# NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 209174
- **Other names:** THE ART FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 16, 1962
- **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=209174


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Granary Square, King's Cross, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1C 4BH
- **Phone:** 02072254800
- **Email:** info@artfund.org
- **Website:** www.artfund.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO SECURE BY PURCHASE, GIFT, EXCHANGE, BEQUEST OR OTHERWISE WORKS OF ART, AND OBJECTS OF NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE FOR PRESENTATION OR LOAN TO PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS IN OUR UNITED KINGDOM AND THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION SUCH PRESENTATION OR LOAN TO BE MADE SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AND TERMS AS ARE REQUIRED.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17681000 | £17935000 | £57784000 | 80 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £16336000 | £19402000 | £54309000 | 80 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £13948000 | £20873000 | £54136000 | 72 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £17640000 | £16579000 | £62005000 | 72 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £14470000 | £18067000 | £56262000 | 69 |



## Trustees

- **Alexander Nairne CBE** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 23, 2024
- Anupam Ganguli — appointed Jan. 14, 2020
- Clare Jennifer Gough — appointed Oct. 19, 2022
- Desmond Shawe-Taylor — appointed Oct. 19, 2022
- Dr David Dibosa — appointed Feb. 20, 2023
- Jeremy Deller — appointed March 2, 2025
- Katrina Brown — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Madeleine Kennedy — appointed Feb. 22, 2021
- Monisha Shah — appointed Sept. 26, 2017
- Professor Caroline Alexandra van Eck — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Satish Padiyar — appointed Feb. 22, 2021
- Sir Nigel Martyn Carrington — appointed July 3, 2023
- Stella Abadesi Osunsade — appointed Oct. 19, 2022
- Susan Rees — appointed Feb. 22, 2021
- Tessa Jackson — appointed Sept. 24, 2018