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The Imperial WAR Museum Development Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £161k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
City Of Westminster, Southwark, Manchester City, Cambridgeshire
Website
www.iwm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£161k£506k
  • 2025£211k£2.4m
  • 2024£1.2m£181k
Earlier years
  • 2023£4.1m£856k
  • 2022£180k£108k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BEING:(A) THE ACQUISITION FOR THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM OF ARTEFACTS PICTURES PHOTOGRAPHS BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS FILMS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF ANY DESCRIPTION RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF WARFARE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY(B) THE RENDERING OF ASSISTANCE TO THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM IN THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OBJECTS OF ALL KINDS OWNED BY OR IN THE CUSTODY OF THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OR FOR USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUDY OR RESEARCH(C) THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF WARFARE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY BY THE PUBLICATION OF BOOKS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER THE PROVISION OF EXHIBITION LECTURES AND PRIZES AND THE COMMISSIONING OF LITERARY OR ARTISTIC WORKS PHOTOGRAPHS OR FILMS, OR(D) THE IMPROVEMENT OF AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR VISITORS AND STUDENTS AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

Grants received

5 grants · £5,100,000 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.

Top funders

Most recent

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

1.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

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 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£211k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1146784
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 08/09/1969AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 01/10/1980AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 20/03/1991AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 05/06/1996AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 02/04/2004AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 07/03/2012
Contact on the register
02074165241 · wwood@iwm.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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