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Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester

Colchester Museums Development Foundation

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £22k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Essex
Website
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/cmdf (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£22k£23k
  • 2025£16k£10k
  • 2024£29k£26k
Earlier years
  • 2023£19k£8k
  • 2022£13k£3k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE ARTS, ARCHAEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, HISTORY AND SCIENCE; ANDII) PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING COLCHESTER CASTLE, HOLLYTREES MUSEUM, THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THEIR COLLECTIONS AND STORAGE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING PARTNER ORGANISATIONS TO DELIVER RELATED PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY ADVANCE THE MUSEUMS ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.7y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
8
trustees past 6 years
9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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

Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£16k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1192018
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Oct 2020
Contact on the register
01206282931 · cmdf@colchester.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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