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The Gordon Russell Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £65k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.gordonrusselldesignmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£65k£59k
  • 2024£78k£81k
  • 2023£85k£90k
Earlier years
  • 2022£80k£93k
  • 2021£80k£78k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING THE COLLECTION OF FURNITURE, CRAFTS MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS, PAPERS, JOURNALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS MADE BY THE LATE SIR SYDNEY GORDON RUSSELL AND LADY CONSTANCE ELIZABETH JANE VERE RUSSELL AND THAT SOME OR ALL OF THE TRUST CHATTELS ARE LISTED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE AND TO DISPLAY OR TO ARRANGE FOR THE DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC OF SUCH ITEMS AS ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OF HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC OR ARTISTIC IMPORTANCE.

Grants received

4 grants · £493,800 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £493,800 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £20,1002020-06-29
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £17,6002009-03-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £434,0002005-12-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £22,1002004-10-08
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

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Other services 1Retail and trade 1

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£65k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
326446
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17 OCTOBER 1983 as amended on 26 May 2021
Contact on the register
01386 854695 · manager@gordonrusselldesignmuseum.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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