Registered charity · London
The Photographers' Gallery LTD
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Amanda GrayTrustee · since 2024
- Andrew SimpkinTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Rima Nasser-FerrisTrustee · since 2025
- KAY WatsonTrustee · since 2022
- Laura El-TantawyTrustee · since 2024
- Monica AllendeTrustee · since 2024
- Polly BarnesTrustee · since 2022
- Rapheal Biosse DuplanTrustee · since 2024
- Taja Imani Lewis BoodieTrustee · since 2024
- Talitha Amy Thomas -KellyTrustee · since 2024
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Photographers' Gallery Limited
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.3m£4.6m
- 2024£4.3m£4.5m
- 2023£4.3m£4.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.5m£3.5m
- 2021£3.7m£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART-FORM AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND USES OF IT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: * PROGRAMMING EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS THAT EXPLORE THE HISTORY, PRACTICE AND EVOLUTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIUM AND ITS VALUE TO SOCIETY; * IDENTIFYING AND EXHIBITING THE WORK OF NEW AND ESTABLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS AND NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY THAT RESPONDS TO THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE MEDIUM; * ORGANISING TALKS AND EVENTS, COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TO SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE, EXCHANGE AND APPRECIATION; * PRESERVING THE CHARITY'S ASSETS INCLUDING ITS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND MAKING THEM PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
Grants received
12 grants · £1,152,176 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 funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £918,867
- John Lyon's Charity · £177,860 (3 grants)
- The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art · £29,849 (4 grants)
- Fenton Arts Trust · £10,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,800
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Andrew Simpkin since 2025
- Amanda Gray since 2024
- Dr Rima Nasser-Ferris since 2025
- KAY Watson since 2022
- Laura El-Tantawy since 2024
- Monica Allende since 2024
- Polly Barnes since 2022
- Rapheal Biosse Duplan since 2024
- Taja Imani Lewis Boodie since 2024
- Talitha Amy Thomas -Kelly since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andrew Simpkin since 2025
- Amanda Gray since 2024
- Dr Rima Nasser-Ferris since 2025
- KAY Watson since 2022
- Laura El-Tantawy since 2024
- Monica Allende since 2024
- Polly Barnes since 2022
- Rapheal Biosse Duplan since 2024
- Taja Imani Lewis Boodie since 2024
- Talitha Amy Thomas -Kelly since 2024
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
2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 262548
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/08/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 MAR 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00986208 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02070879318 · Kadiatu.songu@tpg.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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