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Company · West Midlands

The Black Country Living Museum Trust

Museums activities

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Previous officers 72

  1. Professor Martin Leslie Levermore 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Ansell 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Andrew John Comyn 2021-2021 Director View profile
  4. Catherine Elizabeth Murphy 2020-2026 Director View profile
  5. Victoria Jessop 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Matthew James Follows 2019-2026 Director View profile
  7. Lowe, Pete, Councillor 2019-2019 Director View profile
  8. Parminder Dosanjh Kaur 2018-2024 Director View profile
  9. Patrick Edward Harley 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Christine Perks 2017-2020 Director View profile
  11. Nicholas Loveland 2016-2021 Director View profile
  12. Nicola Harding 2015-2021 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Stewart Fry 2015-2018 Director View profile
  14. Foster, Judy Annette, Councillor 2014-2016 Director View profile
  15. Dr Paul Julian Belford 2014-2025 Director View profile
  16. Margaret Ann Corneby 2014-2014 Director View profile
  17. Lowell Charles Williams 2013-2020 Director View profile
  18. Dr Matthew Richard Tanner 2013-2017 Director View profile
  19. Dr Malcolm Mckinnon Dick 2013-2020 Director View profile
  20. Fiona Ann Toye 2013-2020 Director View profile
  21. Mahboob Hussain 2013-2014 Director View profile
  22. John Jeffery Rowley 2013-2014 Director View profile
  23. Timothy Wright 2011-2014 Director View profile
  24. Mattu, Elias Masih, Cllr 2011-2013 Director View profile
  25. Linda Rosaleen Horton 2011-2013 Director View profile
  26. Simkins, Stephen Michael, Councillor 2010-2011 Director View profile
  27. Anthony David Dan Harris 2010-2014 Director View profile
  28. Michael Stuart Williams 2009-2020 Director View profile
  29. Ann Catherine Shackleton 2009-2011 Director View profile
  30. Jane Ann Lodge 2009-2014 Director View profile
  31. Leslie Jones 2009-2011 Director View profile
  32. Sanders, Barry, Councillor 2009-2010 Director View profile
  33. Holdcroft, Matthew, Councillor 2009-2010 Director View profile
  34. Rowley, Judith, Cllr 2007-2008 Director View profile
  35. Garry Perry 2005-2006 Director View profile
  36. Richard Owen Mander Williams 2005-2008 Director View profile
  37. Mottram, Melvyn, Councillor 2004-2014 Director View profile
  38. Susan Margaret Bramall 2004-2006 Director View profile
  39. John Hardeman Hughes 2004-2015 Director View profile
  40. Millward, Anne, Councillor 2003-2009 Director View profile
  41. Malcolm John Crump 2002-2006 Director View profile
  42. Charles Valentine Fraser - Macnamara 2000-2006 Director View profile
  43. Peter Hall 1999-2003 Director View profile
  44. Hankon, Alan Bryan, Jp 1999-2003 Director View profile
  45. Eunice Mary Patrick 1999-2000 Director View profile
  46. David John Rodgers 1999-1999 Director View profile
  47. Anthony Frank George 1998-2014 Director View profile
  48. Cyril Leslie Woodall 1998-2004 Director View profile
  49. Sheila Annie Portman 1996-1999 Director View profile
  50. Henry James Folkes 1995-2003 Director View profile
  51. David Tecwyn Wilkinson 1994-1998 Director View profile
  52. Collins, Paul Henry, Doctor 1994-1996 Director View profile
  53. Frederick Stuart Hunt 1994-1998 Director View profile
  54. Jeffrey Jewkes 1993-2003 Director View profile
  55. Roger William Johnson 1993-2001 Director View profile
  56. Harold Peter Barnes 1993 Director View profile
  57. Alfred Arden Wood 1995 Director View profile
  58. John Edward Simpson 1993 Director View profile
  59. Stephen Morley 2011 Director View profile
  60. Anthony Graham Dean 2013 Director View profile
  61. John Harry Russell 1999 Director View profile
  62. Alfred David Owen 2015 Director View profile
  63. David Hunter Sparks 1999 Director View profile
  64. Robert Dudley Pitt 1993 Director View profile
  65. Martin John Kenrick 2003 Director View profile
  66. David Murray Caunt 1999 Director View profile
  67. Basil Eugene Poole 1995 Director View profile
  68. Dennis Pitchford 1991 Director View profile
  69. James Edwards 1994 Director View profile
  70. Craig Edmondson 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  71. John Polychronakis 1992-2014 Secretary View profile
  72. Leslie Thomas Barnfield 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
15/09/1975
Registered office
West Midlands
Also a registered charity
The Black Country Living Museum Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Black Country Living Museum Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

13 grants · £23,185,115 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 · £16,865,250 (7 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,550,045 (4 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £760,120
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,700

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £760,1202022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,870,0002020-12-15
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £560,1202020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,559,8052020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £560,1202017-06-08
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

13 directors on the board

3.7y median 4.2y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (7)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Tech and media 5Retail and trade 4Professional services 3Construction 2Education 2Property 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01226321
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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