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The Thomas Layton Collection

The Thomas Layton Collection is a registered charity (number 801711) based in Hounslow, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Prof. James Wisdom since 2012. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as The Layton Memorial and Museum Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £7k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hounslow
Website
www.thomaslayton.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£2k
  • 2024£7k£4k
  • 2023£7k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£4k
  • 2021£4k£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLICE IN THE OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE BY THE PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS, SPECIMENS, BOOKS AND PRINTS OF ANTIGUITY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE AND THE EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENT, CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SAID COLLECTION.

Grants received

2 grants · £105,400 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 · £105,400 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £55,9002015-03-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,5002004-03-31
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

5.9y median 3.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 7Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 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 3Education 3Health and social care 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
801711
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE 4TH OCTOBER 1985
Contact on the register
02085832067 · info@thomaslayton.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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