The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Buckinghamshire County Museum Trust

Registered charity 1153345 Registered since 2013

Operates: Buckinghamshire

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8.5y median 9.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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 5Education 5Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£935k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

32 from 49 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
52%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.discoverbucksmuseum.org
Emailhello@discoverbucksmuseum.org
Phone07980548833
AddressDiscover Bucks Museum, 9 Church Street, AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2QP

Finances

£934,740 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,287,441£1,056,345
2022£1,669,361£1,719,202
2023£882,339£1,118,978
2024£962,776£1,037,852
2025£934,740£936,976

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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.

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

Trustees (4)

4trustees
70median age
2aged 70+

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