Registered charity · London
The Amber Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £316k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- ANN Fiona CostaChair · since 2013
- Angelica Maria Lee BomfordTrustee · since 2020
- Chunwai ShumTrustee · since 2023
- Ekenta Nimi Victoria OruwariTrustee · since 2022
- HHJ Charles AtkinsTrustee · since 2024
- James David HallTrustee · since 2026
- Jay PocknellTrustee · since 2025
- Kimberley SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Simon Robert VincentTrustee · since 2013
- Timothy Andrew StolleryTrustee · since 2025
- Veronica Ruth GouldTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.ambertrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Amber Trust
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£316k£478k
- 2024£314k£540k
- 2023£349k£401k
Earlier years
- 2022£300k£304k
- 2021£400k£267k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL DISABILITIES, TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH SUPPORTING THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSIC, PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY MUSIC PROVISION FOR THEM AND UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING RELEVANT RESEARCH. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
Grants received
5 grants · £349,560 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 Linbury Trust · £184,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £117,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- Fight for Sight · £23,560 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
11 trustees on the board
- ANN Fiona Costa Chair since 2013
- Angelica Maria Lee Bomford since 2020
- Chunwai Shum since 2023
- Ekenta Nimi Victoria Oruwari since 2022
- HHJ Charles Atkins since 2024
- James David Hall since 2026
- Jay Pocknell since 2025
- Kimberley Smith since 2024
- Simon Robert Vincent since 2013
- Timothy Andrew Stollery since 2025
- Veronica Ruth Gould since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- ANN Fiona Costa Chair since 2013
- Angelica Maria Lee Bomford since 2020
- Simon Robert Vincent since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Angelica Maria Lee Bomford since 2020
- Chunwai Shum since 2023
- Ekenta Nimi Victoria Oruwari since 2022
- HHJ Charles Atkins since 2024
- James David Hall since 2026
- Jay Pocknell since 2025
- Kimberley Smith since 2024
- Timothy Andrew Stollery since 2025
- Veronica Ruth Gould since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- ANN Fiona Costa Chair since 2013
- Simon Robert Vincent since 2013
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
- 1050503
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 25 OCTOBER 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 DEC 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 OCT 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03117803 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03003239964 · contact@ambertrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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