The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 270585 Registered since 1977

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.6y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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 4Tech and media 3Business services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£107k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.artistsfuturesfund.org
Emailinfo@artistsfuturesfund.org
Phone07950111012
AddressArtists Futures Fund, PO Box 1033, ALTRINCHAM, WA15 9WR

Finances

£106,756 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£40,799£164,602
2022£23,845£88,337
2023£894,451£48,067
2024£109,400£136,734
2025£106,756£189,735

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF IN NEED OF ARTISTS, THEIR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND ORPHANS, INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE NEEDS ARISE BY HAVING A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 2ND AUGUST 1827, SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 1926 AND 13TH OCTOBER 2004, SCHEME DATED 1ST FEBRUARY 2005 AND BYE-LAWS AS AMENDED 22ND JUNE 1993 AND 11TH APRIL 2000 AS AMENDED ON 23 AUG 2023 as amended on 07 Jun 2024 as amended on 07 Jun 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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