# SHAFTESBURY ABBEY AND MUSEUM PRESERVATION TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 293260
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF SHAFTESBURY ABBEY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 7, 1986
- **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=293260


## Contact

- **Address:** Shaftesbury Abbey Museum, Shaftesbury Abbey, Park Walk, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP7 8JR
- **Phone:** 01747852910
- **Email:** OFFICE@SHAFTESBURYABBEY.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.shaftesburyabbey.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DORSET AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, THE LAND PROPERTY AND ANICENT REMAINS KNOWN AS SHAFTESBURY ABBEY, SHAFTESBURY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISPLAYING FINDS FROM THE ABBEY SITE.

**Activities:** Preservation Conservation of the site of Shaftesbury Abbey and making the museum garden available to the general public.

**Area of benefit:** DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £110030 | £105687 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £63615 | £62347 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £79056 | £68491 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £70702 | £67691 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £54196 | £65655 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Peter Wildman** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 30, 2020
- ANTHONY PHILIP PROCTOR — appointed March 18, 2014
- Dr David Stuart Edwards — appointed Nov. 10, 2021
- Dr Deborah Mary Jones — appointed Nov. 10, 2021
- Jane Frederick — appointed Nov. 18, 2025
- Jennifer Daultrey — appointed Sept. 10, 2025
- Peter Ryley — appointed July 24, 2013
- SARA DELANO JACSON MBE
- Sean Gaught — appointed Sept. 10, 2025