The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Gallery Trust

Registered charity 299509 Registered since 1988

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Environment/conservation/heritage 2Education/training 1Recreation 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 5Education 5Business services 2

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£8.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

59.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 100.8 in 2021

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Emailvictoria.hayes@ng-london.org.uk
Phone02077472436
AddressC/O THE NATIONAL GALLERY, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, WC2N 5DN

Finances

£8,423,328 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,171,031£5,592,900
2022£7,126,391£7,461,326
2023£6,261,058£4,042,337
2024£7,927,658£19,760,618
2025£8,423,328£11,478,175

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 27TH APRIL 1988

Trustees (7)

7trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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