The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Bowes Museum

Registered charity 1079639 Registered since 2000

Operates: Durham

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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.

14 trustees on the board

3.2y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

12
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 14Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 12Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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 15Retail and trade 5Education 4

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£3.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2021

82 from 86 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Websitewww.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Emailinfo@thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Phone01833 690606
AddressThe Bowes Museum, Newgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP

Finances

£3,860,226 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,085,666£1,911,096
2022£2,988,885£2,653,493
2023£2,214,893£2,498,950
2024£4,312,215£3,306,053
2025£3,860,226£3,546,199

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC'S EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ART, CRAFT, DESIGN AND HISTORY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ACQUIRING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE BOWES MUSEUM, ITS COLLECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED GROUNDS AT BARNARD CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 NOVEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 20 DECEMBER 1999, 23 DECEMBER 1999 AND 25 JANUARY 2006. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 JANUARY 1999.

Trustees (14)

14trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Bowes Museum · 03879872 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/11/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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