# THE BRITISH VINTAGE WIRELESS AND TELEVISION MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111516
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 29, 2005
- **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=1111516


## Contact

- **Address:** POUND COTTAGE, COATE, DEVIZES
- **Postcode:** SN10 3LG
- **Phone:** 07881950549
- **Email:** mike@workingwireless.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bvwm.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE COLLECTION PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION EQUIPMENT AND ALLIED MACHINERY FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF RADIO TRANSMISSION PRESERVATION OF RARE MATERIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INTO THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMISSION AND OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT ('THE OBJECTS').

**Activities:** Preservation of early wireless and television sets and allied equipment.Archives of relevent documents and manuals.Education for all those inerested in early communications from pre-broadcasting days.Social evenings for Friends of the Museum and various events throughout the year

**Area of benefit:** IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | £15901 | £58482 | — | — |
| March 4, 2024 | £11520 | £10071 | — | — |
| March 4, 2023 | £10018 | £25386 | — | — |
| March 4, 2022 | £9644 | £217302 | — | — |
| March 4, 2021 | £394281 | £51422 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MICHAEL BARKER** (Chair)
- EILEEN LAFFEY
- KEVIN LOTT
- RON KEITH PURBRICK MBE — appointed Aug. 25, 2023