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Registered charity · Cumbria

Lakeland Arts

1. The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science and for the conservation of the environment and heritage of Cumbria, including by: the establishment and maintenance of public art galleries and museums for the benefit of the public to...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire
Website
www.lakelandarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Lakeland Arts
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£3.3m
  • 2024£2.8m£3.4m
  • 2023£2.8m£3.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.7m£3.8m
  • 2021£3.2m£2.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science and for the conservation of the environment and heritage of Cumbria, including by: the establishment and maintenance of public art galleries and museums for the benefit of the public to include the care, management and display of the permanent collections of the trust at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, the Lakeland Museum and Windermere Jetty Museum, established by declaration of trust dated 9th August 1957 and subsequently amended by multiple deeds of variation and now known as ‘The Lakeland Arts Trust’ (‘the Original Trust’) and any other collections, groupings, displays or individual items from any other body;2. The advancement of the education of the public by the aid, establishment, funding, or sponsorship of bursaries, scholarships or grants to any person or persons, institution, association or corporate body for the purpose of furthering the Objects of the Company;3. Such other public charitable purposes tending to advance artistic, historical or intellectual interests in the said area which can conveniently be promoted in combination with the purpose aforesaid; and4. Such other charitable objects as the company shall from time to time determine.

Grants received

18 grants · £17,082,752 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

Most recent

  • The Headley Trust £44,3272026-02-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £244,0002025-10-14
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £40,4852023-03-31
  • Cumbria Community Foundation £1,9822022-09-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £348,7832021-10-27
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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 3.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 12Professional services 4Health and social care 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

80 from 70 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1153001
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 JUL 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/07/2013 as amended on 13 Jun 2025 as amended on 19 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 08162578 · Active
Contact on the register
015394888060 · info@lakelandarts.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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