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Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)

Registered charity 1126995 Registered since 2008

Operates: Oxfordshire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6.4y median 6.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

10
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 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 11Retail and trade 9Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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
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incomespending£228k latest income

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.valeanddownlandmuseum.org.uk
Emailmanager@valeanddownlandmuseum.org.uk
Phone01235 771447
AddressVale & Downland Museum & Visitor, Centre, 19 Church Street, WANTAGE, OX12 8BL

Finances

£228,213 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£137,808£149,463
2022£132,105£170,077
2023£151,513£182,953
2024£168,083£181,126
2025£228,213£221,621

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VALE AND DOWNLAND AREA THE EXISTING MUSEUM OWNED BY THE VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM TRUST OR ANY SUCCESSOR MUSEUM AND THEREBY TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS ANDB TO TAKE OVER ALL THE ASSETS AND UNDERTAKING OF THE VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM TRUST

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 SEPTEMBER 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 OCT 2017 as amended on 29 Jan 2020

Trustees (10)

10trustees
72median age
8aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage) · 06700294 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/09/2008

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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