
Director · appointed 1 Jul 2023 · British
SMART, Ivan Mark
Director · appointed 1 Jul 2023 · British
SMITH, Michael Paul
Director · appointed 16 Jun 2025 · British
TOLCHER, Edward James Kenneth
Director · appointed 26 Jan 2026 · British
WOOD, Adele Louise
Director · appointed 21 Nov 2021 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Mr Mark Andrew Armstrong
Individual person with significant control · significant influence or control as trust
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due1 Oct 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement30 Sep 2025
Next statement due14 Oct 2026
Accounts typeSmall company

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