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Wigston Framework Knitters Museum CIO

Wigston Framework Knitters Museum Limited

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1142492
Status
Registered
Registered
June 20, 2011
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Wigston Framework Knitters
Museum Limited
42-44 Bushloe End
Wigston Magna
Leicestershire
LE18 2BA

Activities

The Museum is unique, because when the last master hosier died in 1952, the workshop was locked and left, leaving seventeenth century frames intact with other equipment. Part of the Museum consists of a modified seventeenth century farmhouse, that was used as the family residence for the master hosiers over the decades.

Objects: The Advancement Of Education And Of The Arts, Culture, Heritage Or Science For The Benefit Of The Public In Such Ways As The Directors May In Their Discretion Think Fit And In Particular To Preserve For Future Public Access And Enjoyment The Listed Buildings And Contents Formerly Used As Framework Knitters' Master's House And Workshop In Bushloe End, Wigston Magna Listed As Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Bushloe End, Wigston Magna
Local Authority
Leicester City, Leicestershire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £11,793 £6,587
March 31, 2024 £10,321 £6,778
March 31, 2023 £46,007 £6,065
March 31, 2022 £9,205 £15,432
March 31, 2021 £27,642 £5,843

Trustees

Name Appointed
Garth Anthony Boulter (Chair) June 20, 2011
Barry David Mays Oct. 12, 2025
Christopher Lindsey Huscroft Nov. 8, 2020
John Lloyd Marlow Sept. 7, 2019
Maurice James Timothy Alton Feb. 17, 2023
Neil Philip Hancock Sept. 7, 2019
Robert Bowman June 20, 2011