# THE RIFLES WARDROBE AND MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184091
- **Other names:** THE WARDROBE & MUSEUM TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 25, 2019
- **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=1184091


## Contact

- **Address:** SECRETARY TO THE BOARD, THE WARDROBE, 58 THE CLOSE, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP1 2EX
- **Phone:** 01722419419
- **Email:** trust@thewardrobe.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thewardrobe.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE AS FOLLOWS AND IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:3.1 THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CHARITY AND KNOWN AS THE WARDROBE, AT SALISBURY, IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE; AND3.2 THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF DOCUMENTS, ARTEFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE FORMER REGIMENTS (THE "REGIMENTAL COLLECTION") SO AS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, MEMBERS OF THE RIFLES AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE FORMER REGIMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FORMER REGIMENTS AND TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY.

**Activities:** 1.   The administration and maintenance of the property belonging to the charity and known as The Wardrobe, at Salisbury, in the County of Wiltshire; and2  The provision and maintenance of a public museum for the exhibition to the public of documents, artefacts and other items connected with the Former Regiments (the "Regimental Collection").




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £253249 | £260502 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £110775 | £172938 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £91369 | £97564 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £126937 | £91027 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £52157 | £47304 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Allan Johnson — appointed May 20, 2019
- Andrew Philip Kenneth Fontana — appointed May 20, 2019
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES SEWARD PERKINS — appointed May 20, 2019
- Charles Stuart Maconochie — appointed May 22, 2020
- EDWARD PETER COWELL — appointed May 20, 2019
- JOHN MARK CHESTER RYLANDS — appointed May 20, 2019
- Lt Col Kempley McKnight Alexander Buchan-Smith — appointed Nov. 4, 2022
- MAJOR NIGEL JOHN WALKER — appointed May 20, 2019
- SIMON CHARLES BAILEY — appointed May 20, 2019
- William Horace Sherman — appointed June 26, 2020