# NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=209174


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Granary Square, King&#x27;s Cross, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1C 4BH
- **Phone:** 020 7225 4800
- **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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- MRS M B GULL BEQUEST (209174-1)
- W B BOND BEQUEST (209174-2)
- COCHRANE BEQUEST (209174-3)
- THE RAMSAY-DYCE BEQUEST (209174-4)
- CAMPBELL DODGSON BEQUEST (209174-5)
- THE REGINALD JONES BEQUEST (209174-6)
- MRS A M MARSHALL (209174-7)
- ROBERT IVOR GUNN BEQUEST (209174-8)



