Our purpose
The Stradling Collection is an educational charity connecting people with design and creativity through its Collection, using exhibitions, talks and community outreach to engage diverse audiences.
Governance of the Trust
- The Ken Stradling Collection is held in part at 48 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5LH.
- The Trust is governed by a panel of Trustees who meet at least five times a year at 48 Park Row, Bristol; proceedings are recorded in minutes taken by the Administrator and approved by the Trustees. As of November 2022 there eleven Trustees and a quorum of three Trustees is required for a meeting.
- The Trust is managed by two part-time consultant staff: the Curator and the Centre Manager, each of whom report regularly to these meetings.
- The Trust benefits from the advice of a voluntary financial adviser, and its accounts are examined annually and available for public scrutiny.
- The Trust complies fully with the requirements of health and safety, and has a certificate for full public liability that is displayed at 48 Park Row.
- The Collection is fully insured, and the premises at 48 Park Row are protected by an alarm system.
- The Collection is curated to full professional standards, and recorded by a computer system approved by the Museums Association.
Click or tap on the images below to download a PDF of our Annual Report and Accounts.
Annual report and accounts 2024
Annual report and accounts 2023
Annual report and accounts 2022
Annual report and accounts 2021
Trustees
Karen White – CHAIR
Karen is a trained journalist and communications specialist and now runs her own agency focusing on clients in the arts and charity sector. Previously she has worked both in consultancy and in house, latterly running the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for a multinational organisation specialising in weight management and wellness products. She has held a number of Non-Executive board positions, currently including Bristol Museums Development Trust and Pahar Trust Nepal, which builds schools and health facilities in remote areas of the country. Karen started her relationship with the Stradling Collection as a volunteer steward, a role she still fulfils.
Fiona Hallworth – VICE CHAIR
Director of MES, an education consultancy, Fiona has advised governments, corporations, governors, consultants, schools, head teachers, parents and pupils on a wide number of education issues and is now working in education search for the recruitment firm RSAcademics.
A Cambridge graduate, she has worked in: recruitment in a top 30 FTSE company and a leading independent television company; been a senior leader in top independent schools, a governor in primary and secondary schools and an ISI Inspector. Her 30-year consultancy portfolio includes projects for BAE Systems, software companies, the Malaysian Government, Shanghai University, Bristol China Partnership, UKTI and private Preparatory and Secondary Schools. She has worked with pupils and schools in the UK, Europe, Argentina, S. Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, China, Japan, USA and Australia.
She has been a committee member for over 40 years at local, regional, and national levels for charitable organisations in education, the arts, employment, and welfare, which has also involved lots of fundraising.
Currently, an enthusiastic trustee for three Arts organisations in Bristol and alongside all this she has been a passionate geography teacher, avid reader and amateur artist and chef. She has run a small antiques business, director of a ski holiday company and loved being a daughter, wife, and mother!
Peter Dunscombe
After university Peter joined a firm of stockbrokers in the City of London and then in the mid-seventies moved back to Bristol to join the in-house investment management team which managed the Imperial pension fund where he was Joint Managing Director for the last 10 years. After 24 years with Imperial he headed back to London where he managed the investments of the BBC pension fund.
He retired in 2011 but for the next 11 years provided advice to a number of financial institutions. He was a keen sportsman but arthritis now restricts his activities to walking and helping out on his son’s allotment.
Jodie Inkson
Jodie Inkson is founder and creative director of creative agency Fable and avid enthusiast of all things art and design, particularly mid-century furniture and fabric. Jodie’s obsession with typography began at school when she painstakingly hand cut every letter of a project. Climbing the design ranks in London, she formed Wire Sky, now Fable, in 2003, winning multiple awards and a position in Who’s Who. Passionate ambassador of the arts, Jodie believes that art and design exists to be seen – enriching lives and opening opportunities for people. She sees her beloved collection of mid-century chairs as art, not sure whether she prefers sitting on them or looking at them.
Josephine Lanyon
Josephine Lanyon has been producing visual arts projects from the South West for over 25 years, early on as a curator at Arnolfini and then as Director of the agency Picture This specialising in producing and exhibiting artists’ film and now in a freelance capacity. Josephine has worked with a range of artists and organisations including Marcus Coates, Rosalind Nashashibi and John Wood & Paul Harrison and Chisenhale Gallery, Baltic, Venice Biennale and Serlachius, Finland.
Joe Ravenhill
Joe Ravenhill is an established interactive experience designer and currently lectures in interior design at the University of the West of England.
Operational Team:
Lucy Middleweek – Centre Manager
Lucy began her journey with the Collection as a volunteer creating social media content. She was appointed Centre and Programmes Officer in November 2024 and promoted to Centre Manager in March 2025. Her role now focuses on organisational operations, financial oversight, and the development and delivery of the Collection’s programme, alongside marketing and day-to-day centre management. Lucy grew up in South Bristol and has a background in History of Art, with a particular interest in Post-War British art and photography.
Contact: Admin@StradlingCollection.org
Tanya Martin – Curator
Tanya began volunteering at The Stradling Collection in 2016. She later took on the task of updating and managing the Collection’s online catalogue, and in July 2021 she was appointed Curator. In this role, she oversees the care of the Collection, ensuring its preservation for the future, while also organising exhibitions and tours. Trained as an architect and landscape architect, Tanya has a particular interest in Bauhaus and Modernism, ceramics, furniture, and architecture. She is also an accomplished ceramicist, with several exhibitions of her own work, both at The Guild and elsewhere.
Contact: Curator@Stradlingcollection.org
Kila Galvin – Marketing and Engagement Officer
Contact (Marketing): Marketing@StradlingCollection.org
Contact (Engagement): Engagement@StradlingCollection.org
Lisa Malyon – Visitor Services Officer
Lisa was a regular visitor to The Stradling Collection before joining as a Volunteer Steward in October 2024. Appointed Visitor Services Officer in September 2025, she now supports and coordinates volunteers, ensuring they have everything they need to warmly welcome visitors. Lisa moved to Bristol in 2000 and her art practice focuses on drawing and painting the built environment. With a particular love of Modernism and Mid-Century art, design and furniture, working at The Stradling Collection is a natural fit for her.
Contact: Volunteers@Stradlingcollection.org