Registered charity · Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lady Meredyth ProbyChair
- Alexander John Scott-BarrettTrustee · since 2018
- Catherine Elizabeth Jane ArnoldTrustee · since 2021
- David FahieTrustee · since 2021
- Ian BarbyTrustee · since 2017
- Lady Juliet TadgellTrustee
- Louise CookeTrustee · since 2018
- Penelope ANN Hylton ElliottTrustee
- Professor, the Lord Robert MairTrustee · since 2021
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Luke Syson.
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
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£9k
- 2024£24k£99k
- 2023£17k£125k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£109k
- 2021£18k£87k
Charitable objects
TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE FINE ARTS THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Lady Meredyth Proby Chair
- Alexander John Scott-Barrett since 2018
- Catherine Elizabeth Jane Arnold since 2021
- David Fahie since 2021
- Ian Barby since 2017
- Lady Juliet Tadgell
- Louise Cooke since 2018
- Luke Syson since 2019
- Penelope ANN Hylton Elliott
- Professor, the Lord Robert Mair since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander John Scott-Barrett since 2018
- Ian Barby since 2017
- Louise Cooke since 2018
- Luke Syson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Lady Meredyth Proby Chair
- Catherine Elizabeth Jane Arnold since 2021
- David Fahie since 2021
- Ian Barby since 2017
- Lady Juliet Tadgell
- Louise Cooke since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Alexander John Scott-Barrett since 2018
- Penelope ANN Hylton Elliott
- Professor, the Lord Robert Mair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 291460
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH MARCH 1985. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 11 SEPTEMBER 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 01895684 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223332921 · development@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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