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The Somerset Military Museum Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1064932
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 20, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Oct. 20, 1997
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
The Rifles Taunton Office
14 Mount Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3QB

Activities

The purpose of The Somerset Military Museum is to collect, document, preserve, display and provide access to material relating to The Somerset Light Infantry and its successor and antecedent regiments including Somerset's Yeomanry, and to use and interpret this material for the education and benefit of members of the public of all ages and backgrounds and those within the Armed Forces.

Objects: (1) To Promote Military Efficiency By (A) The Provision, Maintenance And Improvement Of The Collection In A Museum Or Museums Or Such Other Public Place Or Places Which, In The Opinion Of The Trustees, Have Sufficient Links To The Regiment Or The Former Regiments; And (B) Perpetuating The History And Military Accomplishments Of The Former Regiments; And (C) Encouraging Recruitment To The Regiment, And (2) To Advance The Education Of The Public By (A) And (B) Aforesaid

Classification

How
Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
National
Local Authority
Somerset

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 Aug. 20, 2026On time £4,392 £1,948
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 7, 2025On time £4,554 £2,071
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 8, 2024On time £4,014 £3,080
Dec. 31, 2022 July 14, 2023On time £4,629 £3,036
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 30, 2022On time £3,216 £2,699
Dec. 31, 2020 Nov. 11, 2021 £13,787 £5,515

Trustees

Name Appointed
Michael John Richard Motum (Chair) April 12, 2023
Alan Barnett Jones March 21, 2019
Brigadier Neville Robert Holmes MBE Sept. 5, 2024
Colonel Timothy Weeks OBE March 1, 2020
Lt Col Ian Corroyer April 1, 2016
Veronica Matthews March 21, 2019