# Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168731
- **Other names:** SOUTH WEST POLICE HERITAGE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 11, 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=1168731


## Contact

- **Address:** OKEHAMPTON POLICE STATION, EXETER ROAD, OKEHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** EX20 1NN
- **Phone:** 07399858692
- **Email:** ceo@dcpolicingmuseum.co.uk
- **Website:** www.dcpolicingmuseum.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1.1.1 ADVANCING EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE POLICE AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY; AND1.1.2 PROMOTING CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP;IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROTECTING, CELEBRATING AND MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE OF POLICING IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND OPERATING, OR PROCURING THE OPERATION OF, A MUSEUM OR OTHER COLLECTION FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY OR EXHIBITION.

**Activities:** The objects of the Charity are for public benefit:-- advancing education, in particular without limitation in the history of the police and their interaction with the community, and- promoting civic responsibility and good citizenship, in particular but without limitation by protecting, celebrating and making available to the public key aspects of the heritage of policing  in southwest England




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall
- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £165002 | £152439 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £153911 | £178288 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £133695 | £111155 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £68413 | £71181 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £78130 | £59608 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **WILLIAM ALAN SKELLY** (Chair) — appointed April 4, 2016
- Andrew Howard Bickley — appointed April 4, 2016
- Elaine Marshall — appointed Aug. 1, 2025
- Irene Andrews — appointed July 12, 2023
- James Thomas Colwell — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Mark Rothwell — appointed May 1, 2023
- Martin James Laver — appointed Dec. 16, 2020
- Maureen Ann Walsh Alderson — appointed June 2, 2021
- Nicola Rachel Powell — appointed Dec. 15, 2021
- Pamela Frances Giles — appointed Jan. 27, 2021
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARD — appointed Aug. 15, 2020
- Sara Phyllis Crane — appointed Oct. 27, 2021
- Tom Charles Holmes — appointed March 13, 2024
- ULRIKE SABRINA RICHARDS — appointed Sept. 20, 2019