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Registered charity · Essex

Museum of Power

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £429k (2025)
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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, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Essex
Website
www.museumofpower.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Museum of Power
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£429k£315k
  • 2024£1.6m£217k
  • 2023£186k£167k
Earlier years
  • 2022£160k£120k
  • 2021£92k£86k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS REGISTERED IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ACQUIRING HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE AND BY ESTABLISHING ACQUIRING MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS GALLERIES LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH PURPOSES MAY BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY HAPPEN

Grants received

5 grants · £1,751,300 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,747,795 (3 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £3,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £505

Most recent

  • Essex Community Foundation £3,0002020-03-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,694,1952018-09-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,1002017-09-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5052012-03-29
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £44,5002005-08-02
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.

8 trustees on the board

6.1y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 10Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 2

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£429k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1087459
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/05/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2015
Companies House
Company number 03203668 · Active
Contact on the register
01621843183 · enquiries@museumofpower.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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