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The Hepworth Wakefield

Registered charity 1138117 Registered since 2010

Operates: City Of Wakefield

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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.

10 trustees on the board

1.9y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

10
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 10Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Health and social care 18Finance 14Professional services 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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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£4.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.9 in 2021

73 from 94 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.
38%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hepworthwakefield.org
Emailhello@hepworthwakefield.org
Phone01924247203
AddressThe Hepworth Wakefield, Gallery Walk, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5AW

Finances

£4,236,583 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,695,819£2,788,937
2022£6,253,126£6,285,613
2023£3,626,975£4,073,057
2024£4,188,996£4,606,120
2025£4,236,583£4,628,887

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ART GALLERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD GALLERY WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS;3.TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE CARE, MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OF: THE HEPWORTH ESTATE GIFT AND THE WAKEFIELD ART GALLERY FINE ART & SCULPTURE COLLECTIONS (INC. THE GOTT COLLECTION); AND (A) OTHER COLLECTIONS, GROUPINGS, DISPLAYS OR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FROM ANY OTHER BODY WHICH PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY;4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE AID, ESTABLISHMENT, FUNDING OR SPONSORSHIP OF BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, INSTITUTION, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE BODY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY; AND5. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/12/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/09/2010

Trustees (10)

10trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Hepworth Wakefield · 07113861 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/12/2009

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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