Registered charity · Chichester
The Weald & Downland Open AIR Museum Endowment Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £50k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.wealddown.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£50k£232k
- 2024£116k£168k
- 2023£342k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£529k£7k
- 2021£15k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(I) TO SUPPORT THE WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 306338) (THE "COMPANY") IN PURSUANCE OF ITS OBJECTS (II) TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN , REPAIR, RENOVATE THE SAID MUSEUM OR ANY OF THE BUILDINGS OR LAND WHICH THE COMPANY MAY OWN EITHER FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD (III) TO UNDERTAKE AND EXECUTE ANY TRUSTS WHICH MAY LAWFULLY BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CHARITY AND MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO ITS OBJECTS (IV) TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT IN THE AID OR ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS AND TO SUBSCRIBE OR GUARANTEE MONEY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY OR OF THE CHARITY OR CALCULATED TO FURTHER THOSE OBJECTS (V) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Douglas Paul Rigg since 2019
- James Harvey since 2024
- Matthew Lewis since 2018
- Mr Neil Hart DL LLB since 2018
- Nicholas Sutherland since 2024
- Peter James Jenkins since 2020
- Simon Fairfax Knight DL since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Douglas Paul Rigg since 2019
- Matthew Lewis since 2018
- Mr Neil Hart DL LLB since 2018
- Peter James Jenkins since 2020
- Simon Fairfax Knight DL since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Douglas Paul Rigg since 2019
- Matthew Lewis since 2018
- Mr Neil Hart DL LLB since 2018
- Peter James Jenkins since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- James Harvey since 2024
- Nicholas Sutherland since 2024
- Simon Fairfax Knight DL since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1084969
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED OF 23/10/2000
- Contact on the register
- 01243811363 · office@wealddown.co.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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