The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Watts Gallery Trust

Registered charity 313612 Registered since 1967

Operates: Surrey

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1.6y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Education/training 8

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 10Health and social care 3Retail and trade 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£2.8m 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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.4 in 2021

88 from 73 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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.wattsgallery.org.uk
Emailinfo@wattsgallery.org.uk
Phone01483810235
AddressWatts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, GUILDFORD, GU3 1DQ

Finances

£2,812,273 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,950,893£2,881,148
2022£2,660,246£3,245,571
2023£2,562,395£3,150,402
2024£2,586,872£3,074,413
2025£2,812,273£3,382,095

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATTS ART GALLERY;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ART;3.TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE WATTS ART GALLERY, ITS GROUNDS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH GEORGE FREDERIC AND MARY WATTS AS BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST (THE “OBJECTS”).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 MAR 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 JUN 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Watts Gallery Trust · 06147572 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/03/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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