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Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust
Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust is a registered charity (number 312872) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Heatherley's, Heatherleys, The Heatherley School of Fine Art (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Christopher PennTrustee · since 2022
- Frances ChristieTrustee · since 2023
- John EagleTrustee · since 2020
- Lord Nicolas GageTrustee · since 2020
- Murray George ShanksTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Sue TimneyTrustee · since 2026
- Rachel ParkerTrustee · since 2024
- Richard SharpTrustee · since 2016
- Robert Smith LeightonTrustee · since 2023
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
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Website
- www.heatherleys.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.3m
- 2024£1.2m£1.3m
- 2023£1.2m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.2m
- 2021£932k£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Penn since 2022
- Frances Christie since 2023
- John Eagle since 2020
- Lord Nicolas Gage since 2020
- Murray George Shanks since 2023
- Professor Sue Timney since 2026
- Richard Sharp since 2016
- Rachel Parker since 2024
- Robert Smith Leighton since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- John Eagle since 2020
- Lord Nicolas Gage since 2020
- Richard Sharp since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher Penn since 2022
- John Eagle since 2020
- Lord Nicolas Gage since 2020
- Professor Sue Timney since 2026
- Richard Sharp since 2016
- Rachel Parker since 2024
- Robert Smith Leighton since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Frances Christie since 2023
- Murray George Shanks since 2023
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
7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 312872
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 APR 1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 DEC 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUN 1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUL 1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 FEB 1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 OCT 1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 APR 2014 as amended on 01 Aug 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 00977615 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7351 4190 · info@heatherleys.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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