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Company Registration Number:
08451872 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2024

End date: 31 March 2025

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 31,796 28,632
Total fixed assets: 31,796 28,632
Current assets
Stocks: 4 1,954 1,253
Debtors: 5 196 108
Cash at bank and in hand: 2,490 383
Total current assets: 4,640 1,744
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 6 ( 6,419 ) ( 8,159 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (1,779) (6,415)
Total assets less current liabilities: 30,017 22,217
Total net assets (liabilities): 30,017 22,217
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital: 3 3
Profit and loss account: 30,014 22,214
Total Shareholders' funds: 30,017 22,217

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 23 December 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: O L Mattisson
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

    Turnover policy

    Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Plant and machinery etc - 20% on cost Heritage assets Depreciation is not provided on heritage assets as they are considered to have an indefinite useful life.

    Valuation information and policy

    Heritage assets are revalued annually by an internal expert and held at historical cost plus any movement in valuation. Although this accounting policy is in accordance with the applicable accounting standard, FRS 30 Heritage Assets, it is a departure from the general requirement of the Companies Act 2006 for all tangible assets to be depreciated. In the opinion of the directors compliance with the standard is necessary for the financial statements to give a true and fair view. Depreciation or amortisation is only one of the many factors reflected in the annual valuation and the amount of which might otherwise have been changed cannot be separately identified or quantified.

    Other accounting policies

    Stocks Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Taxation Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Hire purchase and leasing commitments Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 1 1

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2024 52,692 52,692
Additions 4,433 4,433
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2025 57,125 57,125
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024 24,060 24,060
Charge for year 1,269 1,269
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2025 25,329 25,329
Net book value
At 31 March 2025 31,796 31,796
At 31 March 2024 28,632 28,632

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

4. Stocks

2025 2024
£ £
Stocks 1,954 1,253
Total 1,954 1,253

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

5. Debtors

2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 196 108
Total 196 108

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Taxation and social security 4 0
Other creditors 6,415 8,159
Total 6,419 8,159

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

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Company Number: 08451872 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

We supported our stakeholders (volunteers, schools, members of the local fossil hunting community, palaeoartists and university researchers). We recruited new volunteers and worked with members of the local fossil hunting community to conserve and retain several new significant fossils for the museum collection. We facilitated on-going University research and fostered positive collaboration between fossil collectors. We acted on feedback from our stakeholders and built a new central display cabinet to facilitate displays of larger fossils including the temporary exhibition of a Mantellisaurus skeleton. We continued to commission the expertise of a local fossil preparator and prioritised the conservation of fossils in the collection including a vertebra from an unnamed species of rebbachisauroid dinosaur. The museum shop stocked several ranges of palaeoart created by local artists and new ranges of replica fossils and palaeoart produced by our volunteers. We led fossil hunting trips for members of the public and schools. We gave talks to local interest groups and continued to implement our plans for improving the museum's displays.

Consultation with stakeholders

Stakeholders include: Local Fossil Hunters, UK and some International Fossil Hunters who visit the museum, Local palaeoartists, Visitors to the Isle of Wight, Dinosaur Isle Museum, Local and UK schools and universities who visit the museum. Vectis Archaeological Trust and Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society. No formal consultation was undertaken, but there were regular informal consultations with local stakeholders discussing progress and our plans for the future. We have listened to their suggestions and ideas on changes to existing displays, expanding the exhibition space and development of additional facilities for visitors which we have incorporated into our plans.

Directors' remuneration

The total value of Directors' Remuneration is £7,200 There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director's loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
23 December 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: O L Mattisson
Status: Director