Registered charity (CIO) · Dorchester
The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £270k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Brigadier Richard H D Toomey CBE DLChair · since 2022
- Allan James WoodTrustee · since 2025
- Colonel David James Lord Swann CBE DLTrustee · since 2023
- David Francis Herbert JonesTrustee · since 2022
- George Richard PinneyTrustee · since 2025
- Jeremy Michael Archer MATrustee · since 2022
- Martin Fausset TDTrustee · since 2024
- Philip Ashley CooperTrustee · since 2023
- Simon DaviesTrustee · since 2024
- Victoria Jane DE WITTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Bournemouth, Devon, Dorset, Plymouth City and more
- Website
- www.keepmilitarymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£270k£162k
- 2024£125k£140k
- 2023£117k£117k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING REGIMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTS OF DEVON AND DORSET, PASTAND PRESENT, AND THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THOSE COUNTIES.
Grants received
2 grants · £107,385 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 · £107,150
- Ministry of Defence · £235
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Ministry of Defence
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Brigadier Richard H D Toomey CBE DL Chair since 2022
- Allan James Wood since 2025
- Colonel David James Lord Swann CBE DL since 2023
- David Francis Herbert Jones since 2022
- George Richard Pinney since 2025
- Jeremy Michael Archer MA since 2022
- Martin Fausset TD since 2024
- Philip Ashley Cooper since 2023
- Simon Davies since 2024
- Victoria Jane DE WIT since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- David Francis Herbert Jones since 2022
- Martin Fausset TD since 2024
- Philip Ashley Cooper since 2023
- Simon Davies since 2024
- Victoria Jane DE WIT since 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Brigadier Richard H D Toomey CBE DL Chair since 2022
- Allan James Wood since 2025
- Colonel David James Lord Swann CBE DL since 2023
- George Richard Pinney since 2025
- Jeremy Michael Archer MA since 2022
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
- 1200607
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01305264066 · director@keepmilitarymuseum.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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