Registered charity · Buckinghamshire
The Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust
The Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust is a registered charity (number 1153345) based in Buckinghamshire, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr Robert Keith Sutcliffe since 2014. Latest income £935k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £935k (2025)
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- www.discoverbucksmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£935k£937k
- 2024£963k£1.0m
- 2023£882k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.7m
- 2021£1.3m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 41% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR ART GALLERY AND ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS; AND/OR2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM AND THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS; AND/OR3) PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE, AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE.
Grants received
15 grants · £866,245 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 · £427,400 (8 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £301,840 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £60,000
- The Headley Trust · £2,005 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Dr Robert Keith Sutcliffe Chair since 2014
- Mark Colin Eric Hall since 2023
- Simon Roger Kearey since 2014
- Susan Jane Imbriano since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Robert Keith Sutcliffe Chair since 2014
- Simon Roger Kearey since 2014
- Susan Jane Imbriano since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Dr Robert Keith Sutcliffe Chair since 2014
- Mark Colin Eric Hall since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Simon Roger Kearey since 2014
- Susan Jane Imbriano since 2019
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
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153345
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/08/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/08/2013
- Contact on the register
- 07980548833 · hello@discoverbucksmuseum.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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