Registered charity · Staffordshire
Erasmus Darwin Foundation
- 10 trustees
- Income £142k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- DR Nicholas Anthony CambridgeChair
- David AmigoniTrustee · since 2025
- David John KershawTrustee
- Denis Gaye Blake-RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Malcolm DickTrustee · since 2025
- Jane RedmanTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer Evelyn Russell ArthurTrustee
- MR J BarlowTrustee
- REV Canon Anthony Nevin BarnardTrustee
- Robert William BrownTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Staffordshire
- Website
- www.erasmusdarwin.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Erasmus Darwin Foundation
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£142k£118k
- 2024£134k£104k
- 2023£92k£124k
Earlier years
- 2022£84k£86k
- 2021£91k£80k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT OF ANY BUILDING OR BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE INCLUDING ANY ANCILLARY BUILDINGS2) THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ANY AMENITY OR OTHER LAND3) THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ALL FURNITURE PICTURES HISTORIC RECORDS BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS MONUMENTS ARMOUR PORCELAIN SILVER AND GOLD OBJECTS D'ART AND OTHER CHATTELS OR ITEMS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH OR DISPLAYED IN ANY SUCH BUILDING OR BUILDINGS4) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO AND THE STUDY OF SUCH BUILDINGS LAND FURNITURE PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS OR ITEMS AND OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ERASMUS DARWIN (BEING THE ONE WHO LIVED BETWEEN 1731 AND 1802) BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC5) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE STUDY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE FIELDS OF INTEREST AND/OR INFLUENCE OF ERASMUS DARWIN BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM.
Grants received
5 grants · £134,892 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 · £134,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £892
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community 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.
10 trustees on the board
- DR Nicholas Anthony Cambridge Chair
- David John Kershaw
- Denis Gaye Blake-Roberts since 2023
- David Amigoni since 2025
- Dr Malcolm Dick since 2025
- Jennifer Evelyn Russell Arthur
- Jane Redman since 2025
- MR J Barlow
- REV Canon Anthony Nevin Barnard
- Robert William Brown since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert William Brown since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- DR Nicholas Anthony Cambridge Chair
- David John Kershaw
- Denis Gaye Blake-Roberts since 2023
- David Amigoni since 2025
- Dr Malcolm Dick since 2025
- Jennifer Evelyn Russell Arthur
- Jane Redman since 2025
- REV Canon Anthony Nevin Barnard
- Robert William Brown since 2016
Portfolio (1)
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
- 1063528
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 29 OCTOBER 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 JULY 1997 AND 14 MAY 2010 as amended on 05 May 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 03270753 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01543263456 · enquiries@erasmusdarwin.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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