Earlier this year, the organisation warned that it could be forced to close the Maritime Museum, the Occupation Tapestry Gallery and Hamptonne and make staff redundant unless it received urgent funding from the States. It warned that it would need £1 million just to keep all its existing sites open and continue to provide its current level of service.
Today, a report by Chris Swinson, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has revealed that several factors have combined to create serious short- and long-term problems for Heritage. And he warned that the £2 million annual grant Heritage receives from the States falls short of what is needed to allow it to sustain its existing service.
Heritage director Jon Carter said that much of the report reinforced what the organisation has previously said about its finances. He said: ‘It is a helpful report which confirms what we have been saying – that the current grant level is not sufficient to sustain the existing activities and that investment in the sites is needed in the short term.’
