# COLLECTIONS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 273984
- **Other names:** M D A (EUROPE), THE MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 26, 1977
- **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=273984


## Contact

- **Address:** Rutland House, 23-25 Friar Lane, Leicester
- **Postcode:** LE1 5QQ
- **Phone:** 0330 179 8385
- **Email:** office@collectionstrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.collectionstrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSEUMS AND SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS BY ALL APPROPRIATE METHODS.

**Activities:** The Collections Trust is the UK's independent organisation for cultural collections.   We campaign for the public right to access and engage with collections.We do this by:-Promoting best practiceEncouraging InnovationRepresenting the interests of the sector

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £535092 | £480271 | £253511 | 6 |
| March 31, 2024 | £452150 | £378465 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £372301 | £364906 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £379642 | £362953 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £359825 | £340810 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Chante St Clair Inglis — appointed Dec. 11, 2023
- Dr Aruna Bhaugeerutty — appointed May 30, 2022
- Dr Christopher Robert Wingfield — appointed March 10, 2025
- Jack Daniel Kirby — appointed March 10, 2025
- KATHRYN ANNE HUNTER — appointed March 10, 2025
- Laura Pye — appointed Dec. 11, 2023
- Natalie Golding — appointed May 30, 2022
- Paul Anthony Stevenson — appointed May 2, 2019
- Paula Loreto Granados Garcia — appointed March 26, 2026
- Robert Bending — appointed July 25, 2024
- Ruth Margaret McKew — appointed March 26, 2026
- Ruth Sloss — appointed May 30, 2022
- Samantha Johnson — appointed May 30, 2022