The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Tank Museum Limited

Registered charity 1102661 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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 14Health and social care 3Professional services 3

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£10.8m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.4 in 2021

110 from 79 in 2021
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.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.tankmuseum.org
Emailoffice@tankmuseum.org
Phone01929-405096
AddressKing George V Road, Bovington, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6JG

Finances

£10,805,901 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,239,332£6,138,410
2022£8,088,655£7,531,725
2023£9,518,361£8,725,242
2024£9,842,759£9,517,981
2025£10,805,901£10,792,604

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF ARMOURED WARFARE AND TO HOLD TOGETHER THE TRADITIONS OF THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS AND THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT AND PERPETUATE THEIR DEEDS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC VEHICLES, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER EXHIBITS AND ARTEFACTS WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE IN THE STUDY OF ARMOURED WARFARE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 FEB 2004 as amended on 25 Jan 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Tank Museum Limited · 04962619 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/11/2003

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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