ARMITT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CENTRE

Registered charity 1054762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMITT GALLERY MUSEUM & LIBRARY, THE LAKES DISCOVERY MUSEUM AT THE ARMITT

Latest income

£162k

Latest spending

£136k

Registered

1996

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

ANTHONY LONTON
Christopher Charles Blackhurst
Dr Penelope Joyce Bradshaw
Peter Robert Lansberry · trustee of 1 other charity
Sir Christopher James Scott BT · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Robert William Cowen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£162k	£136k
31/03/2024	£98k	£136k
31/03/2023	£120k	£121k
31/03/2022	£159k	£115k
31/12/2020	£110k	£74k

Common questions

Who funds ARMITT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARMITT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CENTRE as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS, NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	FY2023	£4k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	FY2021	£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/07/2003	£5k	"This Organisation Acquires, Preserves, Documents And Records The Material Evidence Relating To The History Of Ambleside And The Surrounding"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/02/1999	£35k	"New Armitt, The Next Steps"