# THE SPODE MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 519597
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Dec. 4, 1987
- **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=519597


## Contact

- **Address:** Spode Museum Trust, Elenora Street, Stoke-on-Trent
- **Postcode:** ST4 1QD
- **Phone:** 01782411421
- **Email:** contact@spodemuseumtrust.org
- **Website:** www.spodemuseumtrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE EXHIBITION OF THE EXISTING COLLECTION WITH SUCH OTHER ITEMS OF ARTEFACTS OF LIKE CHARACTER AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE TRUST FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION").

**Activities:** Museum comprising an extensive collection of ceramics, copper plates, tools, pattern books, paper records and other items recording the history of the manufacture of Spode china from its origin in 1770 all which archive is held upon trust to preserve it as a collection and to advance the education of the public by its exhibition; and a visitor centre on the former factory site at Stoke.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Stoke-on-trent City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £376810 | £346255 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £57766 | £74346 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £97515 | £125131 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £132358 | £110269 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £63829 | £27652 | — | — |



## Trustees

- SMT Trustees Limited — appointed Dec. 17, 2015