# IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 503717
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 15, 1968
- **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=503717


## Contact

- **Address:** IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST, COACH ROAD, COALBROOKDALE, TELFORD
- **Postcode:** TF8 7DQ
- **Phone:** 01952435900
- **Email:** information@ironbridge.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ironbridge.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE TO PROMOTE:(A) THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION OF LANDS AND TENEMENTS (INCLUDING BUILDINGS) OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST AND AS REGARDS LANDS FOR THE PRESERVATION (SO FAR AS PRACTICABLE) OF THEIR NATURAL ASPECT FEATURES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE;(B) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL INTEREST OR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST AND PLACES OF NATURAL INTEREST OR BEAUTY AND THE PROTECTION AND AUGMENTATION OF THE AMENITIES OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND PLACES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS;(C) THE PRESERVATION OF FURNITURE AND PICTURES AND CHATTELS OF ANY DESCRIPTION HAVING NATIONAL OR HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST; AND(D) THE ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF SUCH BUILDINGS PLACES AND CHATTELS BY THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** The principal activities of the Trust are the preservation of historic properties and the development and management, as an educational charity, of Museums relating to the industrial, social and economic history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site and related areas, with particular reference to the Industrial Revolution.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire
- Telford & Wrekin



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £9194747 | £9561097 | £46605776 | 247 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £13375091 | £9348921 | £46380198 | 244 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £13881511 | £13502966 | £41750231 | 226 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £8936259 | £7722988 | £41114812 | 187 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £7263516 | £6455403 | £39228133 | 213 |



## Trustees

- BETH HELEN FOSTER — appointed July 26, 2023
- Christopher Brook Walker — appointed July 27, 2022
- Christopher Mark Pemberton — appointed June 20, 2022
- David Anthony Brammer — appointed June 20, 2022
- Dr Elizabeth Nicholson — appointed June 20, 2022
- Eleanor Catherine Appleby — appointed July 27, 2022
- HOWARD TREVOR THORNE — appointed June 20, 2022
- Jennifer Anne Francis — appointed July 27, 2022
- Karen MacKenzie — appointed June 20, 2022
- Michael Peter Kirk — appointed July 27, 2022
- Rupert Kenyon-Slaney — appointed June 20, 2022