Museums Essex

Registered charity 1152493 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Essex

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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

6y median 5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

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

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Polly Jane Redman Chair since 2020
Dr Sarah Demelo since 2019
Robert Lee Sharp since 2022
Sarah Sinka since 2025

Portfolio (4)

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 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

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 3

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.

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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£9k 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.

Related organisations

The Essex Society for Archaeology and History 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

The FRY ART Gallery Society 1 shared trustee
Brightlingsea Museum 1 shared trustee
CBA East 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Dugdale Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Colwall Players Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	museums-essex.org
Email	philip.wise@colchester.gov.uk
Phone	07950776691
Address	c/o Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service, 40 Heckworth Close, COLCHESTER, CO4 9TB

Finances

£9,002 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,634	£1,622
2022	£6,447	£16,559
2023	£3,833	£2,461
2024	£6,389	£6,525
2025	£9,002	£5,652

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 19 Jun 2013 as amended on 06 Jul 2025

Trustees (8)

8trustees

77median age

1aged 70+

Polly Jane Redman Chair since 2020
Dr Mark Edward Curteis since 2023
Dr Sarah Demelo since 2019
Gordon Ison Cummingsage band 85-89 since 2013
Pauline Victoria Skerrittage band 65-69 since 2024
Philip John Wise MA FSA AMA since 2014
Robert Lee Sharp since 2022
Sarah Sinka since 2025

Connected charities (4)

The Essex Society for Archaeology and History 2 shared trustees
The FRY ART Gallery Society 1 shared trustee
Brightlingsea Museum 1 shared trustee
CBA East 1 shared trustee

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