# SWANAGE MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 274200
- **Other names:** TITHE BARN MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTRE, TITHE BARN MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTRE FOR THE ISLE OF PURBECK, SWANAGE MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 13, 1977
- **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=274200


## Contact

- **Address:** Swanage Museum, The Heritage Centre, The Square, SWANAGE
- **Postcode:** BH19 2LJ
- **Phone:** 01929421427
- **Email:** museumswanage@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.swanagemuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY:- PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF SPECIMENS OF THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS, ETHNOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, BOTANY AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND BY FOSTERING, PROMOTING, IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING ARTISTIC TASTE AND ENCOURAGING THE KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS.

**Activities:** The aim of the organisation is to operate a museum and archive, for the benefit of all, but particularly the local population, incoming tourists and all those with an interest in the area. The focus of the organisation is and will be the history of Swanage and its environs.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £22266 | £26972 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £24029 | £29971 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £24468 | £32092 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £21821 | £30274 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £36668 | £29461 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Burt — appointed April 28, 2025
- David John Hawkings — appointed Nov. 26, 2024
- JOHN PATRICK — appointed June 21, 2019
- LESLEY KENYON — appointed Sept. 8, 2022
- Paul Sanford — appointed April 3, 2026
- Stella Maria Grimsdale — appointed April 2, 2025
- THERESA LANDER — appointed June 21, 2019