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The Sir Max Aitken Museum

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
278455
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 22, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Sept. 5, 1979
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
83 High Street
Cowes
PO31 7AJ

Activities

The charity maintains and manages its funds in order to to ensure that the collection in the Museum is maintained in immaculate condition and is accessible to all. The charity seeks to maintain the properties in their ownership in the best possible order.

Objects: (A) To Preserve And Maintain For The Benefit Of The Public The Property Known As "The Prospect" 83 High Street, Cowes, And To Make Known Through Publications Exhibitions Lectures And Other Means Its Historical And Nautical Interest And Associations.(b) To Establish A Museum For The Benefit Of The Public, And To Make Available For Research And Education Items Of Nautical And Local Historical Interest And To Preserve The Same Collections.

Classification

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

Geography

Area of benefit
Cowes
Local Authority
Isle Of Wight

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 June 22, 2026On time £112,620 £124,913
Sept. 30, 2024 June 2, 2025On time £144,866 £127,930
Sept. 30, 2023 May 29, 2024On time £82,782 £78,653
Sept. 30, 2022 May 3, 2023On time £68,484 £85,572
Sept. 30, 2021 July 25, 2022On time £128,219 £112,345
Sept. 30, 2020 July 5, 2021 £56,064 £90,993

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christopher Guthrie Little (Chair) June 5, 2013
Graham James Bailey April 11, 2025
Robert Morris Bicket May 16, 2011
Richard Ian Powell April 12, 2019
Richard Oliver Danvers Power Nov. 14, 2012