The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Museum Bridport Dorset

Registered charity 1090327 Registered since 2002

Operates: Dorset

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 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 17Finance 2Professional services 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£97k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.bridportmuseum.co.uk
Emailoffice@bridportmuseum.co.uk
Phone01308458703
AddressBridport Museum Trust, The Coach House, Gundry Lane, Bridport, DT6 3RJ

Finances

£97,419 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£213,136£135,074
2022£144,976£141,183
2023£91,976£108,622
2024£112,192£128,386
2025£97,419£101,347

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BRIDPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 7 JANUARY 2002. as amended on 09 Dec 2021 as amended on 14 May 2022

Trustees (9)

9trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bridport Museum Trust Limited · 04348168 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/01/2002

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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