Registered charity · Hove Town Hall
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.
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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
- 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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