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The Charles Darwin Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1074914
Status
Registered
Registered
March 29, 1999
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
United Kingdom And Elsewhere

Address

Address
Knox Cropper Chartered Accountants
65 Leadenhall Street 5th floor
London
EC3A 2AD

Activities

To promote the real understanding of the natural world and to ensure that the diversity of life on earth survives. The Charles Darwin Trust uses the intellectual and cultural heritage of Darwin, through his approach to science and his work at Down House and in the immediate countryside, to inspire a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Objects: (A) The Advancement Of Education In The United Kingdom And Elsewhere In Relation To: (I) The Life And Work Of Charles Darwin, And (Ii) The Development And Understanding Of Natural History And The Life Sciences With Particular Reference To Darwin's Home At Down House And To Any Associated Institutions In The Village Of Downe In Kent;(b) The Advancement Of Education, The Relief Of Poverty And Such Other Purposes For The Benefit Of The Community As Shall Be Exclusively Charitable

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £3,031 £2,805
Dec. 31, 2023 £2,328 £6,173
Dec. 31, 2022 £481 £4,121
Dec. 31, 2021 £13 £6,011
Dec. 31, 2020 £128,177 £164,086

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr CLAIRE YVONNE BARLOW Sept. 15, 2020
Dr Chiara Ceci Aug. 22, 2025
Dr Sarah Catherine Darwin June 10, 2022
Emma Newall Aug. 1, 2016
Karen Goldie-Morrison Dec. 1, 2015
Professor James Costa Aug. 1, 2016
Revd Professor Michael Jonathan Reiss Sept. 20, 2011