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The Freud Museum London

The purposes of the Charity (‘the Objects’) are: 4.1.1 to maintain, operate and improve a museum to collect, safeguard and make accessible books, art works, artefacts and other items connected with Sigmund Freud’s life, his work, his family (in...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £797k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Camden
Website
www.freud.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Freud Museum London
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£797k£856k
  • 2024£864k£725k
  • 2023£732k£775k
Earlier years
  • 2022£630k£665k
  • 2021£651k£542k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The purposes of the Charity (‘the Objects’) are: 4.1.1 to maintain, operate and improve a museum to collect, safeguard and make accessible books, art works, artefacts and other items connected with Sigmund Freud’s life, his work, his family (in particular his daughter Anna Freud) and with the history of psychoanalysis at the property located at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX) or such other property as may from time to time be required or expedient ('the Premises') and to provide access to the Premises to the public so that they can explore the Museum and its collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment; 4.1.2 to advance the appreciation of the architectural and historical nature of the Premises located at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX and its significance as the final home of Sigmund and Anna Freud; 4.1.3 to promote, encourage, improve, research and publish, advance and disseminate knowledge and appreciation of the life, work, medical, psychoanalytic and other scientific activities of Sigmund Freud and to stimulate interest in his intellectual and cultural legacy and awareness of the relevance of his ideas to contemporary society;4.1.4 to discover, assemble, and collect published material, manuscripts, photographs, information and articles of whatever kind relating to the life, work, medical, psychoanalytic and other scientific activities of Sigmund and Anna Freud, and to ensure their preservation for the benefit of the public.

Grants received

1 grant · £4,890 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.

8 trustees on the board

6.4y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 8Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 8Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 2

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£797k 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.3 in 2021

20 from 18 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
1112854
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED 14 FEBRUARY 2006 as amended on 21 Nov 2017 as amended on 17 Nov 2020 as amended on 10 Feb 2025
Companies House
Company number 05467415 · Active
Contact on the register
02074352002 · info@freud.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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