# WIGSTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEUM CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1142492
- **Other names:** WIGSTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS MUSEUM LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 20, 2011
- **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=1142492


## Contact

- **Address:** WIGSTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS, MUSEUM LIMITED, 42-44 BUSHLOE END, WIGSTON MAGNA, LEICESTERSHIRE
- **Postcode:** LE18 2BA
- **Phone:** 01162886243
- **Email:** RobertBowman1793@gmail.com
- **Website:** http://wigstonframeworkknittersmuseumlimited.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** BUSHLOE END, WIGSTON MAGNA




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Leicester City
- Leicestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £11793 | £6587 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £10321 | £6778 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £46007 | £6065 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £9205 | £15432 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £27642 | £5843 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **GARTH ANTHONY BOULTER** (Chair) — appointed June 20, 2011
- Barry David Mays — appointed Oct. 12, 2025
- Christopher Lindsey Huscroft — appointed Nov. 8, 2020
- John Lloyd Marlow — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- Maurice James Timothy Alton — appointed Feb. 17, 2023
- Neil Philip Hancock — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- ROBERT BOWMAN — appointed June 20, 2011