The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Wessex Museums Trust

Registered charity 1171104 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Dorset, Wiltshire, Poole, Swindon

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Board DNA

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8
trustees on the board
3.9y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
6.1y
average years in governance
6 vs 1 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 2

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 2Education 2
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Contact

Websitewww.wessexmuseums.org.uk
Emailhello@wessexmuseums.org.uk
Phone07515586734
AddressTC Group, Waverley House, 115-119 Holdenhurst Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8DY

Finances

£487,531 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£56,638£21,772
2022£97,625£78,496
2023£101,203£136,795
2024£546,674£385,404
2025£487,531£560,013

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (I) TO SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE BUILDING, ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCREDITED MUSEUMS IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE, THEIR ARTEFACTS, ART, SPECIMENS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF ALL SUCH MATERIAL; AND (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THOSE LIVING IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND THOSE GEOGRAPHIC, ETHNIC, DISABLED AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT TRADITIONALLY ATTEND MUSEUMS) IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND SUPPORT TO THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES, COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC EVENTS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING IN DIGITAL FORM, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN MUSEUMS IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND ACROSS THE INTERNET.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Jan 2017 as amended on 14 Apr 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

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