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Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage) is a registered charity (number 1126995) based in Wantage, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £228k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £228k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dr Iain Robertson CameronTrustee · since 2019
- Geoffrey RiceTrustee · since 2015
- Giles Vaughan DawsonTrustee · since 2023
- Graham ParkerTrustee · since 2015
- Jennifer Theresa HannabyTrustee · since 2019
- John Henry SmytheTrustee · since 2020
- Julia ReynoldsTrustee · since 2015
- Richard TalbotTrustee · since 2024
- Ronald Michael BatstoneTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Jill SeymourTrustee · since 2023
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
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.valeanddownlandmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£228k£222k
- 2024£168k£181k
- 2023£152k£183k
Earlier years
- 2022£132k£170k
- 2021£138k£149k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 39%. From the charity's annual return.
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
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron since 2019
- Geoffrey Rice since 2015
- Giles Vaughan Dawson since 2023
- Graham Parker since 2015
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby since 2019
- John Henry Smythe since 2020
- Julia Reynolds since 2015
- Richard Talbot since 2024
- Ronald Michael Batstone since 2023
- Susan Jill Seymour since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron since 2019
- Geoffrey Rice since 2015
- Graham Parker since 2015
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby since 2019
- Julia Reynolds since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron since 2019
- Geoffrey Rice since 2015
- John Henry Smythe since 2020
- Julia Reynolds since 2015
- Richard Talbot since 2024
- Susan Jill Seymour since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Giles Vaughan Dawson since 2023
- Graham Parker since 2015
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby since 2019
- Ronald Michael Batstone since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126995
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 06700294 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01235 771447 · manager@valeanddownlandmuseum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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