GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1170048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE, GHS

Gainsborough's House aim is to promote the wider knowledge, apprecaition and enjoyment of the art of Thomas Gainsborough within the context of the eighteenth century and the inspiration of the Suffolk landscape and to preserve and enhance Gainsborough's House and its collections for the benefit of present and future generations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE:1. FOR PRESERVING GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE AS A MEMORIAL TO THE PAINTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH RA;2. FOR ADAPTING GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE AS AN ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM WITH SPACE FOR MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS OR OTHERWISE;3. FOR COLLECTING WORKS BY THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH RA AND ARTEFACTS RELATED TO HIM AND WORKS BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES, EAST ANGLIAN ARTISTS AND OTHERWISE (THE “COLLECTION”);4. FOR FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ARTS BY WAY OF LECTURE CLASSES RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT BY THE GOVERNORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE SEX POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total incoming resource of £1,086,811 against total expenditure of £1,356,022, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The trustees confirmed the use of the going concern basis, citing adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Green. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 13/02/2026, 13 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10413978

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

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.

• PROBERT, Penelope Anne — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
• BEVAN, Sally Frances — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• GOOCH, Nicola Daphne — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• HARDIE, James Edward John — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• WARR, Joanne Kathleen — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• RODWELL, Lee — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• WINNER, Calvin Roger — director, appointed 14/05/2024on trustee list
• OFIELD-KERR, Simon Douglas, Professor — director, appointed 18/08/2023on trustee list
• CHANDOS, Arabella Sarah, Viscountess — director, appointed 04/02/2022on trustee list
• HARRIS, Mark — director, appointed 05/06/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 38.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Simon Douglas Ofield-Kerrchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Arabella Sarah Chandos
• Calvin Winner
• JOANNE WARR · trustee of 2 other charities
• James Edward John Hardie
• LEE Rodwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK HARRIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicola Daphne Gooch
• Penelope Probert
• Sally Frances Bevan

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IN GOOD COMPANY LIMITED.

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• SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS income £768k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG) income £44k
• THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £2.5m
• GUILDFORD SHAKESPEARE COMPANY TRUST LTD income £843k

Side by side with its peers

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