Registered charity · Truro
The Royal Institution of Cornwall
- 11 trustees
- Income £3.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew AllenTrustee · since 2021
- Julie SeylerTrustee · since 2018
- Justin Peter HeughTrustee · since 2024
- Karen Anna BellamyTrustee · since 2024
- Kevin Charles BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Kira May Louise OrchardTrustee · since 2024
- Mary GodwinTrustee · since 2022
- Nerys Ann WattsTrustee · since 2019
- Paul HoldenTrustee · since 2024
- Ruth GripperTrustee · since 2019
- Steven Mark WebbTrustee · since 2024
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
- Cornwall
- Website
- www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal Institution of Cornwall
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.1m£2.5m
- 2024£1.3m£963k
- 2023£1.1m£715k
Earlier years
- 2022£611k£733k
- 2021£514k£609k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 81%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE, NATURAL SCIENCES, ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, ETHNOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND THE FINE AND APPLIED ARTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CORNWALL.
Grants received
10 grants · £1,679,265 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,560,129 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,136
- Cornwall Community Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Andrew Allen since 2021
- Julie Seyler since 2018
- Justin Peter Heugh since 2024
- Karen Anna Bellamy since 2024
- Kevin Charles Brown since 2024
- Kira May Louise Orchard since 2024
- Mary Godwin since 2022
- Nerys Ann Watts since 2019
- Paul Holden since 2024
- Ruth Gripper since 2019
- Steven Mark Webb since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Julie Seyler since 2018
- Nerys Ann Watts since 2019
- Ruth Gripper since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Allen since 2021
- Justin Peter Heugh since 2024
- Karen Anna Bellamy since 2024
- Kevin Charles Brown since 2024
- Kira May Louise Orchard since 2024
- Mary Godwin since 2022
- Nerys Ann Watts since 2019
- Paul Holden since 2024
- Ruth Gripper since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Julie Seyler since 2018
- Steven Mark Webb since 2024
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.
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
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1150749
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/01/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/02/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08362598 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01872272205 · enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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