The Charles Burrell Museum
Registered charity 802250 Registered since 1989
Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Sheila Jean Childerhouse MA Chair
- Ann Elizabeth Blackbourn since 2023
- Brenda Canham since 2015
- Douglas Sydney Jefferson since 2023
- Mark Bernard Goddard since 2018
- Richard Denys Stock since 2023
- Sandra Elizabeth Ashton since 2024
5y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Brenda Canham since 2015
- Mark Bernard Goddard since 2018
8.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Ann Elizabeth Blackbourn since 2023
- Douglas Sydney Jefferson since 2023
- Mark Bernard Goddard since 2018
- Richard Denys Stock since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Sheila Jean Childerhouse MA Chair
- Brenda Canham since 2015
- Sandra Elizabeth Ashton since 2024
1
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.
Health and social care 2Hospitality 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.
incomespending£16k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.
Related organisations
- Charles Burrell Museum CIO 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Thetford Municipal and United Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
- Thetford Municipal and United Charities 1 shared trustee
- Edmund Atmere (Weeting) Charity 1 shared trustee
- Charity of SIR Joseph Williamson for Apprenticing 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Silton Village Hall Trust Similar size; both Recreation
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.thecharlesburrellmuseum.org.uk |
| info@charlesburrellmuseum.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01842683157 |
| Address | Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1BN |
Finances
£16,420 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £17,532 | £18,647 |
| 2022 | £16,821 | £16,168 |
| 2023 | £11,127 | £8,816 |
| 2024 | £12,297 | £8,686 |
| 2025 | £16,420 | £15,592 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN THETFORD FOR THE EXHIBITION OF STEAM ENGINES AND OTHER MACHINES BUILT BY CHARLES BURRELL AND SONS LIMITED AND MATERIALS RELATING THERETO AND MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 2ND OCTOBER 1989
Trustees (7)
7trustees
75median age
1aged 70+
- Sheila Jean Childerhouse MAage band 75-79 Chair
- Ann Elizabeth Blackbourn since 2023
- Brenda Canham since 2015
- Douglas Sydney Jefferson since 2023
- Mark Bernard Goddard since 2018
- Richard Denys Stock since 2023
- Sandra Elizabeth Ashton since 2024
Connected charities (5)
- Charles Burrell Museum CIO 3 shared trustees
- Edmund Atmere (Weeting) Charity 1 shared trustee
- Thetford Municipal and United Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
- Thetford Municipal and United Charities 1 shared trustee
- Charity of SIR Joseph Williamson for Apprenticing 1 shared trustee
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