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Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire

Royston Museum Trust CIO

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £153k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Hertfordshire
Website
www.roystonmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£153k£142k
  • 2024£171k£141k
  • 2023£173k£113k

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 69% · Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SOCIAL HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF ROYSTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA IN HERTFORDSHIRE THOUGH IT?S COLLECTIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, BUT NOT LIMITED TO;- THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PERMANENT MUSEUM IN ROYSTON;- THE ACQUISITION OF ITEMS FOR ITS COLLECTION BY GIFT, BEQUEST, PURCHASE OR EXCHANGE;- TO BORROW AND LOAN ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES RELATING TO THE AREA;- THE CARE AND CURATION OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND HOLDINGS;- THE EXHIBITION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND HOLDINGS AND PROVISION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THEM;- THE PROVISION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC;- THE PROVISION OF EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES,WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS;- TO RESEARCH, PROMOTE AND PUBLISH STUDIES OF THE AREA;- TO COLLABORATE AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA;- TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,000 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

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 7Disability 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£153k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
82%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1196386
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Nov 2021
Contact on the register
01763242587 · enquiries@roystonmuseum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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