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American Museum & Gardens

The American Museum In Britain

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1106989
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 27, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Nov. 25, 2004
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
05282777

Address

Address
American Museum & Gardens
Claverton Manor
Claverton
Bath
BA2 7BD

Activities

The mission of the American Museum is to educate, stimulate, and inspire its visitors in order to further the understanding of American history and culture. The Museum carries out this mission through the presentation of its historic rooms, its decorative art and folk art collections, and its special exhibitions, publications, educational programmes, and gardens.

Objects: To Hold The Property On Trust That The Same Shall Be Used For The Purposes Of A Museum For The Exhibition Of American Furniture And Crafts And Decorative And Pictorial Arts Or For Such Other Charitable Purposes As The Trustees May In Their Discretion From Time To Time Determine.

Classification

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

Geography

Local Authority
Somerset

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 27, 2025On time £2,048,036 £3,254,709 £18,842,471 58
Dec. 31, 2023 July 31, 2024On time £2,133,427 £2,803,244 £19,652,867 34
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 24, 2023On time £1,599,172 £2,938,335 £19,679,352 65
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 4, 2022On time £1,672,339 £2,601,008 £21,868,217 48
Dec. 31, 2020 Nov. 3, 20213 days late £1,204,149 £1,906,989 £21,990,210 48

Trustees

Name Appointed
William Henry Thomas Sheppard (Chair) June 17, 2025
Adrian Tinniswood March 15, 2022
Alec Comba Sept. 13, 2022
Anne Millman Sept. 13, 2022
Christopher Charles Fisher July 15, 2026
Dr David Galbreath June 14, 2022
Jacqueline Kingsley Sept. 13, 2022
Katie Pennington Sept. 13, 2022
Mark Edward Haranzo
Mrs Stanley Deforest Scott
Thomas Mirfield July 15, 2026
Wendy Wick Reaves June 16, 2026