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Torbay Museums Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £484k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Where
Torbay
Website
www.torquaymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Torbay Museums Trust
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£484k£494k
  • 2024£485k£344k
  • 2023£259k£342k
Earlier years
  • 2022£376k£400k
  • 2021£402k£376k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN HISTORY, BY ACQUIRING, HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING, RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY, SOCIAL AND LOCAL HISTORY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL AND DECORATIVE ARTS, AS DEFINED BY THE MUSEUM'S ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL POLICIES, WITH FURTHER EMPHASIS BEING GIVEN TO SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND BY ESTABLISHING, ACQUIRING, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH PURPOSES MAY BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY HAPPEN

Grants received

13 grants · £2,373,527 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 · £2,229,800 (11 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £143,727 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £78,6002025-04-02
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002024-04-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £83,7272021-11-15
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £60,0002021-10-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002020-05-18
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.

1.7y median 1.5y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

6
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 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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 7Health and social care 1Tech and media 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£484k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1025390
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/11/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/10/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/01/2015
Companies House
Company number 02764633 · Active
Contact on the register
01803293975 · enquiries@torquaymuseum.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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