Registered charity · Devizes
The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum
The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum is a registered charity (number 1111516) based in Devizes, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Michael Barker. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £16k (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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.bvwm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£58k
- 2024£12k£10k
- 2023£10k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£217k
- 2021£394k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE COLLECTION PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION EQUIPMENT AND ALLIED MACHINERY FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF RADIO TRANSMISSION PRESERVATION OF RARE MATERIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INTO THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMISSION AND OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT ('THE OBJECTS').
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Michael Barker Chair
- Eileen Laffey
- Kevin Lott
- RON Keith Purbrick MBE since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Michael Barker Chair
- Eileen Laffey
- Kevin Lott
- RON Keith Purbrick MBE since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1111516
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 4 FEBRUARY 2005
- Contact on the register
- 07881950549 · mike@workingwireless.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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