Diss Museum

Registered charity 1168112 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk

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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

1.5y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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 1

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

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incomespending£20k 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.

Also active in the same field

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1ST Stanford in the Vale Scout Group Similar size; both Environment
Friends of Clarence Holmfield and Thornes (Chat) Parks Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.dissmuseum.co.uk
Phone	01379642518
Address	Diss Museum, 11-12 Market Hill, DISS, Norfolk, IP22 4JZ

Finances

£19,786 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£18,708	£12,902
2022	£14,260	£15,419
2023	£11,635	£13,480
2024	£15,384	£16,408
2025	£19,786	£16,793

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(1) To establish, operate and maintain a museum for the public benefit, preserving and exhibiting items of historical, cultural, artistic or scientific significance relating to Diss and its surrounding areas.(2) To promote the heritage of the local area by collecting, conserving, documenting, and displaying objects, photographs, documents, and other materials of local interest independently and in collaboration with local charities and organisations.(3) To provide opportunities for public engagement, learning, and participation through exhibitions, talks, workshops, educational programmes, community events and collaboration with local charities and organisations on matters related to the museum’s collections and themes.(4) To undertake and support research into the local history and heritage, and to make the results of such research available to the public.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Jul 2016 as amended on 08 Mar 2024 as amended on 28 Nov 2025

Trustees (8)

8trustees

65median age

0aged 70+

Anthony Philip Hulse Chair since 2023
Bernadette Margaret Chamley since 2025
Daniel Thomas French since 2026
Dr Francis Edward Hargrave since 2025
Janet Mary Smith since 2024
Millie Sarah Howard since 2025
Philip Brian Clarkeage band 65-69 since 2025
Richard Peaty since 2023

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