# STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1156849
- **Other names:** The Cowle Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 29, 2014
- **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=1156849


## Contact

- **Address:** Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stratford Road, STROUD
- **Postcode:** GL5 4AF
- **Phone:** 01453763394
- **Email:** museum@stroud.gov.uk
- **Website:** www.museuminthepark.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) THE PROVISION IN THE MUSEUM-IN-THE-PARK, STRATFORD PARK, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE OR IN ANY OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE STROUD DISTRICT (COWLE) MUSEUM, FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS AND SPECIMENS OF ANTIQUITY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, ARCHAEOLOGY OR SCIENCE (INCLUDING PICTURES, BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST); AND,B) THE EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENT, CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OBJECTS AND SPECIMENS COMPRISED IN THE SAID COLLECTION.

**Activities:** Provision and maintenance of a museum for public exhibition of a collection of objects and specimens of antiquity, natural history, art, archaeology or science and the extension, advancement, conservation and maintenance of the objects and specimens in the said collection.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £41960 | £29260 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £62386 | £24572 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £351800 | £10236 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £28821 | £12565 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £45134 | £3004 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW JAMES BLUETT** (Chair) — appointed April 30, 2018
- Amanda Jane Lowery — appointed Oct. 8, 2018
- Arthur Penn — appointed Feb. 6, 2023
- CAMILLA HALE — appointed May 10, 2017
- Dareth Guthrie — appointed Nov. 10, 2025
- Helen Jeffrey — appointed Oct. 2, 2017
- Louise Anne Gerrard — appointed Feb. 9, 2026
- Shannon Wood Newton — appointed Feb. 5, 2018