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National Art Collections Fund

SC038331Registered charity from 13 June 2007
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By The Art Fund
Address 2 Granary Square
King's Cross
London
Postcode N1C 4BH
Website www.artfund.org
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Charity Commission https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
Object:
4. Purposes Art Fund exists for the following charitable purposes, for the public benefit and primarily in support of museums, galleries and visual arts organisations: 4.1 To promote art and culture, including (without limitation) by: (a) securing (or assisting others to secure) works of art, and objects of national and historical importance, for presentation or loan to public art collections for public exhibition on such terms as the Trustees consider appropriate; and (b) increasing public access to art and culture; 4.2 To advance education in art and culture; and 4.3 To support the effectiveness of charities that are museums, galleries and other visual arts organisations furthering the purposes set out in clauses 4.1 and 4.2.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 13 Jun 2007
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 80
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £17,640,000 £16,579,000 07 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £13,948,000 £20,873,000 04 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £16,336,000 £19,402,000 29 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £17,681,000 £17,935,000 27 Aug 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Clare Gough
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Satish Padiyar
Nigel Carrington
Monisha Shah
Alexander Nairne
David Dibosa
Stella Abadesi Osunsade
Caroline van Eck
Anupam Ganguli
Jane Jackson
Madeleine Kennedy
Katrina Brown
Susan Rees
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