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Portland Museum Trust

Registered charity 1132576 Registered since 2009

Operates: Dorset

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Other Charitable Purposes 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 10Professional services 1Property 1

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
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£54k 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.portlandmuseum.co.uk
Emailportlandmuseum@googlemail.com
Phone01305821299
AddressPortland Museum, 217 Wakeham, PORTLAND, Dorset, DT5 1HS

Finances

£56,915 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£103,000£96,000
2022£100,000£105,500
2023£70,843£71,815
2024£54,319£49,402
2025£56,915£62,227

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS FORMED ARE (BUT ONLY IN SO FAR AS THE SAME ARECHARITABLE): THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING ANDMAINTAINING A MUSEUM OF ARTEFACTS AND SPECIMENS RELATING TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES,NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LITERATURE, MUSIC, THE FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS,ANTIQUITIES AND LOCAL HISTORY RELATING IN PARTICULAR TO THE ISLAND OF PORTLAND

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 JUNE 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22 SEPTEMBER 2009

Trustees (8)

8trustees
71median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Portland Museum Trust · 06292060 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/06/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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