# OLD KILN MUSEUM CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1200370
- **Other names:** RURAL LIFE CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 14, 2022
- **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=1200370


## Contact

- **Address:** Rural Life Living Museum, The Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham
- **Postcode:** GU102DL
- **Phone:** 01252795571
- **Email:** info@rural-life.org.uk
- **Website:** www.rural-life.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM COMPRISING SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION").

**Activities:** The Old Kiln Museum CIO owns and operates the Rural Life Living Museum, Farnham Surrey. The Museum was founded in 1973 by Madge and Henry Jackson. (Old Kiln Museum, then Rural Life Centre.) The CIO keeps and continues to develop the museum collection, operating the museum for the benefit of the public telling the story of how we lived, tools trades and professions in the English countryside.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Surrey



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £500443 | £379694 | £1134573 | 8 |
| March 31, 2024 | £280662 | £301425 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BRUCE JOHN OELMAN** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 9, 2023
- Andrew Goundry — appointed Nov. 6, 2024
- Bridget  Sarah Flett — appointed Jan. 22, 2024
- Ian Eric John Chatfield — appointed Jan. 9, 2023
- JOHN ROBERT COOKSLEY — appointed Jan. 9, 2023
- JUDITH FRANCES HEWINS — appointed Jan. 9, 2023