# DITCHLING MUSEUM OF ART + CRAFT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126970
- **Other names:** DITCHLING MUSEUM TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 2008
- **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=1126970


## Contact

- **Address:** Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, HASSOCKS
- **Postcode:** BN6 8SP
- **Phone:** 01273844744
- **Email:** enquiries@ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1  A TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM IN DITCHLING;    B TO FORM ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT AND TO AID IN THE FORMATION ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, TRUSTS OR SOCIETIES FORMED FOR OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE.2 TO PROMOTE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN DITCHLING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

**Activities:** The objectives of Ditchling Museum are to actively collect, conserve, record, research and make publicly available original material essential to understanding the story and historical context of the artists and craftworkers who lived and worked in the area since 1900. These are to be achieved through the acquisition, organisation, preservation and interpretation of relevant and related objects.

**Area of benefit:** DITCHLING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £576875 | £596490 | £2167000 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £449180 | £563485 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £343977 | £521504 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £363006 | £404451 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £439858 | £382973 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Charles Tibble — appointed April 8, 2026
- Gavin Ambrose — appointed Dec. 10, 2019
- Isilda Pereira Almeida — appointed June 9, 2022
- Joanna May Myles — appointed Sept. 14, 2023
- Mathew Stuart Clayton — appointed Sept. 14, 2023
- Nathaniel Timothy Hepburn — appointed April 8, 2026