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Registered charity · Isle of Wight

The Julia Margaret Cameron Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £135k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.dimbola.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Julia Margaret Cameron Trust
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£135k£174k
  • 2024£123k£133k
  • 2023£122k£112k
Earlier years
  • 2022£159k£151k
  • 2021£234k£138k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROVIDE AT DIMBOLA LODGE, FRESHWATER IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT AN EDUCATIONAL CENTRE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WORK OF JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AND THE HISTORY OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART.(II) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORIC FRESHWATER CIRCLE AND CONSERVATION OF THE AREA KNOWN AS FRESHWATER MILE.(III) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINKS FROM JULIA MARGARET CAMERON'S TIME TO THE PRESENT DAY THROUGH OUR OUTREACH PHILOSOPHY REFLECTING THE RICH ARTISTIC, SOCIAL & CULTURAL DIVERSITY ADHERENT BOTH DURING HER TIME ON THE ISLAND, AND IN SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES OCCURRING SINCE WITHIN WEST WIGHT.

Grants received

5 grants · £166,669 total

360Giving 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 · £124,999 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £41,670

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £41,6702022-03-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £7,0002006-01-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £11,2002004-11-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0622004-07-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £96,7372002-06-14
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.

10y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 4Hospitality 1Utilities 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£135k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1026339
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/08/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/01/2013
Companies House
Company number 02800174 · Active
Contact on the register
07583078807 · roger.simmonds7@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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