# THE FRANCIS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 286482
- **Other names:** FRANCIS TRUST (CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 4, 1983
- **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=286482


## Contact

- **Address:** 30 CHURCH STREET, CHESHAM
- **Postcode:** HP5 1HU
- **Phone:** 01494786749
- **Email:** apbishop2@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF THE ARTS.

**Activities:** The charity is responsible for the maintenance, protection and display of the Chesham Town Picture, under the terms of the Francis Trust document dated 1982. Following display in the town library and a restoration in 2012/13, the picture was moved to Chesham Museum in 2013. With the closure of the museum in 2017 the picture now resides in the meeting room of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Chesham.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Buckinghamshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £176 | £25 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £207 | £160 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £78 | £175 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £24 | £33 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £98 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Angela Bishop** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2015
- Justine Fulford — appointed Aug. 20, 2024
- Martin Gregory Montague Sims — appointed Aug. 20, 2024
- TONY EUSTACE — appointed May 20, 2014