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Registered charity (CIO) · Chester

The Cheshire Military Museum

The Cheshire Military Museum is a registered charity (number 1215136) based in Chester, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Brigadier Benjamin Mark Wilde MBE since 2025. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
cheshiremilitarymuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2025
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO: • PROMOTE, DISPLAY AND PRESERVE CHESHIRE'S MILITARY HERITAGE AND COLLECTION OF SIGNIFICANT ARTEFACTS; AND • ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHESHIRE’S REGIMENTAL CONNECTIONS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, THROUGH A CHESHIRE BASED MILITARY MUSEUM.

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.

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

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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 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1215136
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Sep 2025
Contact on the register
01244327617 · museum@chester.ac.uk
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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