Registered charity · Ambleside
Armitt Library and Museum Centre
- 6 trustees
- Income £162k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.armitt.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Armitt Library and Museum Centre
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£162k£136k
- 2024£98k£136k
- 2023£120k£121k
Earlier years
- 2022£159k£115k
- 2020£110k£74k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY AND MUSEUM IN PERPETUITY IN AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIA FOR PROMOTING THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC SUBJECTS, WORKS AND ARTEFACTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THOSE OF THE ARMITT COLLECTION.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Anthony Lonton since 2019
- Christopher Charles Blackhurst since 2022
- Dr Penelope Joyce Bradshaw since 2023
- Peter Robert Lansberry since 2019
- Sir Christopher James Scott BT since 2019
- Timothy Robert William Cowen since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Lonton since 2019
- Peter Robert Lansberry since 2019
- Sir Christopher James Scott BT since 2019
- Timothy Robert William Cowen since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthony Lonton since 2019
- Christopher Charles Blackhurst since 2022
- Dr Penelope Joyce Bradshaw since 2023
- Timothy Robert William Cowen since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Peter Robert Lansberry since 2019
- Sir Christopher James Scott BT since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1054762
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 FEBRUARY 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 FEB 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 FEB 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 03153895 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01539431212 · info@armitt.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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