# THE CHARLES BURRELL MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 802250
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 2, 1989
- **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=802250


## Contact

- **Address:** Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk
- **Postcode:** IP24 1BN
- **Phone:** 01842683157
- **Email:** info@charlesburrellmuseum.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thecharlesburrellmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Norfolk
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £16420 | £15592 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £12297 | £8686 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £11127 | £8816 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £16821 | £16168 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £17532 | £18647 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SHEILA JEAN CHILDERHOUSE MA** (Chair)
- Ann Elizabeth Blackbourn — appointed June 14, 2023
- Brenda Canham — appointed Sept. 24, 2015
- Douglas Sydney Jefferson — appointed June 14, 2023
- Mark Bernard Goddard — appointed Sept. 26, 2018
- Richard Denys Stock — appointed April 16, 2023
- Sandra Elizabeth Ashton — appointed June 1, 2024