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The Hertford Museum Charity

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £276k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.hertfordmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£276k£255k
  • 2024£234k£250k
  • 2023£229k£246k
Earlier years
  • 2022£263k£194k
  • 2021£224k£209k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 63%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR PURPOSES OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM.

Grants received

6 grants · £1,088,996 total

360Giving 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 · £1,079,496 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002021-04-29
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £53,7002015-02-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £985,0002007-11-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £29,4002005-10-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,3962004-08-05
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.

10 trustees on the board

6.3y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 10Accommodation/housing 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£276k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
312142
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 13 FEBRUARY 1948 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30 JANUARY 1990, AND 13 JANUARY 2003.
Contact on the register
01992585720 · enquiries@hertfordmuseum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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