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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

6.1y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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 9Finance 5Retail and trade 4

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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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£50k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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
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