Brading Roman Villa Trust

Registered charity 1128326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OGLANDER ROMAN TRUST

TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE SITE OF BRADING ROMAN VILLA. THE VILLA IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MARITIME COURTYARD VILLA WITH IN SITU MOSAICS OF THE 3RD CENTURY. IT IS AN ANCIENT SCHEDULED MONUMENT AND GRADE 1 LISTED BUILDING SET IN AN AREA OF OUSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT. THE MISSION OF THE TRUST IS TO CONSERVE AND DEVELOP THE VILLA SITE.

Objects

FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE TRUST THE PRIMARY OBJECTS SHALL BE:I THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT OF ANY BUILDING OR BUILDINGS OF A NATIONAL HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE SITUATED ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT INCLUDING ANY ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AS SHALL OR MAY AT ANY TIME BE VESTED IN THE TRUST OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE TRUST SHALL HAVE ANY INTERESTII THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ANY AMENITY OR OTHER LAND SITUATED ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT AS SHALL OR MAY AT ANY TIME BE VESTED IN THE TRUST OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE TRUST SHALL HAVE ANY INTEREST AND WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SUCH BUILDING OR BUILDINGS WHERE SUCH LAND IS OF SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL OR SILVICULTURAL INTERESTIII THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ALL FURNITURE PICTURES HISTORIC RECORDS BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS MONUMENTS ARMOUR PORCELAIN SILVER AND GOLD OBJETS D'ART ARTEFACTS REMAINS AND OTHER CHATTELS OR ITEMS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH OR DISPLAYED IN ANY SUCH BUILDING OR BUILDINGSIV THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO AND THE STUDY OF SUCH BUILDINGS LAND FURNITURE PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS OR ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLICV THE CREATION MAINTENANCE AND FUNDING OF GRANTS BURSARIES SCHOLARSHIPS PRIZES AND REWARDS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF SUCH BUILDINGS LAND AND FURNITURE PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS OR ITEMS AND FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES GENERALLYVI THE APPLICATION OF INCOME AND CAPITAL TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £96,140 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £241,296 to £195,185. The trustees consider the available funds sufficient to continue normal trading on a going concern basis. The charity is reliant on visitor income and retail sales, which have been impacted by rising energy costs and a drop in national visitor numbers.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brading Roman Villa (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aidan Hugh Talbott
• Alexander Guy Campbell Ross
• Dr Angela Buckley
• Dr Louise Revell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Sarah Jane Kitching
• Graham Ashley Graham Ashley Cooper
• Jessica Suzanne Garbett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martyn Meirion Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Ramsay Edmonds
• Nicholas Robert Woodifield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oliver Azubuike Enwonwu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Michael Gordon Fulford · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sara Arabella Janson
• Stephen Richard Derrick Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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