# POSTAL HERITAGE COLLECTION TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1102361
- **Other names:** THE BRITISH POSTAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 26, 2004
- **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=1102361


## Contact

- **Address:** The Postal Museum, Calthorpe House, 15-20 Phoenix Place, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1X 0DA
- **Phone:** 03000300700
- **Email:** info@postalmuseum.org
- **Website:** https://www.postalmuseum.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:-3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE HISTORY OF POSTAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATED SERVICES AND OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND THE POSTAL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE;3.1.2 TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN MUSEUM(S) AND/OR ARCHIVE(S) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PURSUIT OF THAT OBJECT;(A) COLLECT ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES INCLUDING POSTAL ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES WHICH MAY BE BRITISH OR INTERNATIONAL TO A PUBLISHED POLICY AGREED BY THE CHARITY;(B) MANAGE, DOCUMENT, CONSERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE NATIONAL POSTAL COLLECTIONS AND OTHER COLLECTIONS AND HOLDINGS TO THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS;(C) EXHIBIT, INTERPRET AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS.3.1.3 RESTORE, EXHIBIT AND PRESERVE OBJECTS, (INCLUDING VEHICLES AND WHERE APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES) PARTICULARLY THOSE OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF POSTAL AND RELATED SERVICES AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE AND ITS SUCCESSORS;3.1.4 TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

**Activities:** Educational charity working to make the Royal Mail Archive and the Postal Heritage Trust collection accessible as widely as possible.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Susan Jane Wilkinson** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 14, 2023
- Ailbhe Mary McNabola — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Alix Langley — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Andrew Adegbemi — appointed June 12, 2025
- Courtney Jones — appointed June 12, 2025
- Daniel Richard Wolfe — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Hamza Jahanzeb — appointed June 12, 2025
- Jacqueline Neville — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Laura Anne Wright — appointed June 25, 2018
- Mark Rowan Amsden — appointed June 27, 2024
- Nicola Jane Koppelmann — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Rachel Georgina Kuhn — appointed Jan. 28, 2025