TOWNER
Registered charity 1156762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Towner is an award winning art gallery, showcasing artists of national and international significance and presenting works from their acclaimed collection. They place learning and a commitment to access at the very heart of everything they do, delivering a year long programme of exhibitions, learning and participation activities for all ages and all backgrounds.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total reserves increased to £6,220,662, with unrestricted free reserves of £1,115,703 meeting the charity's six-month operating reserve policy. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by a net income of £913,169 and sufficient cash resources to meet financial commitments.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of staff whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was 2” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“The policy requires that the charity’s core activity, funded through the unrestricted reserve, could continue for six months during a period of unforeseen difficulty” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee M Barrett sits on the Board of the Nest Corporation, the defined contribution pension scheme used by Towner.
“Trustee, Mrs M Barrett is also on the Board of the Nest Corporation which is the defined contribution pension scheme used by Towner under autoenrolment.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Towner Enterprises Limited
“The charity controls Towner Enterprises Limited, which is incorporated in England, by virtue of holding 100% of its £1 equity share capital.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sara Cooper — Head of Exhibitions and Collections (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£182k
Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Catherine Susan Wood
- Dr Caroline Lucas · trustee of 1 other charity
- Flavia Cahn
- GYR KING · trustee of 2 other charities
- Jane Elizabeth Lamb
- Jonathan Paul Smales
- Margaret Bannister
- Maya Leach
- Myfanwy Barrett
- Stephen Welton CBE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TOWNER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves increased to £6,220,662, with unrestricted free reserves of £1,115,703 meeting the charity's six-month operating reserve policy. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by a net income of £913,169 and sufficient cash resources to meet financial commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds TOWNER?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TOWNER as a grant recipient include DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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