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The Weardale Museum

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1185086
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 19, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Aug. 29, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
High House Chapel
Ireshopeburn
Bishop Auckland
DL13 1HD

Activities

We are a small independent folk museum run by volunteers for the past 35 years and located at the High House Methodist Chapel .We provide a sense of place for those who live and visit Weardale by telling the stories of its history and heritage. We provide a family history service using our 70,000 database of Weardale families and we hold extensive collections of Weardale photographs and artefacts.

Objects: The Advancement Of Public Education By The Provision Of A Museum Comprising Any Items Or Exhibits Which May From Time To Time Be Purchased On Behalf Of Or Donated To The Museum Which May Be Deemed Worthy Of Public Display (Which Items Or Exhibts Are Hereinafter Called "The Collection").

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Durham

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Feb. 28, 2025 Dec. 19, 2025On time £94,249 £60,461
Feb. 29, 2024 Dec. 15, 2024On time £55,304 £74,618
Feb. 28, 2023 Dec. 29, 20231 day late £193,071 £93,032
Feb. 28, 2022 Oct. 30, 2022On time £72,850 £88,589
Feb. 28, 2021 Sept. 18, 2021On time £128,594 £91,412

Trustees

Name Appointed
Phillippa Carne Rowe (Chair) April 26, 2019
Dr Owain Gardner Nov. 2, 2021
John Fenwick Jackson Nov. 3, 2021
John Linsley Norman April 26, 2019
Michael James Beer Feb. 6, 2024
Philip Newbold Feb. 1, 2023
Professor Sarah Jane Aiston Aug. 10, 2026
RICHARD Marshall Alexander Robert Lawrie PhD Aug. 1, 2025
Roy Allan Percival April 26, 2019
Susan Hindes Nov. 5, 2024
William Robert Bevil Wilson Jan. 19, 2022