THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM ENDOWMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1154932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE TRUST IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AT THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OF ARTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO SUPPORT FOR GENERAL UPKEEP, TEACHING, RESEARCH AND THE FACILITATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS.

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

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

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £12,193,970, comprising unrestricted, designated, and restricted funds. The trustees report that free cash stood at £482,451, which they aim to maintain to cover annual donations and governance costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord James Roger Crompton Lupton CBEchair
• Dr Alexander John Sturgis · trustee of 3 other charities
• LORD ANDREW SIMON FELDMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Bruce Kay
• Professor Irene Mary Carmel Tracey CBE

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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