To recommend that the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Housing, Heritage Arts and Tourism make the decision on behalf of Wiltshire Council as sole trustee of the Edwin Young Collection and the John Creasey Museum (the Charitable Trusts) to:
1. Merge the Edwin Young Collection (EYC) and John Creasey Museum (JCM) into a new single charitable trust to be called The Young & Creasey Gallery Trust.
2. Delegate authority to the Director, Communities and Communications to conclude all necessary formalities relating to the merger of the Trusts into the new single charitable trust including entering into all legal documentation and liaising with and complying with any requirements of the Charity Commission.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Notice of proposed decision first published: 14/06/2018
Decision due: 22 Jun 2018 by Cabinet Member for Housing, Corporate Services, Arts, Heritage and Tourism
Lead member: Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Military-Civilian Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Economic Development, Heritage, Arts, and Tourism richard.clewer@wiltshire.gov.uk
Department: Executive Office
Contact: Joan Davis, Head of Libraries, Heritage and Arts Email: joan.davis@wiltshire.gov.uk 01225 718518 Email: joandavis@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01225 718518.
Consultation process
Wiltshire Council as sole Trustee has consulted with the relatives of John Creasey on the proposed merger and received their approval. There are no known relatives of Edwin Young. Since publication of the intention to make the decision the council has received a representation with background questions and expressing support for the merger. The questions related to capital value of buildings, the merger decision making process and the management committees of the trusts. These matters have been considered as part of the decision making.