Registered charity · Cambridgeshire
Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust
Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust is a registered charity (number 1018947) based in Cambridgeshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Colonel Mark Knight MBE DL since 2022. Latest income £28k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £28k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.octaviahill.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28k£61k
- 2024£33k£28k
- 2023£14k£89k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£82k
- 2021£58k£71k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORKS OF OCTAVIA HILL BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM AND THE UNDERTAKING OF EXHIBITIONS IN SUCH A MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
Grants received
4 grants · £924,101 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £899,500 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,601 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Colonel Mark Knight MBE DL Chair since 2022
- David Sean Denson since 2024
- Ian Groome since 2018
- Pamela Margaret Williams since 2015
- Richard Symond Gyles Barnwell
- Sheila Mary Jackman MBE
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Groome since 2018
- Pamela Margaret Williams since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Ian Groome since 2018
- Pamela Margaret Williams since 2015
Portfolio (4)
- Colonel Mark Knight MBE DL Chair since 2022
- David Sean Denson since 2024
- Richard Symond Gyles Barnwell
- Sheila Mary Jackman MBE
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1018947
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/03/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 02797996 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01945476358 · info@octaviahill.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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