Friends of Reading Museum
Registered charity 284398 Registered since 1982
Operates: Reading
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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
- Sarah-Jane Elizabeth Hacker Chair since 2026
- Christopher John Widdows since 2015
- Denis Pibworth since 2019
- Dr Deborah Gwendoline Jenkins since 2018
- Evelyn Veronica Williams since 2025
- Marita Ann Middleton
- Richard Martin Stainthorp since 2026
- Stephen John Snook since 2024
4.1y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher John Widdows since 2015
- Denis Pibworth since 2019
- Dr Deborah Gwendoline Jenkins since 2018
14.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Sarah-Jane Elizabeth Hacker Chair since 2026
- Christopher John Widdows since 2015
- Denis Pibworth since 2019
- Evelyn Veronica Williams since 2025
- Stephen John Snook since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Deborah Gwendoline Jenkins since 2018
- Marita Ann Middleton
- Richard Martin Stainthorp since 2026
5
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 3Other services 2Education 1
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.
incomespending£5k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Oxfordshire Museums Council 1 shared trustee
- Great Western Society Limited 1 shared trustee
- Queen Victoria Fund Reading 1 shared trustee
- The Queen Victoria Institute Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Earley Charity 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Bardsey-CUM-Rigton Women's Institute Similar size; both Environment
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | https://www.friendsofreadingmuseum.org.uk/ |
| stephensnook@outlook.com | |
| Phone | 07800800110 |
| Address | 30 Boston Avenue, Coley, READING, RG1 6JU |
Finances
£5,386 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £7,607 | £578 |
| 2021 | £3,374 | £3,472 |
| 2022 | £2,201 | £4,089 |
| 2023 | £10,181 | £3,459 |
| 2024 | £5,386 | £3,278 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE READING MUSEUMS
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6TH NOVEMBER 1981 AS AMENDED 22 APRIL 1999 as amended on 01 May 2018 as amended on 01 May 2018 as amended on 13 May 2019
Trustees (8)
8trustees
71median age
4aged 70+
- Sarah-Jane Elizabeth Hackerage band 45-49 Chair since 2026
- Christopher John Widdowsage band 80-84 since 2015
- Denis Pibworth since 2019
- Dr Deborah Gwendoline Jenkins since 2018
- Evelyn Veronica Williamsage band 70-74 since 2025
- Marita Ann Middletonage band 70-74
- Richard Martin Stainthorpage band 70-74 since 2026
- Stephen John Snook since 2024
Connected charities (6)
- Oxfordshire Museums Council 1 shared trustee
- Queen Victoria Fund Reading 1 shared trustee
- The Queen Victoria Institute Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Earley Charity 1 shared trustee
- Great Western Society Limited 1 shared trustee
- Open Hand Open Space Limited 1 shared trustee
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