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Registered charity · Bristol

Bristol Museums Development Trust

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £276k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.bristolmuseums.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bristol Museums Development Trust
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£276k£304k
  • 2024£366k£82k
  • 2023£273k£208k
Earlier years
  • 2022£501k£326k
  • 2021£128k£191k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(I) TO SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE BUILDING, ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND ARCHIVES OF ARTEFACTS, ART, SPECIMENS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED MATERIAL IN BRISTOL, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF ALL SUCH MATERIAL; AND(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THOSE LIVING WITHIN THE GREATER BRISTOL AREA AND THOSE GEOGRAPHIC, ETHNIC AND DISABLED COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT TRADITIONALLY ATTEND MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES) IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES, COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC EVENTS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING IN DIGITAL FORM, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND ARCHIVES IN BRISTOL AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF BRISTOL AND ACROSS THE INTERNET."

Grants received

5 grants · £159,423 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

2.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

10
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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 12Construction 1Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£276k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1137777
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16/07/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/08/2013 as amended on 18 Oct 2023
Companies House
Company number 06685688 · Active
Contact on the register
01179223576 · beth.cutter@bristol.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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