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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

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 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 · £134,000 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £892

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £19,0002020-08-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £27,5002019-03-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £37,5002012-05-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8922009-01-19
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002008-08-05
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.

3.2y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance
8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 12Other services 2Business services 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£134k latest income

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
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