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Registered charity · London

The V&A Foundation

The V&A Foundation is a registered charity (number 1144508) based in London, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £251k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

The objects of the Foundation are for the benefit of the public, to further, in such manner as the Trustees of the Foundation see fit, all or any of the objects from time to time of the V&A and art, design and performance throughout the world in any...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £251k (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 England And Wales
Linked company
The V&A Foundation
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£251k£1.3m
  • 2024£93k£827k
  • 2023£20m£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.1m£903k
  • 2021£137k£459k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Foundation are for the benefit of the public, to further, in such manner as the Trustees of the Foundation see fit, all or any of the objects from time to time of the V&A and art, design and performance throughout the world in any manner incidental, conducive to or compatible with the charitable objects of the V&A. The Foundation achieves these objects through the award of grants.

Grants received

31 grants · £11,041,656 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.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,529,500 (6 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £3,250,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £750,000
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £485,009
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £431,734 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £76,7882024-07-08
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero £485,0092024-03-06
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £121,6502024-02-13
  • SHAREGIFT £2,0002023-07-11
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £750,0002023-03-09
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.

3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

8
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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 13Construction 8Finance 7

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£251k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1144508
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 SEP 2011 as amended on 03 Nov 2016 as amended on 24 Apr 2023
Companies House
Company number 07788681 · Active
Contact on the register
02079422771 · a.misquitta@vam.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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