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The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is a registered charity (number 251988) based in London, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £96m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £96m (2025)
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Tanzania, United States and more
- Website
- www.gatsby.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£96m£144m
- 2024£61m£82m
- 2023£90m£156m
Earlier years
- 2022£143m£82m
- 2021£60m£62m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FOR OR TOWARDS ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE OR OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM PROPER.
Grants given
227 grants · £386,645,758 total360Giving 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 recipients
- The Sainsbury Laboratory · £67,501,000 (7 grants)
- Institute for Government · £43,944,177 (17 grants)
- University College London - Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits & Behaviour · £37,150,276 (8 grants)
- University of East Anglia - Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA) · £30,617,052 (24 grants)
- Royal Shakespeare Company · £25,577,500 (10 grants)
Most recent
- Imperial College London
- True Colours Trust
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2024
- Judith Susan Portrait
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2014
- Lucy Anya Sainsbury since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Joseph Christopher Burns since 2014
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
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.
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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 100.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 251988
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 17TH MARCH 1967.
- Contact on the register
- 02074100330 · info@gatsby.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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