# BARNSLEY MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1164496
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 20, 2015
- **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=1164496


## Contact

- **Address:** Barnsley Metropolitan Borough, Council, Town Hall, Church Street, BARNSLEY
- **Postcode:** S70 2TA
- **Phone:** 01226787506
- **Email:** info@bmht.org
- **Website:** www.bmht.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE WITH MUSEUMS AND RELATED SERVICES PARTICULARLY THOSE LOCATED WITHIN THE BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN AREA;(2) THE PROMOTION OF ART, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MUSEUMS AND ATTRACTIONS IN THE BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN AREA SUCH AS EXPERIENCE BARNSLEY, CANNON HALL MUSEUM PARK AND GARDENS, WORSBOROUGH MILL AND COUNTRY PARK; ELSECAR HERITAGE CENTRE AND COOPER GALLERY; AND(3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINEPROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES SHALL BE OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED USES THE CHARITY COMMISSION MODEL CONSTITUTION FOR FOUNDATION CIOS WITH VARIANCES FROM THIS HIGHLIGHTED.

**Activities:** Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust is a Development Trust set up to raise funds and support Barnsley Museums which currently include: Cannon Hall, Worsbrough Mill, Cooper Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre and Experience Barnsley. Barnsley Museums are owned and operated by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and other properties may join the group in due course.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barnsley



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £126953 | £141381 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £207529 | £281583 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £265062 | £146703 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £233849 | £130252 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £191656 | £147596 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **David Exley** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 15, 2015
- Emily-Rose Gratton-Rayson — appointed June 25, 2024
- Graham Michael Walker — appointed Feb. 1, 2017
- Hayley Allsopp — appointed March 31, 2025
- Matthew Naseer Ahmed — appointed June 25, 2024
- Milly Charlesworth-Constable — appointed May 25, 2021
- Rachel Fielding — appointed June 25, 2024
- Rose Mary Johnston — appointed Dec. 15, 2024
- Tracey Johnson — appointed Nov. 1, 2017