Registered charity · London
The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund
The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund is a registered charity (number 212172) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £982k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Charles Dickens Museum (Charity Commission)
- 1 trustee
- Income £982k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Charles Dickens Museum Limited.
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.dickensmuseum.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Charles Dickens Museum Limited
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£982k£972k
- 2024£916k£944k
- 2023£747k£995k
Earlier years
- 2022£843k£697k
- 2021£811k£675k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS AND TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AT 48 DOUGHTY STREET IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN AS A MUSEUM TO HOUSE AND PRESERVE ALL ARTICLES HAVING CONNECTION WITH CHARLES DICKENS. (2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.
Grants received
9 grants · £4,382,982 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 · £2,776,700 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,553,382 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,900
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 212172
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 11/06/2002AS AMENDED ON 13/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 23/11/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08204803 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 74052127 · info@dickensmuseum.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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