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The Farmland Museum

Museums activities

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Dr Helen Phillips 2020-2025 Director View profile
Michael Andrew Peirson 2018-2023 Director View profile
Andrew Nicholas Cliffe 2016-2019 Director View profile
Guy Clayton Holdich Smith 2016-2019 Director View profile
Claire Victoria Thornton Walsh 2015-2017 Director View profile
Victoria Felicity Williams 2015-2020 Director View profile
Caroline Anne Hunt 2015-2026 Director View profile
Sarah Louise Clover 2015-2018 Director View profile
Dorothy Jane Betts 2010-2018 Director View profile
John Alfred Bedford 2010-2014 Director View profile
Dr William Henderson 2009-2015 Director View profile
Oliver John Merrington 2008-2010 Director View profile
William Henry Saberton 2002-2007 Director View profile
Mary Priscilla Course 2002-2007 Director View profile
Penny Rumble 2001-2004 Director View profile
Nigel Nielsen Cathcart 1999-2010 Director View profile
Sally Elizabeth Myburgh 1994-2000 Director View profile
Alan William Wyatt 1994-2009 Director View profile
Martin Hay 1994-1998 Director View profile
Reverend Frederick William Clifford 1993 Director View profile
Lady Rosemary Ann Hughes 2002 Director View profile
Roger Lancaster 1992 Director View profile
Professor Honor Margaret Spufford 1992 Director View profile
Bridget Elizabeth Yates 2000-2014 Secretary View profile
Rodney Alexander Macgowan Dale 1994-2015 Secretary View profile
Owen K Bethell 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Museums activities
Incorporated: 11/04/1984
Registered office: Waterbeach
Also a registered charity: The Farmland Museum

Financials

Net assets: £119,816
Total assets: £171,416
Cash: £78,726
Employees: 5
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

7 grants · £415,670 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 · £400,200 (4 grants)
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £15,470 (3 grants)

Most recent

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation £3,4302025-01-15
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation £9,3602024-01-05
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation £2,6802023-03-02
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £28,6002020-08-10
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £89,0002004-06-21

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.

7 directors on the board

Christine Anna Easterfield Director · appointed 2023
Samuel Oliver Venn Director · appointed 2021
Dr Fiona Moraig Mcmillan Director · appointed 2019
Dr Robert Michael Williamson Director · appointed 2019
Dr Jane Rata Williamson Director · appointed 2004
Stephen George Archer Director · appointed 2018
Vivienne Atkinson Director · appointed 2019

8.4y median 7.3y

average tenure

21.7y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Dr Fiona Moraig Mcmillan Director · appointed 2019
Dr Robert Michael Williamson Director · appointed 2019
Dr Jane Rata Williamson Director · appointed 2004
Stephen George Archer Director · appointed 2018
Vivienne Atkinson Director · appointed 2019

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Christine Anna Easterfield Director · appointed 2023
Samuel Oliver Venn Director · appointed 2021
Dr Fiona Moraig Mcmillan Director · appointed 2019
Stephen George Archer Director · appointed 2018
Vivienne Atkinson Director · appointed 2019

Portfolio (2)

Dr Robert Michael Williamson Director · appointed 2019
Dr Jane Rata Williamson Director · appointed 2004

Also govern a charity

Dr Robert Michael Williamson Waterbeach Tillage Hall, The Parochial Church Council of ST John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, The Friends of ST Johns Church Waterbeach

Left in the last 12 months

Caroline Anne Hunt Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2026

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.

Property 2Tech and media 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.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 01808079
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due: 31/12/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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