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Registered charity (CIO) · Buckinghamshire

Chesham Museum

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £13k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Buckinghamshire
Website
www.cheshammuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13k£7k
  • 2024£9k£14k
  • 2023£5k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£3k
  • 2021£3k£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 19% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY DISPLAYING AND PROMOTING ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF CHESHAM AND THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN; AND INVOLVING THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN IN HISTORY PROJECTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £4,400 total

360Giving 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 · £4,400

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,4002018-08-08
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.

9 trustees on the board

5.6y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

0
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 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£13k latest income
37%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1172671
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Apr 2017 as amended on 18 Sept 2024
Contact on the register
01494 773653 · info@cheshammuseum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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