PAINTER STAINERS FINE ART TRUST FUND

Registered charity 800261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Protecting, repairing, restoring pictures, silverware and other treasures

Objects

TO PROTECT, RESTORE AND TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE CITY OF LONDON THE LIVERY OF THE DONOR AND ANY OTHER PERSONS THE PICTURES, SILVERWARE AND OTHER TREASURES COMPRISING THE TRUST FUND.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF LONDON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£5k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,192,768, an increase from the previous year's £6,156,483, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £36,285. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating as a going concern. The charity holds significant heritage assets valued at £6,108,645 and intends to retain them.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 18/10/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 18/10/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 18/10/2023 (received 12/12/2024, 116 days after the 18/08/2024 due date); year ending 18/10/2022 (received 11/01/2024, 146 days after the 18/08/2023 due date); year ending 18/10/2021 (received 11/01/2024, 511 days after the 18/08/2022 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
18/10/2025£5k£9k
18/10/2024£43k£10k
18/10/2023£21k£10k
18/10/2022£6k£9k
18/10/2021£6k£8k

Common questions

Is PAINTER STAINERS FINE ART TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,192,768, an increase from the previous year's £6,156,483, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £36,285. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating as a going concern. The charity holds significant heritage assets valued at £6,108,645 and intends to retain them. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAINTER STAINERS FINE ART TRUST FUND£5k—0unclear—no doubt
PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£153k—0above—noted
PRESERVATION FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£229k—0above—no doubt

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