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Somerset House Trust

Somerset House Trust is a registered charity (number 1063640) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Baroness Gail Ruth Rebuck since 2022. Latest income £25m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:a. To advance education particularly (but not exclusively) with reference to the arts and culture and by the provision of a centre for the arts and culture in Somerset House in London;b. To...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £25m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.somersethouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Somerset House Trust
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25m£27m
  • 2024£26m£25m
  • 2023£21m£23m
Earlier years
  • 2022£17m£18m
  • 2021£12m£13m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:a. To advance education particularly (but not exclusively) with reference to the arts and culture and by the provision of a centre for the arts and culture in Somerset House in London;b. To advance the arts and culture particularly (but not exclusively) through the promotion, production and encouragement of all art forms, facilitating and increasing access to and participation in all art forms, both generally and for underrepresented groups; and c. To preserve, restore, maintain, improve and facilitate public access to the historic building known as Somerset House in London WC2 as an example of English national heritage.

Grants received

11 grants · £12,473,299 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

12
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 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13

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

Property 46Professional services 17Finance 13

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£25.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.9 in 2021

125 from 84 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1063640
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH JUNE 1997, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 24TH APRIL 1998, 17TH SEPTEMBER 1998, 20TH AUGUST 2002 AND 17 SEPTEMBER 2003.NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 SEP 2020 as amended on 30 May 2025
Companies House
Company number 03388137 · Active
Contact on the register
02078454670 · CoSec@somersethouse.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
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