# TORBAY MUSEUMS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1025390
- **Other names:** TORQUAY MUSEUM SOCIETY, TORQUAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 26, 1993
- **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=1025390


## Contact

- **Address:** TORQUAY MUSEUM, 529 BABBACOMBE ROAD, TORQUAY
- **Postcode:** TQ1 1HG
- **Phone:** 01803293975
- **Email:** enquiries@torquaymuseum.org
- **Website:** www.torquaymuseum.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN HISTORY, BY ACQUIRING, HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING, RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY, SOCIAL AND LOCAL HISTORY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL AND DECORATIVE ARTS, AS DEFINED BY THE MUSEUM'S ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL POLICIES, WITH FURTHER EMPHASIS BEING GIVEN TO SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND BY ESTABLISHING, ACQUIRING, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LIBRARIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH PURPOSES MAY BE ACHIEVED AND WHERE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY AND THE EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT VIEWS AND INFORMATION MAY HAPPEN

**Activities:** Advancement of education by promoting the study of the Natural Sciences and Human History.Particular emphasis is placed on Natural History, Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Social and Local History and the Industrial and Decorative Arts.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE DEVON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, 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, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Torbay



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £484139 | £494246 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £485199 | £343975 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £258675 | £341623 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £376356 | £399977 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £402298 | £375828 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Nicholas Talbot Powe DL** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 13, 2024
- Alison Flora MacMillan LVO JP DL — appointed April 24, 2025
- Chantal Geraldine Ashwell — appointed Nov. 27, 2025
- David Geoffrey Norman — appointed Feb. 28, 2023
- Prof Stephen J Rippon — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- thomas harper cadbury — appointed Nov. 27, 2025