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Diorama Arts Centre

Diorama Arts Centre is a registered charity (number 283452) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Jonathan Phillip Hewitt since 2017. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Diorama Arts, Old Diorama Arts Centre (Charity Commission)

The Charity's objects are restricted specifically only for the public benefit to advance the arts and culture especially those activities which seek to make the arts relevant to the community and thereby advance citizenship and community development...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.olddiorama.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Diorama Arts Centre
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2024£915k£998k
  • 2023£854k£874k
Earlier years
  • 2022£650k£641k
  • 2021£240k£380k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Charity's objects are restricted specifically only for the public benefit to advance the arts and culture especially those activities which seek to make the arts relevant to the community and thereby advance citizenship and community development for the benefit of the general public.

Grants received

6 grants · £246,000 total

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Top funders

Most recent

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.

13 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

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 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 7Education 4Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m latest income
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.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.8 in 2021

19 from 15 in 2022
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.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
283452
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1981 as amended on 06 Aug 2019 as amended on 23 Feb 2023 as amended on 23 Feb 2023
Companies House
Company number 01585918 · Active
Contact on the register
02073830727 · office@olddiorama.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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