Registered charity · London
The Elephant Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £78k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Benjamin CookChair · since 2008
- Antony William Roland PenroseTrustee · since 2002
- David MusgraveTrustee · since 2015
- Elizabeth Carey-ThomasTrustee · since 2009
- Ghislaine Charlotte Eva LeungTrustee · since 2019
- Janice KerbelTrustee · since 2015
- Larry AchiampongTrustee · since 2019
- Melissa GronlundTrustee · since 2021
- Oliver BascianoTrustee · since 2015
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.elephanttrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£78k£131k
- 2024£79k£159k
- 2023£69k£158k
Earlier years
- 2022£180k£145k
- 2021£86k£123k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS AND TO DEVELOP ARTISTIC TASTE AND THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE FINE ARTS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Cook Chair since 2008
- Antony William Roland Penrose since 2002
- David Musgrave since 2015
- Elizabeth Carey-Thomas since 2009
- Ghislaine Charlotte Eva Leung since 2019
- Janice Kerbel since 2015
- Larry Achiampong since 2019
- Melissa Gronlund since 2021
- Oliver Basciano since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin Cook Chair since 2008
- Antony William Roland Penrose since 2002
- David Musgrave since 2015
- Elizabeth Carey-Thomas since 2009
- Ghislaine Charlotte Eva Leung since 2019
- Janice Kerbel since 2015
- Larry Achiampong since 2019
- Oliver Basciano since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Benjamin Cook Chair since 2008
- Antony William Roland Penrose since 2002
- David Musgrave since 2015
- Elizabeth Carey-Thomas since 2009
- Ghislaine Charlotte Eva Leung since 2019
- Janice Kerbel since 2015
- Larry Achiampong since 2019
- Oliver Basciano since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Melissa Gronlund since 2021
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
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 269615
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 20TH AUGUST 1975
- Contact on the register
- 0000000000 · enquiries@elephanttrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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