The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Cook Museum Trust

Registered charity 517546 Registered since 1986

Operates: North Yorkshire

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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.

2.2y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

3
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 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 6General 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 2Other services 2Business services 1

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£212k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk
Emailinfo@cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk
Phone01947601900
AddressCaptain Cook Memorial Museum, Grape Lane, WHITBY, North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA

Finances

£212,426 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£217,958£161,877
2022£203,528£190,313
2023£222,782£219,298
2024£317,689£305,723
2025£212,426£236,757

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING A MUSEUM IN JOHN WALKER'S HOUSE GRAPE LANE, WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE DEVOTED TO THE DISPLAY OF ITEMS RELATING TO LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16 APRIL 1986. as amended on 27 May 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
73median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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