# THE PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1068540
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 10, 1998
- **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=1068540


## Contact

- **Address:** MUSEUM TRUST, 23-29 HIGH STREET, WIMBORNE MINSTER, DORSET
- **Postcode:** BH21 1HR
- **Phone:** 01202882533
- **Email:** info@museumofeastdorset.co.uk
- **Website:** www.museumofeastdorset.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 4.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, SOCIAL HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND KINDRED SCIENCES, PAINTING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE TOWN AND DISTRICT OF WIMBORNE MINSTER AND THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF EAST DORSET, AS TOLD THROUGH THEIR HERITAGE, LANDSCAPES AND PEOPLE.4.1.2 TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND INFORMATION SERVICE AT THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE PRIEST?S HOUSE IN WIMBORNE MINSTER OR OTHER SUCH BUILDINGS.

**Activities:** The Museum saves, cares for and uses local heritage artefacts to tell the story of the people of East Dorset. The Museum offers an extensive learning programme with family activities and children's events regularly organised throughout the year. A regular temporary exhibition programme shares local stories and history. The Priest's House Museum Trust trades as the Museum of East Dorset.

**Area of benefit:** WIMBORNE MINSTER AND THE COUNTY OF DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, 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

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £242312 | £409414 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £312555 | £471865 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £359977 | £334608 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £296410 | £473376 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £610899 | £463254 | £2561293 | 8 |



## Trustees

- David Morgan — appointed June 29, 2012
- Jeremy Francis Mills — appointed Dec. 13, 2018
- Jonathan Charles Greenwood — appointed Dec. 5, 2023
- Sara Louise Marshall — appointed Dec. 18, 2014
- Sarah Newman — appointed Nov. 26, 2020
- Susan Anne Cook — appointed Nov. 26, 2015
- Susan Anne Revill — appointed Dec. 3, 2024
- VANESSA ANNE JOSEPH — appointed June 12, 2020