# CHARLES BURRELL MUSEUM CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1214517
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 13, 2025
- **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=1214517


## Contact

- **Address:** Charles Burrell Museum, Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk
- **Postcode:** IP24 1BN
- **Phone:** 01842683157
- **Email:** Info@charlesburrellmusum.org
- **Website:** charlesburrellmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN THETFORD FOR THE EXHIBITION OF STEAM ENGINES AND OTHER MACHINES BUILT BY CHARLES BURRELL AND SONS LIMITED AND MATERIALS RELATING THERETO AND MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: • HOLDING A COLLECTION OF HERITAGE ASSETS PRIMARILY RELATED TO THIS THEME; • PROTECTING THOSE HERITAGE ASSETS FOR THE LONG TERM, DISTINCT FROM CORPORATE OPERATIONAL ASSETS; • MANAGING THOSE HERITAGE ASSETS IN LINE WITH MUSEUM SECTOR STANDARDS; • THE PROVISION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC; • THE PROVISION OF EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS; AND • RESEARCHING, PROMOTING AND PUBLISHING RELATED STUDIES.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN THETFORD FOR THE EXHIBITION OF STEAM ENGINES AND OTHER MACHINES BUILT BY CHARLES BURRELL AND SONS LIMITED AND MATERIALS RELATING THERETO AND MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: • HOLDING A COLLECTION OF HERITAGE ASSETS PRIMARILY RELATED TO THIS THEME; • PROTECTING THOSE HERITAGE ASSETS FOR THE LONG TERM, DISTINCT FROM CORPORATE OPERATIONAL ASSETS; • MANAGING THOSE HERITAGE ASSETS IN LINE WITH MUSEUM SECTOR STANDARDS; • THE PROVISION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC; • THE PROVISION OF EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS; AND • RESEARCHING, PROMOTING AND PUBLISHING RELATED STUDIES.

**Activities:** The Museum works to promote and protect the heritage legacy of Charles Burrell and Sons by preserving and demonstrating the working engines, maintaining the fabric and contents of their buildings and educating current and future generations about how they connected Thetford with the wider industrial community. We are run solely by volunteers who welcome over 4000 visitors a year Apr to Oct




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Norfolk




## Trustees

- Ann Blackbourn BAHon/PGCE — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- Brenda Canham — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- Douglas Sydney Jefferson — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- Richard Denys Stock — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- SHEILA JEAN CHILDERHOUSE MA — appointed Aug. 13, 2025
- Sandra Elizabeth Ashton — appointed Aug. 13, 2025