Registered charity · London
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture
- 5 trustees
- Income £350k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: HON and V Trustee LTD.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£350k£400k
- 2024£372k£396k
- 2023£347k£375k
Earlier years
- 2022£334k£357k
- 2021£284k£319k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE PROMOTION OF STUDY INTO RESEARCH AND TEACHING OF THE CULTURE OF JAPAN AND BY ALL MEANS AVAILABLE AT OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE SHALL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF THE SAID PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) FOR ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT NAMELY:(A) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF EMPLOYMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SUCH OFFICIALS OR STAFF(INCLUDING A DIRECTOR AN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR A LIBRARIAN AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL STAFF) AS SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE INSTITUTE (SUCH REQUIREMENTS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD) (B) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF ANY BURSARY RESEARCH GRANT SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTSHIP VISITING OR SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL GRANT OR AWARD (C) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF CONFERENCES LECTURES COURSES SEMINARS OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES HELD CONDUCTED IN OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE (D) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING FURTHER COSTS OF RUNNING THE INSTITUTE NAMELY:(1) THE PURCHASE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR THE INSTITUTE AND THE MAINTENANCE THEREOF (11) DAY TO DAY OFFICE EXPENSES OF THE INSTITUTE ((NOT BEING EXCLUDED COSTS AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) (111) TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION COSTS OR EXPENSES OF STAFF OR OFFICIALS WITHIN THE INSTITUTE AND OF ACADEMIC VISITORS TO THE INSTITUTE SUCH COSTS OR EXPENSES BEING INCURRED WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON BY OR WITHIN THE INSTITUTE (1V) ALL OTHER COSTS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INSTITUTE (E) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF PUBLISHING ANY EDUCATIONAL BOOKS PAPERS JOURNALS OR OTHER WORKS UNDERTAKEN AT OR WITHIN OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE (F) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF MOUNTING ANY SPECIAL EXHIBITION OR EXHIBITIONS IN THE INSTITUTE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANY APPROPRIATE CATALOGUE OR CATALOGUES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (G) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF ESTABLISHING MAINTAINING AND EXTENDING ANY LIBRARY AS MAY BE ESTABLISHED HELD OR MAINTAINED AT THE INSTITUTE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE AND OF PURCHASING OR ACQUIRING ANY BOOKS JOURNALS PERIODICALS PAPERS SLIDES TRANSPARENCIES PHOTOGRAPHS REPRODUCTIONS OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR SUCH LIBRARY (H) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS OF PUBLICISING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE (1) IN DEFRAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS SUCH OTHER OF THE COSTS OF RUNNING THE INSTITUTE INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND RUNNING COSTS OF ANY LINK BETWEEN ANY LIBRARY AS MAY BE ESTABLISHED HELD AND MAINTAINED AT THE INSTITUTE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE AND THE UNIVERSITY MAIN LIBRARY CATALOGUE AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BY THE BOARD AND BETWEEN THE INSTITUTE THE UNIVERSITY AND SOAS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Duncan IAN Callaghan since 2018
- HON and V Trustee LTD since 1998
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2019
- Peter Hesketh since 2018
- Professor David John Maguire since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Duncan IAN Callaghan since 2018
- HON and V Trustee LTD since 1998
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2019
- Peter Hesketh since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (4)
- Duncan IAN Callaghan since 2018
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2019
- Peter Hesketh since 2018
- Professor David John Maguire since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1073416
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 16/12/1998AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 17/07/2012
- Contact on the register
- 02074100330
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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