THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE MAIN CHARITABLE ACTIVITY IS TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE THE PUBLICATION OF THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEBSITES, PRIMARILY BY RAISING FUNDS AND INVESTING THE SAME FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING AN INVESTMENT FUND TO PROVIDE LONG TERM FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE; THEREAFTER TO SUPPORT ITS ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES IN THE ART HISTORICAL COMMUNITY HERE & ABROAD

Objects

- THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF ART HISTORY AND THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING (FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE) ÔTHE BURLINGTON MAGAZINEÖ;- THE ADVANCEMENT, PROMOTION AND/OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF ART HISTORY AND THE ARTS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND- THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WORKS OF ART AND THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £22,363 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by net gains on investments of £404,087. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted cash reserves and fixed interest securities of £826,247, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £343,695 (the average of the subsidiary's deficit over the previous three years). The charity has no paid employees and relies on an investment portfolio valued at £7,045,384 to provide long-term financial security.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 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.

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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Rose · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Landau · trustee of 3 other charities
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor LVO
• Dr Gabriele Finaldi
• Dr Naoko Takahatake
• Dr Sir Nicholas Penny FBA, FSA
• Hugo Chapman
• Karen Sanig · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Catherine Whistler · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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