SOMERSET HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1063640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOMERSET HOUSE LIMITED

Latest income
£25.3m
Latest spending
£27.0m
Registered
1997

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income
£25.3m
Total spending
£27.0m
Cost of raising funds
£238k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
125

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£25.3m£27.0m
31/03/2024£25.5m£24.9m
31/03/2023£21.2m£22.6m
31/03/2022£17.0m£17.7m
31/03/2021£11.9m£12.6m

Common questions

Who funds SOMERSET HOUSE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMERSET HOUSE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, AKO FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/2024£245k"Restoring and revealing Somerset House’s Salt Stair and the history of the Salt Tax"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/11/1999£739k"Opening Somerset House - South Building and River Terrace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/1997£10.3m"Somerset House Restoration"