Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester
Museums Essex
- 8 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Polly Jane RedmanChair · since 2020
- Ciara Louise PhippsTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Mark Edward CurteisTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Sarah DemeloTrustee · since 2019
- Gordon Ison CummingsTrustee · since 2013
- Pauline Victoria SkerrittTrustee · since 2024
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMATrustee · since 2014
- Sarah SinkaTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- museums-essex.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£6k
- 2024£6k£7k
- 2023£4k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£17k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITABLE MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON CHARITABLE MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROMOTING THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF WORK AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS;(B) SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE WORKING IN, AND SUPPORTING, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS;(C) ENCOURAGING PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGH QUALITY MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS;(D) ACTING AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS TO OTHER BODIES; AND BY(E) MAKING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Polly Jane Redman Chair since 2020
- Ciara Louise Phipps since 2026
- Dr Mark Edward Curteis since 2023
- Dr Sarah Demelo since 2019
- Gordon Ison Cummings since 2013
- Pauline Victoria Skerritt since 2024
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2014
- Sarah Sinka since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Polly Jane Redman Chair since 2020
- Dr Sarah Demelo since 2019
- Gordon Ison Cummings since 2013
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Polly Jane Redman Chair since 2020
- Ciara Louise Phipps since 2026
- Dr Sarah Demelo since 2019
- Sarah Sinka since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Mark Edward Curteis since 2023
- Gordon Ison Cummings since 2013
- Pauline Victoria Skerritt since 2024
- Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2014
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
- 1152493
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 19 Jun 2013 as amended on 06 Jul 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07950776691 · philip.wise@colchester.gov.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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