Registered charity · Minehead
West Somerset Rural Life Museum
West Somerset Rural Life Museum is a registered charity (number 1065071) based in Minehead, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £12k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Allerford Museum (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Somerset
- Website
- www.allerfordmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£13k
- 2024£14k£12k
- 2023£7k£12k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£9k
- 2021£23k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE MUSEUM IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF LOCAL AND NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGYTO PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF THE MUSEUM COMPRISING THE EXISTING COLLECTION TOGETHER WITH OTHER OBJECTS SPECIMENS OR COLLECTIONS AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION")TO FORM ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT AND TO AID IN THE FORMATION ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATIONS TRUSTS OR SOCIETIES FORMED FOR OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Andrew Stinson since 2021
- Garth Hester since 2022
- Patricia Pridmore since 2016
- Robin Williams since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Patricia Pridmore since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Stinson since 2021
- Garth Hester since 2022
- Patricia Pridmore since 2016
- Robin Williams since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1065071
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10 JUNE 1997 AS AMENDED 14 OCTOBER 1997AS AMENDED ON 01 APR 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01643862529 · enquiries@allerfordmuseum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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