The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Yorkshire Museum of Farming Limited

Registered charity 510900 Registered since 1980

Operates: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City, City Of Wakefield, City Of York

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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.

6.6y median 6.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

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 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2Amateur Sport 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 5Professional services 4Agriculture 3

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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£682k latest income
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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.2 in 2020

23 from 17 in 2021
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.murtonpark.co.uk
Emails.lofthouse@murtonpark.co.uk
Phone01904489731
AddressYORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING, MURTON PARK, MURTON LANE, MURTON, YORK, YO19 5UF

Finances

£682,376 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£475,355£347,717
2021£562,357£464,647
2022£619,840£591,704
2023£667,273£615,890
2024£682,376£692,199

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE MUISEUM IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT BUILDGS, DOCUMENTS AND LIVESTOCK OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A MUSEUM AT MURTON IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXHIBITING TO THE PUBLIC SUCH ITEMS OF EDUCATIONAL OR HISTORICAL INTERESTS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBOVE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/10/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/2015

Trustees (13)

13trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Yorkshire Museum of Farming Limited · 01522789 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/10/1980

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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