Registered charity · Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes Museum Trust Limited
Milton Keynes Museum Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 803675) based in Milton Keynes, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £763k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Milton Keynes Museum of Industry and Rural Life (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £763k (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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes
- Website
- www.mkmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Milton Keynes Museum Trust LTD
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£763k£560k
- 2024£556k£587k
- 2023£417k£536k
Earlier years
- 2022£487k£466k
- 2021£586k£330k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE STACEY HILL COLLECTION OF INDUSTRY AND RURAL LIFE.
Grants received
3 grants · £347,850 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £222,850
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £50,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Andrew Harris since 2021
- David Neil Loudon
- David Hopkins since 2018
- Jane Palmer since 2020
- Martin Petchey since 2021
- Paul Kitchen since 2023
- Rachel Sumner since 2021
- Shwetal Patel since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- David Hopkins since 2018
- Jane Palmer since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- David Neil Loudon
- Jane Palmer since 2020
- Martin Petchey since 2021
- Paul Kitchen since 2023
- Rachel Sumner since 2021
- Shwetal Patel since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Andrew Harris since 2021
- David Hopkins since 2018
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
12.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 803675
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH OCTOBER 1988
- Companies House
- Company number 02302281 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01908 316222 · accounts@mkmuseum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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