Registered charity · Bath
Herschel House Trust
Herschel House Trust is a registered charity (number 298295) based in Bath, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £145k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 1 trustee
- Income £145k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Bath Preservation Trust Limited.
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.herschelmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£145k£145k
- 2024£147k£133k
- 2023£303k£134k
Earlier years
- 2022£157k£75k
- 2021£81k£70k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER LITERATURE AND BY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WILLIAM HERSCHEL MUSEUM RELATING TO HIS SCIENTIFIC AND MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AT 19 NEW KING STREET, BATH WHICH MUSEUM IS INTENDED TO CONTAIN SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN TRUST FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION.
Grants received
7 grants · £97,110 total360Giving 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 · £92,860 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,250
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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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
- 298295
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 12/11/1987AS AMENDED ON 31/07/2015
- Contact on the register
- 01225338727 · admin@bptrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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