Registered charity (CIO) · Buckingham
The Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust (the Bmmt)
The Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust (the Bmmt) is a registered charity (number 1189645) based in Buckingham, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Lt Col Derek Alexander Plews VR since 2019. Latest income £1k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £1k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Lt Col Derek Alexander Plews VRChair · since 2019
- Alastair James Hay MurrayTrustee · since 2023
- Captain Courtenay Cumberland CoadeTrustee · since 2018
- Countess Elizabeth HoweTrustee · since 2024
- John Barlow SheldonTrustee · since 2013
- Lt Col Michael Joseph HrycakTrustee · since 2022
- Lt Col Simon Edward Wilkinson Fnaea, DLTrustee · since 2003
- Major General Gregory Stephen Smith CB Qvrm TDTrustee · since 2005
- Stephen James BerridgeTrustee · 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
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- www.bmmt.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1k£3k
- 2024£8k£3k
- 2023£4k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£8k
- 2021£3k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO HOLD, CONSERVE, ENHANCE, INTERPRET AND EXHIBIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE REGIMENTAL COLLECTIONS OF THE FORMER AUXILIARY MILITARY FORCES RAISED IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (BEING THE AREA DEFINED AS THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PRIOR TO THE REORGANISATION FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972); AND 3.2 TO PROMOTE, RESEARCH AND UNDERTAKE ANY ANCILLARY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
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
- Lt Col Derek Alexander Plews VR Chair since 2019
- Alastair James Hay Murray since 2023
- Captain Courtenay Cumberland Coade since 2018
- Countess Elizabeth Howe since 2024
- John Barlow Sheldon since 2013
- Lt Col Michael Joseph Hrycak since 2022
- Lt Col Simon Edward Wilkinson Fnaea, DL since 2003
- Major General Gregory Stephen Smith CB Qvrm TD since 2005
- Stephen James Berridge since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Lt Col Derek Alexander Plews VR Chair since 2019
- Captain Courtenay Cumberland Coade since 2018
- John Barlow Sheldon since 2013
- Lt Col Simon Edward Wilkinson Fnaea, DL since 2003
- Major General Gregory Stephen Smith CB Qvrm TD since 2005
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Lt Col Derek Alexander Plews VR Chair since 2019
- Alastair James Hay Murray since 2023
- Captain Courtenay Cumberland Coade since 2018
- John Barlow Sheldon since 2013
- Lt Col Simon Edward Wilkinson Fnaea, DL since 2003
- Stephen James Berridge since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Countess Elizabeth Howe since 2024
- Lt Col Michael Joseph Hrycak since 2022
- Major General Gregory Stephen Smith CB Qvrm TD since 2005
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189645
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 May 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01736762929 · ian.beckett@bmmt.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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