# CAPTAIN COOK SCHOOLROOM MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1165786
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 26, 2016
- **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=1165786


## Contact

- **Address:** 51 NEWTON ROAD, GREAT AYTON, MIDDLESBROUGH
- **Postcode:** TS9 6DT
- **Phone:** 01642722966
- **Email:** kirkgta@aol.com
- **Website:** www.captaincookschoolroommuseum.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK RN AND IN PARTICULAR AND IN THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREAT AYTON GENERALLY BY:1) THE PRESERVATION CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN COOK SCHOOLROOM MUSEUM GREAT AYTON AND2) THE COLLECTION PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF ARTICLES ARCHIVAL RECORDS MANUSCRIPTS BOOKS PICTURES PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ITEMS OF RELEVANT HISTORIC INTEREST.

**Activities:** Provision of a museum celebrating Great Ayton as the childhood home of Captain James Cook. The museum includes a schoolroom typical of the one that James Cook would attend for his education.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £10566 | £11121 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £11122 | £13745 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £11535 | £10582 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £6698 | £8264 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £15204 | £10285 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **FRANCES GREENWELL** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 26, 2016
- ELIZABETH JOAN SCOVELL — appointed June 1, 2016
- GARY READMAN — appointed Feb. 26, 2016
- Gail McCracken — appointed March 26, 2025
- HEATHER MOORHOUSE — appointed June 1, 2016
- JOHN ERNEST FLETCHER — appointed June 1, 2016
- Katherine Eaton — appointed March 14, 2018
- Peter Walker — appointed June 1, 2016
- Ronald Derek Kirk — appointed Feb. 26, 2016