Registered charity (CIO) · Norfolk
Diss Museum
(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...
- 8 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Anthony Philip HulseChair · since 2023
- Bernadette Margaret ChamleyTrustee · since 2025
- Daniel Thomas FrenchTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Francis Edward HargraveTrustee · since 2025
- Janet Mary SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Millie Sarah HowardTrustee · since 2025
- Philip Brian ClarkeTrustee · since 2025
- Richard PeatyTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.dissmuseum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£17k
- 2024£15k£16k
- 2023£12k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£15k
- 2021£19k£13k
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.
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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
- 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 Clarke since 2025
- Richard Peaty since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- 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 Clarke since 2025
- Richard Peaty since 2023
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168112
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Jul 2016 as amended on 08 Mar 2024 as amended on 28 Nov 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01379642518
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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