GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE SOCIETY

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2016

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£416k
Reserves (reported)
£737k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2023£2.0m£2.2m
31/03/2022£3.7m£3.3m
31/03/2021£3.1m£2.8m

Common questions

Who funds GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE LINBURY TRUST, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/12/2023£245k"Gainsborough's House: Facing the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2017£550k"GainsboroughÂ’s Legacy: Securing GainsboroughÂ’s House and the heritage of Thomas Gainsborough for future generations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/09/2016£6.0m"Reviving an ArtistÂ’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/12/2005£5k"Responding To Demand, Charity To Improve Its Ability To Make More Frequent, And Improved, Presentations And To Offer Inter-Active Exhibition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/06/2004£417k"Gainsborough's House Renovation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/07/2003£5k"House Organising A Learning Week (13th Sept) Designed To Introduce The Local Community To Learning Opportunities Available."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/1998£69k"Gainsborough, Descent from the Cross - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/09/1996£87k"Gainsborough's 'Study of the Artist's Daughters'"