# THE MUSEUM OF THE MERCIAN REGIMENT (WORCESTERSHIRE & SHERWOOD FORESTERS COLLECTION)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1001226
- **Other names:** THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENTAL MUSEUM, THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FORESTERS MUSEUM (THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS COLLECTION) OF THE MERCIAN REGIMENT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 13, 1990
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1001226


## Contact

- **Address:** FORESTERS HOUSE, ARMY RESERVE CENTRE, SWINEY WAY, CHILWELL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
- **Postcode:** NG9 6QX
- **Phone:** 01159724498
- **Email:** enquiries@stand-firm-strike-hard.org.uk
- **Website:** www.stand-firm-strike-hard.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO HOLD TOGETHER THE TRADITIONS OF THE REGIMENT AND TO PERPETUATE ITS HISTORIC DEEDS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO APPOINT TRUSTEES TO HOLD THE REGIMENTAL COLLECTION UPON TRUST.

**Activities:** To collect, preserve and display items relating to the History of the Regiment and to provide information to the public

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Derbyshire
- Nottinghamshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £103348 | £57042 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £45689 | £37039 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £36033 | £35909 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £52967 | £42924 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £55452 | £39186 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARK ANDRE HOLDEN** (Chair)
- BRIGADIER EDWARD WILKINSON CBE TD DL
- Brigadier Retd Peter Dennis CBE
- Colonel Retired Michael Phillips — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Kevin Harper — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL DES FITZGERALD
- LORD LIEUTENANT DERBYSHIRE ELIZABETH JANE FOTHERGILL CBE — appointed May 20, 2020
- LT COLONEL KEITH SPIERS OBE — appointed Feb. 25, 2014
- Mark John Shaw — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Mel Siddons — appointed Jan. 1, 2016
- Professor Lord Lt Veronica Pickering MBS HAC — appointed Sept. 16, 2025