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Viscountess Wolseleys Bequest

Viscountess Wolseleys Bequest is a registered charity (number 305978) based in Hove Town Hall, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £14k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Brighton & Hove City Council.

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
Brighton And Hove
Website
www.citylibraries.info (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1970

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£4k
  • 2024£12k£4k
  • 2023£9k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£0
  • 2021£6k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) THE HOUSING, CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WOLSEY COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES, NOTEBOOKS, PLANS, ENGRAVINGS, BOOKS AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF THE WOLSELEY FAMILY, TOGETHER WITH THE FIELD MARSHALL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, IN A ROOM OR ROOMS AT THE HOVE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO BE KNOWN AS VISCOUNTESS WOLSELEY'S ROOM OR ROOMS. 2) THE PROVISION AND ARRANGEMENT IN THE WOLSELEY ROOM, OR ELSEWHERE IF THE CORPORATION SHALL SO THINK FIT, OF LECTURES, TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND CLASSES ON OR CONCERNING SUBJECTS OR TOPICS WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE CORPORATION ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE WOLSELEY COLLECTION OR ON MATTERS THERE IN COMPRISED AND DEALT WITH AND ALSO ON THE SUBJECTS OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING COMMERCIAL AND MARKET GARDENING) GARDEN DESIGN, THE PAST HISTORY OF PLACES AND LANDS IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX AND THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF OLD AGRICULTURAL CUSTOMS, USAGES AND PRACTICES IN THE SAID COUNTY. 3) THE ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE OF ANY BOOKS, BOOKPLATES, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, DOCUMENTS, MAPS, PLANS, DIAGRAMS, SKETCHES, PICTURES, PRINTS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, REPRODUCTIONS, DRAWINGS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST OF ANY NATURE OR KIND TO BE ADDED TO THE WOLSELEY COLLECTION.

Board analysis

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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£14k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
305978
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 20 AUGUST 1969
Contact on the register
01273296963 · sally.mcmahon@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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