The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Berwick and District Museum and Archives

Registered charity 1042273 Registered since 1994

Operates: Northumberland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

7.6y median 10.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 9Education/training 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£6k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.berwickfriends.org.uk/
Emailinfo@berwickfriends.org.uk
Phone00000000000
Addressco Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, Walkergate Building, Walkergate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1DB

Finances

£8,416 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,268£4,615
2022£9,337£8,542
2023£13,468£7,639
2024£5,880£7,098
2025£8,416£9,123

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The objects of the Friends are the education of the public by promoting and supporting and assisting (i) the preservation of archives relating to Berwick-upon-Tweed and North Northumberland and their local accessibility for historical research; and (ii) the use of the Berwick ?upon-Tweed Museum and Art Gallery.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25/03/1994AS AMENDED ON 18/01/2013 as amended on 16 Mar 2018 as amended on 19 Mar 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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