# THE FRIENDS OF THE LEEDS CITY MUSEUMS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 501376
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF LEEDS CITY AND ABBEYHOUSE MUSEUMS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 22, 1972
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=501376


## Contact

- **Address:** 40 ELMETE AVENUE, SHERBURN IN ELMET, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS25 6EH
- **Phone:** 07741 499967
- **Email:** lordrobinson40@gmail.com
- **Website:** friendsofleedsmuseums.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE WORK OF MUSEUMS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES. (B) TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE LEEDS MUSEUMS AND TO PROMOTE THEIR USE AND ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC. (C) TO HELP IN THE COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION AND RULES).

**Activities:** We exist to develop greater interest in our museums the funds we raise are used to buy artifacts, pictures etc which Leeds City Council cannot purchase from its own funds




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LEEDS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
- Leeds City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JOHN LUXTON** | Chair |  |
| Brian Michael Selby |  | Sept. 10, 2021 |
| DOUGLAS ROBINSON |  | Aug. 8, 2013 |
| ELAINE EVELYN SYKES-AUSTIN |  |  |
| Elizabeth Ann Lightman |  | Dec. 1, 2023 |
| Elizabeth Anne Nash |  |  |
| Margaret Ann Castle |  | April 23, 2026 |
| Mary Elizabeth Minkin |  | March 24, 2025 |
| PATRICIA SYKES-AUSTIN |  |  |




