# The Kimmeridge Trust

## Details

- **Company number:** [05140821](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05140821)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- **Incorporated:** 28 May 2004
- **Registered office:** THE ETCHES COLLECTION, KIMMERIDGE, WAREHAM, BH20 5PE
- **Nature of business:** [85520](/sic/85520) Cultural education, [91020](/sic/91020) Museums activities


## Previous names

- Museum Of Jurassic Marine Life (until 27 Jun 2012)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTLE, Gary Maurice | director | 18 Oct 2024 |  |
| PENNINGTON, Timothy Lincoln | director | 3 Dec 2023 |  |
| VEARNCOMBE, Robert John | director | 21 Oct 2022 |  |
| EARWICKER, Stephen Charles, Dr | director | 21 Oct 2022 |  |
| LAMBERT, Richard Peter, Sir | director | 21 Oct 2022 |  |
| CLARKE, Rosemary Gabrielle | director | 1 Apr 2022 |  |
| FORD, Nick John | director | 1 Feb 2021 |  |
| MARSHALL, John Edward Alan, Professor | director | 17 Aug 2017 |  |
| FREWIN, Neil Langley, Dr | director | 17 Aug 2017 |  |
| SHEPPARD, Peter John | director | 13 Aug 2020 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| PENNINGTON, Timothy Lincoln | director | 9 Dec 2022 | 16 Aug 2026 |
| PENNINGTON, Timothy Lincoln | director | 9 Dec 2022 | 24 Oct 2025 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viscountes Penelope Ann Cobham | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 16 Feb 2022 | 4 Oct 2022 |
| Dr Andrew Racey | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 24 May 2018 | 30 Oct 2021 |
| Mr Richard Henry Bond | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2 Jun 2016 | 24 May 2018 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £548,492 | £453,382 | 10 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £70,721 | £24,342 | 10 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £87,755 | £60,773 | 10 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £189,123 | £130,163 | 7 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £247,969 | £219,143 | 7 |





## Directors' other companies

- [SUTTLE, Gary Maurice](/person/7055385) - director at [Swanage Pier Trust(the)](/company/01848357)