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Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £372k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: HON and V Trustee LTD.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Norfolk, Japan, United States
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£372k£412k
  • 2024£397k£422k
  • 2023£369k£400k
Earlier years
  • 2022£356k£380k
  • 2021£302k£340k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE PROMOTION OF STUDY INTO RESEARCH AND TEACHING OF NON-WESTERN ART AND BY ALL MEANS AVAILABLE AT OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAINSBURY UNIT FOR NON-WESTERN ART STUDIES. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF TRUST DEED).

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.

5 trustees on the board

5.4y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (5)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 8Other services 4Business services 2

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.

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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£372k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
296041
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 30 DECEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED BY A MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF OCTOBER 1988 FURTHER TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF 12 MARCH 1988.
Contact on the register
02074100330
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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