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Postal Heritage Trust

Postal Heritage Trust is a registered charity (number 1102360) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Susan Jane Wilkinson since 2023. Latest income £6.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The British Postal Museum and Archive (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £6.3m (2025)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.postalmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Postal Heritage Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.3m£6.6m
  • 2024£5.0m£6.2m
  • 2023£5.2m£7.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£4.2m£5.0m
  • 2020£4.7m£5.0m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:-3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE HISTORY OF POSTAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATED SERVICES AND OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND THE POSTAL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE;3.1.2 TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN MUSEUM(S) AND/OR ARCHIVE(S) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PURSUIT OF THAT OBJECT;(A) COLLECT ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES INCLUDING POSTAL ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES WHICH MAY BE BRITISH OR INTERNATIONAL TO A PUBLISHED POLICY AGREED BY THE CHARITY;(B) MANAGE, DOCUMENT, CONSERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE NATIONAL POSTAL COLLECTIONS AND OTHER COLLECTIONS AND HOLDINGS TO THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS;(C) EXHIBIT, INTERPRET AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS.3.1.3 RESTORE, EXHIBIT AND PRESERVE OBJECTS, (INCLUDING VEHICLES AND WHERE APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES) PARTICULARLY THOSE OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF POSTAL AND RELATED SERVICES AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE AND ITS SUCCESSORS;3.1.4 TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Grants received

11 grants · £6,569,250 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 · £5,834,400 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £710,450 (4 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £24,400 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,4502025-01-27
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £400,0002024-02-08
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £150,0002022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £150,0002022-10-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-06-22
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.

11 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (11)

11
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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 10Environment/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.

Arts and leisure 31Education 5Retail and trade 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.
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2020

97 from 92 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1102360
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/06/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2013
Companies House
Company number 04896056 · Active
Contact on the register
03000300700 · info@postalmuseum.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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