The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

SIR John Soane's Museum

Registered charity 313609 Registered since 1963

Public bodyNDPB-executive · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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.

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Environment/conservation/heritage 12General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 12Tech and media 4Other services 3

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£4.2m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

13.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.1 in 2021

74 from 68 in 2021
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.soane.org
Emailadmin@soane.org.uk
Phone02074404244
AddressSIR JOHN SOANES MUSEUM, 13 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3BP

Finances

£4,221,788 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,733,622£2,705,064
2022£3,228,597£2,827,137
2023£3,943,668£3,475,309
2024£4,018,221£3,582,837
2025£4,221,788£3,960,941

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND WORKS OF ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 01/04/1969AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 24/05/1996AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11/11/2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 17/10/2011 as amended on 19 Nov 2021 as amended on 25 Jul 2022

Trustees (14)

14trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

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