Registered charity · Stanley
The Beamish Development Trust
The Beamish Development Trust is a registered charity (number 517147) based in Stanley, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Sarah Lesley Stewart. Latest income £770 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £770 (2025)
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- www.beamishmuseum.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£770£0
- 2024£746£0
- 2023£418£0
Earlier years
- 2022£284£0
- 2021£292£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO APPLY SUCH MONIES INVESTMENTS AND PROPERTY AS THE TRUSTEES RECEIVE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS TRUSTEES HEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MUSEUM PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH OBJECT IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.
Grants received
1 grant · £36,500 total360Giving 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £36,500
Most recent
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 trustees on the board
- Sarah Lesley Stewart Chair
- Conan William Thomas Mckinley since 2023
- Ian Michael Thomas since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Ian Michael Thomas since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Sarah Lesley Stewart Chair
- Conan William Thomas Mckinley 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.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517147
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 2 DECEMBER 1985
- Contact on the register
- 01913704000 · museum@beamish.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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