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THE SERPENTINE TRUST

Registered charity 298809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SERPENTINE GALLERY

Latest income
£14.8m
Latest spending
£15.6m
Registered
1988

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

Total income
£14.8m
Total spending
£15.6m
Cost of raising funds
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
101

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£14.8m£15.6m
31/03/2024£13.6m£14.6m
31/03/2023£12.0m£13.5m
31/03/2022£10.4m£11.5m
31/03/2021£6.0m£6.8m

Common questions

Who funds THE SERPENTINE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SERPENTINE TRUST as a grant recipient include VERONICA AND LARS BANE FOUNDATION CIO, OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUND, AL Philanthropies, REUBEN FOUNDATION, THE RISMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
VERONICA AND LARS BANE FOUNDATION CIOFY2023£259k
OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUNDFY2022£20k
AL PhilanthropiesFY2025£17k
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£500
The Ross FoundationFY2023£100

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/07/2025£230k"Activating Serpentine’s Archives"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/02/2008£121k"Edgware Road"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/06/2005£50k"Dis-Assembly"