TURNER'S HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1111653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDYCOMBE LODGE TRUST

Turners House Trust aims to preserve & conserve Sandycombe Lodge, the Twickenham home that J.M.W. Turner designed for himself, for present & future generations to enjoy. The house is open to visitors, schools and local communities through tours, events and creative activities. Volunteers are at the heart of this, helping us advance education in the arts for public benefit.

Objects

• to advance education in the arts for the benefit of the public by the preservation and conservation of Sandycombe Lodge, 40 Sandycoombe Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 2LR as a monument to the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner and by owning and managing a collection and operating a museum based on works of and related to Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Area of benefit: SANDYCOMBE LODGE, SANDYCOMBE ROAD, TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £8k for the year, with unrestricted reserves of £233k, though the trustees note that operating costs are not fully covered by current income. The trustees report that the level of free reserves at £103k is within their stated policy target range of £75k to £120k. Cash in bank decreased to £115k, and the trustees acknowledge challenges in obtaining sufficient grants and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Turner's House Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Heritage Lottery Fund — “Turner's House thanks the many generous funding organisations who have made the conservation of Sandycombe Lodge possible. The National Heri…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aastha Goyal
• Eva Helena Zedig · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frances Moyle
• Gillian Forrester
• Guy Peppiatt
• Laurie Dupont
• Lucy Littlewood
• Megan Louise Leckie
• Mr Michael Deriaz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Reynolds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Mumford Stockdale
• Rosemary Murray

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

Operates in: Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROUNDHOUSE TRUST.

• THE ROUNDHOUSE TRUST income £16.6m
• TURN END TRUST income £16k
• THE WORCESTER HERITAGE AND AMENITY TRUST LIMITED income £94k
• WYCOMBE HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST income £246k
• TOWNER income £3.6m
• HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m

Side by side with its peers

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