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The Charleston Trust (Bloomsbury in Sussex)

Museums activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 45

  1. Nino Natalia O'Hagan Strachey 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Judith Comyn 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Hannah Kate Wallace 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Harriet Adjoa Boatchewah Otoo 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Alexander Stitt 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. Jolyon Lawrence Brewis 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Mark Lowrie Burch 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Marion Olive Gibbs 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. David Keith Pickard 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Jon George Snow 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Simon James Martin 2015-2021 Director View profile
  12. Anne Catherine Morrison 2015-2021 Director View profile
  13. Professor Michael John Godfrey Farthing 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Thomas Richard Stephen Stuart-Smith 2015-2017 Director View profile
  15. Mark Harwood 2014-2016 Director View profile
  16. Abergavenny, Venetia Jane, Marchioness 2014-2017 Director View profile
  17. Virginia Nicholson 2013-2018 Director View profile
  18. Dinah Victoria Casson 2011-2017 Director View profile
  19. Nigel Newton 2010-2016 Director View profile
  20. Gillian Anne Wolfe CBE 2009-2015 Director View profile
  21. Sigrid Maria Elisabet Rausing 2008-2013 Director View profile
  22. Simon Watney 2006-2014 Director View profile
  23. Lynne Truss 2006-2011 Director View profile
  24. Giles Adrian Waterfield 2005-2013 Director View profile
  25. Hilary Jane Newiss 2005-2015 Director View profile
  26. Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith 2004-2015 Director View profile
  27. Jonathan Martin Robin Prichard 2004-2011 Director View profile
  28. Jessica Marianne Fernande Rutherford 2004-2005 Director View profile
  29. David Henry Stockley 2004-2011 Director View profile
  30. Philip Noel Miles 2004-2005 Director View profile
  31. Richard Noel Shone 2004-2011 Director View profile
  32. Dr Frances Spalding 2004-2011 Director View profile
  33. Diana Reich 2004-2005 Director View profile
  34. Anne Olivier Bell 2004-2014 Director View profile
  35. Rupert Elliott Niels Christiansen 2004-2011 Director View profile
  36. Patrick John Berry 2004-2013 Director View profile
  37. Norbert Casper Lynton 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Jennifer Patterson 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  39. Louise Elizabeth Zandstra 2020-2024 Secretary View profile
  40. Charles Michael Rowney 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  41. Julie Dawn Tyrrell 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  42. Sarah Higson 2015-2019 Secretary View profile
  43. Colin Mckenzie 2006-2013 Secretary View profile
  44. Andrew Neville Russell 2004-2011 Secretary View profile
  45. Alastair Upton 2004-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities; Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
23/08/2004
Registered office
Lewes
Also a registered charity
The Charleston Trust (Bloomsbury in Sussex)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Charleston Trust (Bloomsbury in Sussex) on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

9 grants · £5,320,687 total

360Giving 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 · £4,175,038 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,045,649 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £100,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £567,7382025-11-27
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £100,0002025-03-07
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £428,0002021-10-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £234,1002020-06-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £249,9952020-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.6y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Tech and media 22Arts and leisure 10Property 3Business services 2Professional services 2Retail and trade 2Education 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
05212725
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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