Registered charity · Alton
Oates Memorial Library and Museum and the Gilbert White Museum
Oates Memorial Library and Museum and the Gilbert White Museum is a registered charity (number 307098) based in Alton, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Gilbert White's House & the Oates Museum, Gilbert Whites House and the Oates Museum (Charity Commission)
- 1 trustee
- Income £4k (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: Gilbert White & the Oates Collections.
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£31k
- 2024£12k£20k
- 2023£50£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£162£19k
- 2021£839£839
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, (A) BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY; AND (B) BY THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF: (I) THE HOUSE KNOWN AS “THE WAKES” IN SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, GARDENS AND PARK OR SUCH PARTS THEREOF AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE HELD BY THE CHARITY; AND(II) THE GILBERT WHITE AND CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AND FRANK OATES’ COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY AND OTHER EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS; (2) THE SAID LAND AND BUILDINGS AND THE COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS REFERRED TO IN THE SAID SCHEDULE SHALL BE APPROPRIATED AND USED FOR THE SAID OBJECT.
Grants received
3 grants · £3,160,767 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 · £3,157,267 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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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
- 307098
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 07/02/1994AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 11/08/2006AS AMENDED ON 01/02/2007AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2009AS AMENDED ON 08/03/2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 21/03/2016
- Contact on the register
- 01420511275 · info@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
- 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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