THE V&A FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Foundation, as set out in its Memorandum and Articles are for the benefit of the public, to further, in so manner as the Trustees see fit, all or any of the objects from time to time of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £8.3m against a stated policy target of £10,000, indicating a significant surplus. The trustees confirm the financial position remains strong, supported by investment returns, giving them confidence to continue making distributions and delivering on charitable objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07788681

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCLAIN, Helle Elisabeth Skov — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• MCLAIN, Bruce Hardy — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• SHAFIK, Nemat, Baroness — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• BUFFINI, Deborah Si Yin, Lady — director, appointed 07/05/2024on trustee list
• HOGEL, Catherine Colburn, Dr — director, appointed 07/05/2024on trustee list
• SILVER, Caroline Louise — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Peter John Marsden — director, appointed 29/10/2019on trustee list
• ACTON, Heather Jane — director, appointed 29/10/2019on trustee list
• HOCHHAUSER KC, Andrew Romain — director, appointed 29/10/2019not on trustee list
• MISQUITTA, Anthony Laurence — secretary, appointed 14/04/2016

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~79.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hochhauser KC · trustee of 2 other charities
• Baroness Nemat Shafik · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bruce Hardy McLain
• Caroline Louise Silver
• Dr Catherine Colburn Hogel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Heather Jane Acton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helle Elisabeth Skov McLain
• Lady Deborah Si Yin Buffini
• Peter John Marsden Williams
• Russell Guy Charles Stewart Elvidge

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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

• THE VARDY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION income £337k
• THE VTCT FOUNDATION income £111k
• THE BRITISH MUSEUM FRIENDS income £6.9m
• THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION income £9.2m
• THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION income £869k

Side by side with its peers

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