The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Weald and Downland Open AIR Museum Limited

Registered charity 306338 Registered since 1969

Operates: East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex

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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

4.9y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 2

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 13Retail and trade 6Finance 5

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2020

58 from 40 in 2020
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.

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.wealddown.co.uk
Emailaccountant@wealddown.co.uk
Phone01243811024
AddressWeald & Downland Open Air Museum, Town Lane, Singleton, PO18 0EU

Finances

£3,369,813 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,851,016£2,729,591
2021£2,991,424£2,495,110
2022£3,594,513£3,681,152
2023£3,491,155£3,892,241
2024£3,369,813£3,795,814

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDING OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN ANCIENT CRAFTS TRADES, AND MANUFACTURERS AND TO ESTABLISH CENTRES FOR THE STUDY O HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND ARTEFACTS AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE BEST MEANS OF PRESERVING, RESTORING AND RECORDING THEM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 20 JANUARY 1969, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 NOVEMBER 1985, 2 JUNE 1987, 8 APRIL 1991, 7 JULY 1994, 16JUNE 1997 AND 24 NOVEMBER 2003.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 SEP 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Weald and Downland Open AIR Museum Limited · 00946307 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/01/1969

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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