Registered charity · Basingstoke
Friends of the Willis Museum
Friends of the Willis Museum is a registered charity (number 280406) based in Basingstoke, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £3k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Simply Friends (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
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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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.friendsofthewillis.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£2k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£2k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£12k
- 2021£2k£956
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WILLIS MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS.
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
- Barbara Betty Johnson since 2019
- David William Wickens since 2016
- Derek Anthony
- Graham Stuart Parker since 2023
- IAN Robert Menzies Scott since 2021
- John Frank Hollands
- Lynn Edith Martin since 2025
- Stephen Andrew Crudge since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Betty Johnson since 2019
- David William Wickens since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Barbara Betty Johnson since 2019
- David William Wickens since 2016
- Graham Stuart Parker since 2023
- John Frank Hollands
- Lynn Edith Martin since 2025
- Stephen Andrew Crudge since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Derek Anthony
- IAN Robert Menzies Scott since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 280406
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22ND MAY 1979. REGISTRATION DATE UNKNOWN FROM FILE RECORDS. DEFAULT DATE 01/01/61 RECORDED AS DATE OF REGISTRATION.
- Contact on the register
- 01256322073 · enquiries@friendsofthewillis.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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