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AMERICAN MUSEUM & GARDENS

Company no. 05282777 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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AMERICAN MUSEUM & GARDENS is an active 21-year-old company. Worth a closer look: confirmation statement overdue at companies house and has traded under 1 previous name. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

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Confirmation statement overdue at Companies House
Has traded under 1 previous name
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 21+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ yearsName changed
StatusActive
Company number05282777
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated10 Nov 2004 · 21 yrs
Registered officeThe American Museum In Britain, Claverton Manor Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BD
Nature of business91020 - Museums activities
Next accounts due30 Sep 2026
Confirmation statement due8 Jun 2026
Previous namesTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN BRITAIN (30/05/2022)

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1106989
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
25 Nov 2004
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£2,653,312 · year to 31 Dec 2024
Latest expenditure
£3,254,709

What AMERICAN MUSEUM & GARDENS does

The mission of the American Museum is to educate, stimulate, and inspire its visitors in order to further the understanding of American history and culture. The Museum carries out this mission through the presentation of its historic rooms, its decorative art and folk art collections, and its special exhibitions, publications, educational programmes, and gardens.

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 £2,653,312 £3,254,709 −£601,397
31 Dec 2023 £2,133,427 £2,803,244 −£669,817
31 Dec 2022 £1,599,172 £2,938,335 −£1,339,163
31 Dec 2021 £1,672,339 £2,601,008 −£928,669
31 Dec 2020 £1,204,149 £1,906,989 −£702,840

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 (11)

William Henry Thomas SheppardChair
Trustee · appointed 17 Jun 2025
Adrian Tinniswood
Trustee · appointed 15 Mar 2022
Alec Comba
Trustee · appointed 13 Sep 2022
Anne Millman
Trustee · appointed 13 Sep 2022
Dr David Galbreath
Trustee · appointed 14 Jun 2022
JACQUELINE KINGSLEY
Trustee · appointed 13 Sep 2022
Katie Pennington
Trustee · appointed 13 Sep 2022
Lynne Sayer
Trustee · appointed 11 Dec 2019
MARK EDWARD HARANZO
Trustee
MRS STANLEY DEFOREST SCOTT
Trustee
Wendy Wick Reaves
Trustee · appointed 16 Jun 2026

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.

Filed accounts — year to 31 Dec 2024

FigureAmount
Turnover £1,387,633
Gross profit −£311,847
Operating profit −£1,217,155
Profit before tax −£957,840
Fixed assets £18,751,926
Current assets £570,768
Cash at bank £347,846
Debtors £218,067
Creditors £157,524
Net current assets £413,244
Total assets less current liabilities £19,165,170
Net assets £19,165,170
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Figures taken directly from the accounts AMERICAN MUSEUM & GARDENS filed at Companies House for the financial year ending 31 Dec 2024, read from the machine-readable (iXBRL) tags in the filing itself. Smaller companies may file abridged accounts, so not every figure above will be present for every business. Always check the full filing before relying on these numbers.

Property & land holdings (2)Premium

PropertyTenureArea
Claverton Manor, Claverton, Bath (BA2 7BD) Freehold Bath And North East Somerset
land on the south-west side of Warminster Road, Bathampton and Claverton Freehold Bath And North East Somerset

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

COMBA, Alec
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British
GALBREATH, David
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British
HARANZO, Mark E
Director · appointed 10 Nov 2004 · American
KINGSLEY, Jacqueline Mary
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British
LITTLEWOOD, Lucy Victoria Mary
Director · appointed 16 May 2026 · British
MILLMAN, Anne Maryrose
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British
PENNINGTON, Katie
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British
REAVES, Wendy Wick
Director · appointed 16 Jun 2026 · American
SHEPPARD, William Henry Thomas
Director · appointed 18 Mar 2025 · British
TINNISWOOD, Adrian John
Director · appointed 1 Jan 2023 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Halcyon Foundation
Corporate entity person with significant control · right to appoint and remove directors
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due30 Sep 2026
Confirmation statementOverdue
Last statement25 May 2025
Next statement due8 Jun 2026
Accounts typeSmall company

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