# OCTAVIA HILL BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1018947
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 19, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1018947


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 SOUTH BRINK, WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- **Postcode:** PE13 1JE
- **Phone:** 01945476358
- **Email:** info@octaviahill.org
- **Website:** www.octaviahill.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORKS OF OCTAVIA HILL BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC MUSEUM AND THE UNDERTAKING OF EXHIBITIONS IN SUCH A MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Trust owns and maintains Octavia Hill's Birthplace House in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, a Grade II* Listed Georgian Building which contains exhibits, displays and archives of the life and work of Octavia Hill (1838 - 1912).Within the Birthplace House there are two cottages containing three Incubator Office Units, a Tearoom, and Shop which are leased to and operated by Octavia Hill Trading Ltd.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £27619 | £60936 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £32751 | £27514 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £14420 | £88684 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £5857 | £81521 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £57557 | £70886 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Colonel Mark Knight MBE DL** (Chair) — appointed July 11, 2022
- David Sean Denson — appointed April 8, 2024
- Ian Groome — appointed July 26, 2018
- Pamela Margaret Williams — appointed July 9, 2015
- Richard Symond Gyles Barnwell
- SHEILA MARY JACKMAN MBE