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Registered charity · Hexham

The Vindolanda Trust

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

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Northumberland
Website
www.vindolanda.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Vindolanda Trust
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£2.6m
  • 2024£2.9m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.7m£2.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.7m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 TO HOLD IN PERPETUITY THE PROPERTY AND ASSETS OF THE EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ROMAN REMAINS AND ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN THE SAID LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN;2.1.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR ACCESS TO THE LAND BY THE PUBLIC;2.1.3 TO TAKE POSSESSION OF ALL ROMAN ANTIQUITIES AND OTHER SPECIMENS WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED BY GIFT OR BY PURCHASE AND TO PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT THE SAME ON THE SITE OF THE SAID LAND OR ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND;2.1.4 TO THE TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE OF STUDENTS IN THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN ROMAN BRITAIN.

Grants received

12 grants · £8,355,851 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 · £8,232,800 (8 grants)
  • John Ellerman Foundation · £89,000
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £23,551
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £6,500
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,000

Most recent

  • John Ellerman Foundation £89,0002024-05-30
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £6,5002023-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4,0002022-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,680,5002021-09-16
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £23,5512021-03-25
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.

9 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

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 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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 8Professional services 2Tech and media 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

6.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.6 in 2020

44 from 36 in 2020
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
1159798
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 AUG 2014
Companies House
Company number 09182268 · Active
Contact on the register
014344344277 · info@vindolanda.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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