THE WELLS MUSEUM

Registered charity 1204396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WELLS AND MENDIP MUSEUM

The running of a museum relating to the town of Wells and the Mendip Hills

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF WELLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN MARY ISHERWOODchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Denise Ann Denis
• Jane Burman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynda Armstrong · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Wiltshire · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tanya Tyreman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tim Ritchie

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Government & lottery funding

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