Registered charity (CIO) · Chard
Chard & District Museum
- 5 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Somerset
- Website
- www.chardmuseum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£37k
- 2024£86k£65k
- 2022£38k£20k
Earlier years
- 2021£52k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM IN GODWORTHY HOUSE IN THE TOWN OF CHARD OR SUCH OTHER BUILDING OR BUILDINGS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE ACQUIRED BY THE CIO;(B)THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION & EXHIBITION IN SUCH BUILDING OF ARTEFACTS, PICTURES, MAPS, LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ITEMS OF HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL OR GEOLOGICAL INTEREST RELATING TO THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF CHARD AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT.
Grants received
3 grants · £64,508 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £39,108
- Architectural Heritage Fund · £25,400 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Claire Elizabeth Richter since 2024
- Craig Douglas Hussey since 2024
- Elaine Pym since 2022
- Sara Gillian Dowell since 2022
- Vincent Alan Lean since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Vincent Alan Lean since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Claire Elizabeth Richter since 2024
- Elaine Pym since 2022
- Sara Gillian Dowell since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Craig Douglas Hussey since 2024
- Vincent Alan Lean since 2020
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1190620
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Jul 2020
- Contact on the register
- 0146065091 · info@chardmuseum.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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