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Wirksworth Heritage Centre

Wirksworth Heritage Centre is a registered charity (number 515399) based in Matlock, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £168k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £168k (2025)

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, Recreation
Where
Derbyshire
Website
www.wirksworthheritagecentre.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wirksworth Heritage Centre
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£168k£425k
  • 2023£152k£264k
  • 2022£277k£228k
Earlier years
  • 2021£160k£241k
  • 2020£401k£253k

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 65%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CENTRE IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE BY ALL SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW, EDUCATION IN, RESEARCH INTO AND KNOWLEDGE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF WIRKSWORTH IN DERBYSHIRE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND OF THE INHABITANTS OF DERBYSHIRE IN PARTICULAR AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO ESTABLISH A HERITAGE CENTRE IN WIRKSWORTH WITH MUSEUM AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

Grants received

6 grants · £1,795,577 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 · £1,775,528 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,049 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,5902023-02-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £66,3002020-08-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8572018-07-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,459,0002014-12-02
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £6382005-07-04
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.

2 trustees on the board

14y median 14y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
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 2Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 4 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
incomespending£152k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
515399
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 MAY 1984
Companies House
Company number 01814110 · Active
Contact on the register
01629707000 · info@wirksworthheritagecentre.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 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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