# THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1071167
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 1998
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1071167


## Contact

- **Address:** 40 BRUNSWICK SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 1AZ
- **Phone:** 02078413600
- **Email:** finance@foundlingmuseum.org.uk
- **Website:** www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OF SCHOLARS BY THE DOCUMENTATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION, EXHIBITION, STUDY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COLLECTION (AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUB-CLAUSE); (B) IN THIS MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION, THE "COLLECTION" MEANS THE WORKS OF ART AND ASSOCIATED  ITEMS FROM TIME TO TIME COMPRISED IN THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND SUCH OTHER WORKS OF ART AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS AS ARE COMPRISED THEREIN AND AS MAY BE ADDED THERETO. (2) TO SUPPORT SUCH OF THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY CALLED THE HOSPITAL FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF EXPOSED AND DESERTED YOUNG CHILDREN NOW KNOWN AS THE THOMAS CORAM FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN ("THE FOUNDATION") AS THE CHARITY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FOUNDATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** To operate a museum for the maintenance, conservation and exhibition of the Foundling Hospital collection.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1969913 | £2251669 | £19391480 | 35 |
| March 31, 2024 | £9549443 | £2397896 | £19638051 | 34 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2057213 | £2123554 | £12410447 | 33 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1745520 | £1881611 | £12597982 | 33 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2237309 | £1521986 | £12417063 | 19 |



## Trustees

- **Susan Linda Hoyle OBE** (Chair) — appointed June 28, 2024
- Andrew James McIntyre — appointed Jan. 26, 2022
- Christopher Richard Dumas — appointed Feb. 24, 2025
- Claire Jeffers — appointed Sept. 30, 2019
- Edward Stuart Humphrey — appointed Jan. 26, 2022
- Francesca Filippini Pinto — appointed Feb. 24, 2025
- Grayson Perry CBE — appointed Dec. 6, 2021
- Lord Simon Russell — appointed Dec. 9, 2019
- Michael Desmond Crossan — appointed March 11, 2024
- Ronald Gould — appointed Dec. 11, 2017