Registered charity (CIO) · London
International Council of Museums (United Kingdom)
- 12 trustees
- Income £498k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Christian BaarsChair · since 2023
- Arran John ReesTrustee · since 2018
- Claire MessengerTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Abeer EladanyTrustee · since 2023
- Elise Foster Vander ElstTrustee · since 2025
- Henrietta Kate Blaxland Martin-FisherTrustee · since 2025
- Huaiyuan RenTrustee · since 2021
- Jennifer Kate LeaTrustee · since 2025
- Laura Ann SearsonTrustee · since 2025
- Maria BlyzinskyTrustee · since 2023
- Natalie ColemanTrustee · since 2024
- Nerys RudderTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- uk.icom.museum (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£498k£466k
- 2024£345k£314k
- 2023£261k£257k
Earlier years
- 2022£209k£218k
- 2021£160k£161k
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF MUSEUMS WHICH ARE OPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND WHICH ARE NOT ESTABLISHED AS OR AS PART OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORGANISATION OF AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY MUSEUMS GENERALLY IN THE QUALITY OF MUSEUMS AND BY FOSTERING THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF MUSEUMS BY THE PUBLIC SO AS TO PROMOTE A GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLES.
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Dr Christian Baars Chair since 2023
- Arran John Rees since 2018
- Claire Messenger since 2020
- Dr Abeer Eladany since 2023
- Elise Foster Vander Elst since 2025
- Henrietta Kate Blaxland Martin-Fisher since 2025
- Huaiyuan Ren since 2021
- Jennifer Kate Lea since 2025
- Laura Ann Searson since 2025
- Maria Blyzinsky since 2023
- Natalie Coleman since 2024
- Nerys Rudder since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Arran John Rees since 2018
- Claire Messenger since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dr Christian Baars Chair since 2023
- Arran John Rees since 2018
- Claire Messenger since 2020
- Elise Foster Vander Elst since 2025
- Henrietta Kate Blaxland Martin-Fisher since 2025
- Huaiyuan Ren since 2021
- Jennifer Kate Lea since 2025
- Laura Ann Searson since 2025
- Maria Blyzinsky since 2023
- Natalie Coleman since 2024
- Nerys Rudder since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Abeer Eladany since 2023
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
- 326410
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 28 JUL 2025
- Contact on the register
- 03333440211 · info@icomuk.org
- 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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