# HERSCHEL HOUSE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298295
- **Other names:** HERSCHEL MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 3, 1988
- **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=298295


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 2LR
- **Phone:** 01225338727
- **Email:** admin@bptrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.herschelmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** The Trust maintains a museum at 19 New King Street, Bath, where William Herschel lived and from where he discovered the planet Uranus.  The Trust owns the property comprising 19 New King Street and is actively involved in the provision of education of the public about the life and times of William Herschel and about astronomy generally.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £144620 | £145128 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £146853 | £133256 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £303307 | £134137 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £157231 | £75267 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £80567 | £70282 | — | — |



## Trustees

- The Bath Preservation Trust Limited — appointed July 31, 2015