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The Somerset Military Museum Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1064932
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 20, 1997
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
National

Address

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

Contact

Phone
01823 333434
Email
[email protected]

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

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Somerset

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £4,554 £2,071
Dec. 31, 2023 £4,014 £3,080
Dec. 31, 2022 £4,629 £3,036
Dec. 31, 2021 £3,216 £2,699
Dec. 31, 2020 £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