# WESSEX MUSEUMS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171104
- **Other names:** WESSEX MUSEUMS PARTNERSHIP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 13, 2017
- **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=1171104


## Contact

- **Address:** TC Group, Waverley House, 115-119 Holdenhurst Road, BOURNEMOUTH
- **Postcode:** BH8 8DY
- **Phone:** 07515586734
- **Email:** hello@wessexmuseums.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wessexmuseums.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (I) TO SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE BUILDING, ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCREDITED MUSEUMS IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE, THEIR ARTEFACTS, ART, SPECIMENS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF ALL SUCH MATERIAL; AND (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THOSE LIVING IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND THOSE GEOGRAPHIC, ETHNIC, DISABLED AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT TRADITIONALLY ATTEND MUSEUMS) IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND SUPPORT TO THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES, COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC EVENTS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING IN DIGITAL FORM, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN MUSEUMS IN DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF DORSET AND WILTSHIRE AND ACROSS THE INTERNET.

**Activities:** The major museums that tell the story of Wessex (Dorset Museum, Poole Museum, The Salisbury Museum, Swindon Museums and Wiltshire Museum) working in partnership to support the museum services, activities and facilities of accredited museums in Dorset and Wiltshire.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Poole
- Swindon
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £487531 | £560013 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £546674 | £385404 | £183362 | 5 |
| March 31, 2023 | £101203 | £136795 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £97625 | £78496 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £56638 | £21772 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ADRIAN XAVIER THOMAS GREEN — appointed Jan. 13, 2017
- Caledonia Jessica Quigley — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Claire Dixon — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- DAVID WILLIAM DAWSON — appointed Jan. 13, 2017
- Emily Dunbar — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- Frances Yeo — appointed June 22, 2023
- Jennifer Dyer — appointed Sept. 21, 2023