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Registered charity · Colchester

Mersea Island Museum Trust

Mersea Island Museum Trust is a registered charity (number 271818) based in Colchester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £13k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £13k (2025)
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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex
Website
www.merseamuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13k£10k
  • 2024£15k£11k
  • 2023£15k£17k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£18k
  • 2021£4k£8k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF MERSEA ISLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (¶THE AREA OF BENEFIT÷) BY MAINTAINING A MUSEUM TO HOLD A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF OBJECTS RELATING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, HERITAGE AND WILDLIFE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT; TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INHABITANTS TO CONSERVE THEIR HERITAGE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF SUCH OBJECTS WHETHER OR NOT DRAWN FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.B) TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE A VALUABLE RESOURCE OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN A CHARITABLE MANNER. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION. SUBJECT TO THIS RESTRICTION, THE ASSOCIATION MAY AFFILIATE OR SUBSCRIBE TO ANY OTHER BODY IN ORDER TO FURTHER ANY OF ITS ABOVE-MENTIONED OBJECTS.

Grants received

4 grants · £58,000 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £54,000 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £45,0002009-10-15
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,0002005-04-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,0002005-04-21
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,0001999-12-08
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.

4 trustees on the board

12.7y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£15k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
271818
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 5 APRIL 1976 AS AMENDED 19 FEBRUARY 1999 AND 19 MARCH 2010
Contact on the register
01206385191 · info@merseamuseum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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