# YORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 510900
- **Other names:** YORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING LIMITED, MURTON PARK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 1980
- **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=510900


## Contact

- **Address:** YORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING, MURTON PARK, MURTON LANE, MURTON, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO19 5UF
- **Phone:** 01904489731
- **Email:** s.lofthouse@murtonpark.co.uk
- **Website:** www.murtonpark.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE MUISEUM IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT BUILDGS, DOCUMENTS AND LIVESTOCK OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A MUSEUM AT MURTON IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXHIBITING TO THE PUBLIC SUCH ITEMS OF EDUCATIONAL OR HISTORICAL INTERESTS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBOVE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE.

**Activities:** To operate the business of the Yorkshire Museum of Farming Limited, the objects of which are to preserve for the benefit of the Nation, agricultural machinery, equipment, buildings, documents and livestock of educational and historical interest and to maintain and operate a museum for the purpose of exhibiting to the public such items of educational or historical interest.

**Area of benefit:** THE ORIGINAL COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE AND THE NORTH OF ENGLAND




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barnsley
- Bradford City
- Calderdale
- City Of Wakefield
- City Of York
- Doncaster
- Kirklees
- Leeds City
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £682376 | £692199 | £1166380 | 23 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £667273 | £615890 | £1176203 | 22 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £619840 | £591704 | £1124820 | 23 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £562357 | £464647 | £1095781 | 17 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £475355 | £347717 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Captain RN Michael A James** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 11, 2016
- Andrew Trezise — appointed June 17, 2013
- Chris Downes — appointed July 2, 2019
- Craig Benton — appointed June 26, 2018
- Diane Margaret Kemp — appointed Aug. 8, 2023
- JAMES FREDERICK STEPHENSON
- JOHN B MORRELL
- JULIAN CHRISTOPHER HOPWOOD
- JULIET DREWNIAK — appointed Oct. 13, 2015
- Louise Bowling — appointed Sept. 29, 2020
- Nicholas Rory Kemp — appointed Aug. 8, 2023
- Oliver Martyn Harding Edwards — appointed Sept. 12, 2024
- Thomas Jeremy Stubbins — appointed Aug. 8, 2023