Gilbert Trust for the Arts

Registered charity 1055853 Registered since 1996

Operates: Kensington And Chelsea

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

6.1y median 7y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.3y

average years in governance

6 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 11Education 4Retail and trade 2

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The Pugin Society 1 shared trustee
The V&A Foundation 1 shared trustee
The William Morris Gallery Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The William Morris Gallery Trust 1 shared trustee
The V&A Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Pugin Society 1 shared trustee
Gwent Ballet Theatre Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
Theatre DE Complicite Education Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Radlett Centre Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	www.vam.ac.uk
Email	gilbertcollection@vam.ac.uk
Phone	02079422771
Address	VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW7 2RL

Finances

£1,141,912 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£516	£361,525
2022	£929	£920,851
2023	£42	£309,661
2024	£213,284	£497,409
2025	£1,141,912	£662,402

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT ART AND ARTISTIC WORKS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE WORKS OF ART ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY BY EXHIBITION AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS, BY PREPARATION OF CATALOGUES AND INVENTORIES, BY RESEARCH AND BY PUBLICATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS ARE APPROPRIATE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 NOVEMBER 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 DECEMBER 2007 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 JULY 2009 as amended on 26 Sep 2018

Trustees (9)

9trustees

52median age

1aged 70+

Baroness Nemat Shafik since 2025
Dr Tristram Julian William Huntage 52 since 2017
Erica Boyerage 49 since 2019
Helen Caroline Nylsalie Jacobsenage 63 since 2023
Martin Blank Junior since 2012
MR Nick Hoffman
MR Ziman
Martin Levyage 72 since 2019
Melissa Eileen Buronage 43 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Gilbert Trust for the Arts · 03127226 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/11/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

The Pugin Society 1 shared trustee
The William Morris Gallery Trust 1 shared trustee
The V&A Foundation 1 shared trustee

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