# THE BRUTON MUSEUM SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1008144
- **Other names:** BRUTON MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 13, 1992
- **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=1008144


## Contact

- **Address:** COMMUNITY OFFICE, DOVECOT BUILDING, 26 HIGH STREET, BRUTON
- **Postcode:** BA10 0AA
- **Phone:** 07973745815
- **Email:** chair@brutonmuseum.org.uk
- **Website:** brutonmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BRUTON AND THE ADJOINING PARISHES, AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.

**Activities:** Town's story using artefacts of, about or from Bruton. Geology & fossils,flooding,Roman temple,Saxons,early 9thC church to 16C, Augustinian Abbey. Links to Jamestown/Williamsburg,USA. Industries:silk,wool,transport,education,farming. Famous residents:16/17thC benefactor Hugh Sexey, author John Steinbeck, sculptor Ernst Blensdorf. Parish registers 450years digitised. Local art, private collections.

**Area of benefit:** THE PARISHES OF BRUTON, PITCOMBE, BREWHAM, CHARLTON MUSGROVE, SHEPTON MONTAQUE, LAMYAT AND MILTON CLEEVEDON.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £8961 | £19280 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £22226 | £15629 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £9562 | £23309 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £18762 | £14390 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £30076 | £9383 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Andrew Pickering** (Chair) — appointed May 22, 2019
- ANGELA PEARCE — appointed Feb. 5, 2013
- Andrew Leach — appointed Nov. 21, 2013
- ED TICKNER — appointed Feb. 5, 2013
- Edward Godfrey OBE — appointed July 5, 2018
- Elisabeth Balfour — appointed July 5, 2018
- James Coward — appointed May 26, 2016
- Sarah White — appointed Dec. 7, 2020