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The BOW Trust (Durham) Limited

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £4k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.durhammuseum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The BOW Trust (Durham) Limited
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£4k£71k
  • 2023£23k£23k
  • 2022£23k£23k
Earlier years
  • 2021£9k£20k
  • 2020£14k£5k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RENOVATE AND MAINTAIN THE DISUSED CHURCH OF ST MARY-LE-BOW, DURHAM TO BE USED AS A MUSEUM AND CENTRE TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER INTEREST IN THE LOCAL HISTORY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DURHAM AND ALSO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.

Grants received

5 grants · £163,500 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 · £162,390 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,110

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,1102008-02-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,0002006-01-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £43,3002003-08-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £7902002-05-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £117,3002000-02-02
Board analysis

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.

3.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 4Other services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
513865
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 APRIL 1983 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 03 DECEMBER 1996
Companies House
Company number 01716823 · Active
Contact on the register
01913846939 · bowtrustdurham@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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