The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Arts Foundation

Registered charity 1000001 Registered since 1990

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

5.3y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9General Charitable Purposes 2Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 16Finance 7Tech and media 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£80k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.artsfoundation.co.uk
Emailinfo@artsfoundation.co.uk
Phone07969029656
AddressThe Arts Foundation, c/o Adding Value Accountants, Studio 6, The Bluecoat, School Lane, LIVERPOO

Finances

£80,362 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£204,079£138,278
2022£47,963£133,123
2023£351,808£194,748
2024£109,172£188,575
2025£80,362£211,517

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC PROJECTS OF AN INNOVATIVE OR EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OR BY YOUNG PEOPLE

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 JUL 1990AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 04 MAY 1995AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 05 DEC 2020AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13 OCT 2004 as amended on 09 Sept 2008 as amended on 19 Feb 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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