DITCHLING MUSEUM OF ART + CRAFT

Registered charity 1126970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DITCHLING MUSEUM TRUST

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a deficit of £19,615, attributing this to unsuccessful grant bids and reliance on earned income. Per the Trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £690,395, which is significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £60,000. The Trustees note that first-quarter results for the following year indicate a strong recovery with visitor numbers and earned income significantly higher than the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~43.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (37% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Charles Tibble
• Gavin Ambrose
• Mathew Stuart Clayton
• Nathaniel Timothy Hepburn · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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