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The Ampersand Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £724k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.theampersandfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Ampersand Foundation
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£724k£734k
- 2024£726k£1.0m
- 2023£5.5m£430k
Earlier years
- 2022£599k£571k
- 2021£432k£456k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN ALL FORMS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- John Alexander Kirkland Chair since 2015
- Alastair David Sooke since 2017
- Simon LEO Conway since 2015
- Samuel David Zebedee Thorne since 2023
- Thiago Arruda DE Carvalho since 2016
- Victoria May Siddall since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- John Alexander Kirkland Chair since 2015
- Alastair David Sooke since 2017
- Simon LEO Conway since 2015
- Thiago Arruda DE Carvalho since 2016
- Victoria May Siddall since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- John Alexander Kirkland Chair since 2015
- Alastair David Sooke since 2017
- Simon LEO Conway since 2015
- Samuel David Zebedee Thorne since 2023
- Thiago Arruda DE Carvalho since 2016
- Victoria May Siddall since 2020
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 103.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1167018
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 OCT 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 NOV 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 09850522 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01429234414 · info@theampersandfoundation.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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