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Registered charity · Kent

The Dreamland Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £6k (2026)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.dreamlandheritagetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Dreamland Trust
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£6k£3k
  • 2025£22k£32k
  • 2024£49k£56k
Earlier years
  • 2023£266£61k
  • 2022£94k£42k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF SUCH OF THE CINEMA, STRUCTURES, PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND ARTEFACTS (THE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT) OF OR CONNECTED WITH DREAMLAND MARGATE AS ARE OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OR EXHIBIT CRAFTSMANSHIP WORTHY OF PRESERVATION; THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DREAMLAND MARGATE AND THE AREA IN WHICH IT IS SITUATED; THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CRAFT FEATURES; SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ASSOCIATED WITH DREAMLAND MARGATE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Grants received

5 grants · £6,548,489 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 · £6,543,500 (4 grants)
  • The National Archives · £4,989

Most recent

  • The National Archives £4,9892024-12-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £99,8002020-02-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £99,6002019-07-03
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,6002018-01-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £6,293,5002009-07-21
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.

4 trustees on the board

5.2y median 2y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

2
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 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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 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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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£22k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1160517
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 JUN 2009
Companies House
Company number 06936961 · Active
Contact on the register
01843234000 · treasurer@dreamlandtrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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