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Registered charity · London

The Brunel Museum

The Brunel Museum is a registered charity (number 1003287) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £428k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Brunel Engine House (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £428k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Southwark
Website
www.thebrunelmuseum.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Brunel Museum
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£428k£416k
  • 2024£485k£473k
  • 2023£198k£249k
Earlier years
  • 2022£349k£225k
  • 2021£338k£397k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1)TO PRESERVE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ENGINE HOUSE, KNOWN AS BRUNEL'S WORKSHOP TOGETHER WITH THE PUMPHOUSE, AND SHAFT FORMING PART OF THE THAMES TUNNEL AND SITUATED IN ROTHERHITHE STREET, ROTHERHITHE, IN GREATER LONDON AND THE PRECINTS THEREOF BY SUCH MEANS AS MAY BE NECESSARY; (2)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ENGINEERING WORKS OF MARC AND ISAMBARD BRUNEL AND TO PUBLISH AND CATALOGUE, LEAFLET OR OTHER MATERIAL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND (3)TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AT ROTHERHITHE AND, SUBJECT THERETO, TO GENERALLY ENHANCE THE SURROUNDING CONSERVATION AREA.

Grants received

14 grants · £2,748,504 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,419,100 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £222,674 (4 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £60,000
  • The Headley Trust · £40,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 11Professional services 2Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£485k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1003287
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH APRIL 1990
Companies House
Company number 02488877 · Active
Contact on the register
02072313840 · hello@thebrunelmuseum.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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