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Braintree District Museum Trust

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Braintree District Museum Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage.

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What are the key facts about Braintree District Museum Trust?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£450,942
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£447,936
Registered charity number
1110447
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Manor Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Braintree District Museum Trust (number 1110447) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Braintree District Museum Trust do?

The Museum Trust will recognise, preserve, interpret and promote Braintree District's unique collections and the heritage of design, industry and natural history that are in its care of local, national and international significance to stimulate design, creativity, industry, curiosity and inspiration for all generations worldwide through Braintree District Museum and the Warner Textile Archive.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Braintree District Museum Trust

Answers Braintree District Museum Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Braintree District Museum Trust's highest-paid staff paid?

Braintree District Museum Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Does Braintree District Museum Trust receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Braintree District Museum Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Braintree District Museum Trust reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Braintree District Museum Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Braintree District Museum Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
05408088 (Companies House)
Previous names on the register
Braintree District Museum and Study Centre Trust Limited
Where it says it operates
Essex

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Braintree District Museum Trust registered for?

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Why is there no Clarity Score for Braintree District Museum Trust yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Braintree District Museum Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Braintree District Museum Trust a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Braintree District Museum Trust as a registered charity (number 1110447) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Braintree District Museum Trust's charity number?
Braintree District Museum Trust's charity number is 1110447. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1110447?
Search 1110447 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Braintree District Museum Trust do?
The Museum Trust will recognise, preserve, interpret and promote Braintree District's unique collections and the heritage of design, industry and natural history that are in its care of local, national and international significance to stimulate design, creativity, industry, curiosity and inspiration for all generations worldwide through Braintree District Museum and the Warner Textile Archive.
Does Braintree District Museum Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Braintree District Museum Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Braintree District Museum Trust?
Braintree District Museum Trust's website listed in our register data is http://www.braintreemuseum.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Braintree District Museum Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Braintree District Museum Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Braintree District Museum Trust?
The register records Braintree District Museum Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Braintree District Museum Trust's trustees paid?
Braintree District Museum Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Braintree District Museum Trust previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Braintree District Museum Trust: Braintree District Museum and Study Centre Trust Limited.
When was Braintree District Museum Trust registered as a charity?
Braintree District Museum Trust was entered on the register on 14 July 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05408088).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.