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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is a registered charity (number 1095210) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by John Kampfner since 2019. Latest income £4.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £4.5m (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, Recreation
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.qbcentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.5m£956k
  • 2024£2.5m£911k
  • 2023£1.3m£927k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£707k
  • 2021£1.1m£690k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF LITERARY ILLUSTRATION AND IN PARTICULAR BY OWNING, MANAGING AND OPERATING A MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE DISPLAY AND STUDY OF THE WORKS OF QUENTIN BLAKE AND OTHER LITERARY ILLUSTRATORS AND ASSOCIATED PICTURES, DRAWINGS, SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, WORKS OF LITERATURE, ARTEFACTS, AND OBJECTS D'ART.

Grants received

13 grants · £4,663,302 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.

13 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

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 13Recreation 12Environment/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 21Tech and media 11Finance 5

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

14 from 12 in 2020
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
1095210
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JULY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 AND CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 JULY 2008 AND 15 JUNE 2009. as amended on 08 Nov 2022
Companies House
Company number 04484943 · Active
Contact on the register
020 8150 7100 · info@qbcentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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