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Registered charity · Olney

Cowper Memorial Museum

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £105k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Milton Keynes
Website
cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£105k£91k
  • 2025£117k£121k
  • 2024£172k£223k
Earlier years
  • 2023£185k£138k
  • 2022£74k£54k
Charitable objects

MUSEUM TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE POET WILLIAM COWPER.

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

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Religious Activities 8General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Health and social care 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£117k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
310521
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED DATED 6TH OCTOBER 1902, SCHEMES OF 20TH DECEMBER 1950 AND 19TH JULY 1985
Contact on the register
01234713099 · house-manager@cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.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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