GILBERT TRUST FOR THE ARTS

Registered charity 1055853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATHER TRUST FOR THE ARTS

To act as guardian of the Gilbert collection, ensure its continued safekeeping and display the collection to the public.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Gilbert Trust for the Arts holds total net assets of £53,974,034, derived primarily from an investment portfolio valued at £12,970,409 and heritage assets valued at £40,152,328. The charity reported a net income of £513,623 for the year, supported by investment gains, while maintaining a reserves policy that deems it unnecessary to hold free reserves given its endowment structure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Tristram Hunt — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Adobe Foundation — “At the Adobe Foundation, we believe creativity is a powerful force for connection, learning, and change. For the next generation of creators…” (source page)
• Manolo Blahnik — “We were delighted to sponsor the Marie Antoinette Style exhibition at the V&A - to have the opportunity to put Manolo Blahnik’s name, alongs…” (source page)
• Access Industries — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries” (source page)
• Bicester Village — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries Bicester …” (source page)
• Christie's — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries Bicester …” (source page)
• Imperial Health Charity — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries Bicester …” (source page)
• JATO Dynamics — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries Bicester …” (source page)
• Toshiba — “The V&A would like to thank our current Corporate Members for their support: Corporate Patrons Corporate Members Access Industries Bicester …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Baroness Nemat Shafik · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Tristram Julian William Hunt
• Erica Boyer
• Helen Caroline Nylsalie Jacobsen
• MARTIN BLANK JUNIOR
• MR NICK HOFFMAN
• MR ZIMAN
• Martin Levy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Melissa Eileen Buron · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GILBERT AND GEORGE CENTRE.

• THE GILBERT AND GEORGE CENTRE income £129k
• The John Gurney Charitable Trust income £182k
• ART WORKERS' GUILD TRUSTEES LTD income £442k
• THE NATIONAL GALLERY TRUST income £8.4m
• HARLOW ART TRUST income £490k
• THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.