NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND

Registered charity 209174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ART FUND · also registered in Scotland as SC038331 (OSCR)

The Art Fund enriches museums and galleries throughout the UK with works of art of all kinds; campaigns for the widest possible access to art; and promotes the enjoyment of art through its membership scheme.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £17.7m in 2024, driven by growth in membership and legacy receipts, while charitable expenditure decreased to £16.6m. The charity recorded a net surplus of £3.5m for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £43.2m, which the trustees confirm are adequate to maintain liquidity for at least one year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £140,001 - £150,000 (FY2023) to £150,001 - £160,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: ART FUND SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 01487654

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Nairne CBEchair
• Anupam Ganguli · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clare Jennifer Gough
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor
• Dr David Dibosa
• Jeremy Deller
• Katrina Brown
• Madeleine Kennedy
• Professor Caroline Alexandra van Eck
• Satish Padiyar
• Sir Nigel Martyn Carrington
• Stella Abadesi Osunsade
• Susan Lambert
• Tessa Jackson

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY.

• THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY income £2.1m
• THE PUBLIC CATALOGUE FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• JERWOOD FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUND income £490k
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• THE INGRAM ART FOUNDATION income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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