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The National Gallery Trust
The National Gallery Trust is a registered charity (number 299509) based in London, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £8.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £8.4m (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.4m£11m
- 2024£7.9m£20m
- 2023£6.3m£4.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.1m£7.5m
- 2021£9.2m£5.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
Grants received
8 grants · £10,529,500 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,004,500 (2 grants)
- Rothschild Foundation · £440,000 (4 grants)
- CHK Foundation · £75,000
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew Ross since 2019
- Caroline Thomson since 2019
- Charles Sebag-Montefiore CBE since 2022
- David Symondson since 2024
- Isabel Emo Capodilista since 2021
- John Booth since 2021
- Katrin Henkel since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Ross since 2019
- Caroline Thomson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Andrew Ross since 2019
- Charles Sebag-Montefiore CBE since 2022
- David Symondson since 2024
- Isabel Emo Capodilista since 2021
- John Booth since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Caroline Thomson since 2019
- Katrin Henkel since 2025
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
59.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 100.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299509
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 27TH APRIL 1988
- Contact on the register
- 02077472436 · victoria.hayes@ng-london.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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