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Registered charity (CIO) · Blandford Forum

The Blandford Forum Museum, Heritage and Arts Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £50k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Dorset
Website
www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£50k£39k
  • 2024£55k£61k
  • 2023£30k£24k
Earlier years
  • 2022£26k£23k
  • 2021£27k£15k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN BLANDFORD FORUM FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL ITEMS, COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITS AND RECORDS RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(2) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ARTISTIC MERIT WITH A FOCUS ON PRESENTING WORK WITH A LINK TO BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(3) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BLANDFORD FORUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

2 grants · £33,020 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 · £33,020 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £25,0202024-02-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £8,0002020-08-24
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

3.9y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 1

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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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£50k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1190608
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Jul 2020
Contact on the register
01258450388 · sylhixsonandrews@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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