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Registered charity · Fakenham

The Thursford Collection

For the benefit of the public the Charity’s objects are:(1) To advance education in the subjects of steam power, organs and engines (including without limitation, relevant science, engineering, and their historical significance) in particular but...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £8.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Norfolk
Website
www.thursford.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Thursford Collection
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.6m£7.3m
  • 2024£8.6m£7.2m
  • 2023£9.0m£6.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.0m£5.4m
  • 2021£968k£2.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

For the benefit of the public the Charity’s objects are:(1) To advance education in the subjects of steam power, organs and engines (including without limitation, relevant science, engineering, and their historical significance) in particular but not exclusively by:(a) preserving and augmenting the collection of organs and engines situated at Laurel Farm, Thursford, Norfolk and of national, historical and educational importance (the “Collection“); and(b) establishing and maintaining an interactive visitor centre.(2) To advance the arts, and in particular the arts of music and dance, by conducting musical and theatrical performances which may incorporate a display of parts of the Collection and thereby increase awareness of the Collection.

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.

8 trustees on the board

4.9y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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 10Tech and media 3Business 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.7 in 2021

89 from 33 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
272307
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28TH SEPTEMBER 1976 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 30TH OCTOBER 1986, 7TH JUNE 1994 & 30TH OCTOBER 2000.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/03/2015 as amended on 28 Feb 2020 as amended on 09 Mar 2020
Companies House
Company number 01279056 · Active
Contact on the register
01328878477 · david@thursford.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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