# The Food Museum

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 293033
- **Other names:** MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 1985
- **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=293033


## Contact

- **Address:** The Food Museum, Crowe Street, STOWMARKET, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP14 1DL
- **Phone:** 01449612229
- **Email:** contact@foodmuseum.org.uk
- **Website:** www.foodmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To advance the education of the public in the area of East Anglia in its social, cultural, industrial and technological heritage, as well as on health and wellbeing and nature and the environment, by the provision of a Museum that connects the people with where food comes from and the impact of our food choices: past, present and future.

**Activities:** Museum of rural life and educational and training centre

**Area of benefit:** EAST ANGLIA INCL. SUFFOLK, ESSEX, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND NORFOLK




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2062815 | £1681730 | £4200331 | 45 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1739192 | £1245389 | £3857945 | 47 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1332141 | £1310217 | £3527571 | 48 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1628837 | £1414113 | £3279244 | 41 |
| March 31, 2021 | £796544 | £682175 | £3064520 | 21 |



## Trustees

- **Richard Lister** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 21, 2022
- Anne Christine Harrison — appointed Oct. 30, 2020
- Bernadine May Farrell — appointed April 17, 2026
- Dr Clare Katharine Barlow — appointed July 24, 2020
- Haley Bell — appointed April 17, 2026
- Jennifer Holly Cousins — appointed Jan. 18, 2019
- Jon Howard Brighton — appointed July 24, 2020
- Jonathan Mark Pattle — appointed Nov. 2, 2015
- Laura Elizabeth Pryke — appointed April 17, 2026
- Melissa Anne Patricia Strauss — appointed Oct. 21, 2022
- Paul Edward Coppin — appointed April 17, 2026
- Simon Kenneth Hooton — appointed July 24, 2020
- VANESSA TREVELYAN — appointed Nov. 4, 2013
- William David Andrew Seaman — appointed Oct. 21, 2022