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Registered charity · London

The Chantrey Bequest

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £10k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.royalacademy.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10k£5k
  • 2024£4k£3k
  • 2023£5k£52k
Earlier years
  • 2022£36£4k
  • 2021£15k£37k
Charitable objects

THE PURCHASE OF WORKS OF FINE ART OF THE HIGHEST MERIT IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE THAT CAN BE OBTAINED EITHER ALREADY EXECUTED OR WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE EXECUTED BY ARTISTS OF ANY NATION PROVIDED SUCH ARTISTS SHALL HAVE ACTUALLY RESIDED IN GREAT BRITAIN DURING THE EXECUTING AND COMPLETING OF SUCH WORKS.

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.

7.5y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 6Education/training 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 3Retail and trade 2Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£10k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
212805
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL PROVED 15TH DEC. 1841, AND SCHEME OF THE 30TH DEC. 1958
Contact on the register
02073008017 · president@royalacademy.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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