Registered charity (CIO) · Bishop Auckland
The Weardale Museum
The Weardale Museum is a registered charity (number 1185086) based in Bishop Auckland, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Phillippa Carne Rowe since 2019. Latest income £94k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £94k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Phillippa Carne RoweChair · since 2019
- Dr Owain GardnerTrustee · since 2021
- John Fenwick JacksonTrustee · since 2021
- John Linsley NormanTrustee · since 2019
- Michael James BeerTrustee · since 2024
- Philip NewboldTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Sarah Jane AistonTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Marshall Alexander Robert LawrieTrustee · since 2025
- ROY Allan PercivalTrustee · since 2019
- Susan HindesTrustee · since 2024
- William Robert Bevil WilsonTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- www.weardalemuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£94k£60k
- 2024£55k£75k
- 2023£193k£93k
Earlier years
- 2022£73k£89k
- 2021£129k£91k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM COMPRISING ANY ITEMS OR EXHIBITS WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF OR DONATED TO THE MUSEUM WHICH MAY BE DEEMED WORTHY OF PUBLIC DISPLAY (WHICH ITEMS OR EXHIBTS ARE HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COLLECTION").
Grants received
9 grants · £906,673 total360Giving 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
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £499,665
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £293,698 (2 grants)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £56,760
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- Community Foundation North East · £9,550 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Phillippa Carne Rowe Chair since 2019
- Dr Owain Gardner since 2021
- John Fenwick Jackson since 2021
- John Linsley Norman since 2019
- Michael James Beer since 2024
- Philip Newbold since 2023
- Professor Sarah Jane Aiston since 2026
- Richard Marshall Alexander Robert Lawrie since 2025
- ROY Allan Percival since 2019
- Susan Hindes since 2024
- William Robert Bevil Wilson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Phillippa Carne Rowe Chair since 2019
- John Linsley Norman since 2019
- ROY Allan Percival since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Phillippa Carne Rowe Chair since 2019
- Dr Owain Gardner since 2021
- John Fenwick Jackson since 2021
- John Linsley Norman since 2019
- Michael James Beer since 2024
- Philip Newbold since 2023
- Professor Sarah Jane Aiston since 2026
- Richard Marshall Alexander Robert Lawrie since 2025
- ROY Allan Percival since 2019
- Susan Hindes since 2024
- William Robert Bevil Wilson since 2022
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1185086
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Aug 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07976238503 · info@weardalemuseum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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