The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Registered charity 251988 Registered since 1967
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Tanzania, United States, Cameroon, Kenya, Netherlands, Switzerland
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2024
- Judith Susan Portrait
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2014
- Lucy Anya Sainsbury since 2023
5.7y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2014
23.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Judith Susan Portrait
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2014
- Lucy Anya Sainsbury since 2023
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 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.
Professional services 6Education 5Other services 3
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.
incomespending£95.5m 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.
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 100.6 in 2021
10 from 9 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.
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
- Gatsby Africa 2 shared trustees
- Gatsby Technical Education Projects 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Rest-Harrow Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture 1 shared trustee
- The True Colours Trust 1 shared trustee
- Centre for Cities 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.gatsby.org.uk |
| info@gatsby.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02074100330 |
| Address | THE PEAK, 5 WILTON ROAD, LONDON, SW1V 1AP |
Finances
£95,527,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £60,441,000 | £61,651,000 |
| 2022 | £142,718,000 | £82,130,000 |
| 2023 | £89,696,000 | £156,362,000 |
| 2024 | £61,248,000 | £82,114,000 |
| 2025 | £95,527,000 | £144,407,000 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
TO FOR OR TOWARDS ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE OR OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM PROPER.
Governing document: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 17TH MARCH 1967.
Trustees (4)
4trustees
48median age
1aged 70+
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrinage band 45-49 since 2024
- Judith Susan Portraitage band 80-84
- Joseph Christopher Burnsage band 45-49 since 2014
- Lucy Anya Sainsbury since 2023
Connected charities (12)
- Gatsby Technical Education Projects 2 shared trustees
- Gatsby Africa 2 shared trustees
- The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Ardwick Trust 1 shared trustee
- Pinhas Rutenberg Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- Sainsbury Centre Endowment Fund 1 shared trustee
- Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 1 shared trustee
- The Michael and Anna WIX Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Rest-Harrow Trust 1 shared trustee
- The True Colours Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture 1 shared trustee
- Centre for Cities 1 shared trustee
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