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The Charles Burrell Museum

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
802250
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 2, 1989
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Minstergate
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 1BN

Activities

Active Steam Engine Museum and Educational Facility preserving and promoting the historic industrial past of the Charles Burrell Company of Thetford in Norfolk. 100% run by volunteers and financed from grants and donations and also the revenue generated from an in house shop, cafe and outside demonstrations of our steam traction engines.

Objects: The Advancement Of The Education Of The Public By Establishment And Maintenance Of A Museum In Thetford For The Exhibition Of Steam Engines And Other Machines Built By Charles Burrell And Sons Limited And Materials Relating Thereto And Making The Collection Available For Research.

Classification

How
Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Norfolk, Suffolk

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £16,420 £15,592
March 31, 2024 £12,297 £8,686
March 31, 2023 £11,127 £8,816
March 31, 2022 £16,821 £16,168
March 31, 2021 £17,532 £18,647

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sheila Jean Childerhouse Ma (Chair)
Ann Elizabeth Blackbourn June 14, 2023
Brenda Canham Sept. 24, 2015
Douglas Sydney Jefferson June 14, 2023
Mark Bernard Goddard Sept. 26, 2018
Richard Denys Stock April 16, 2023
Sandra Elizabeth Ashton June 1, 2024