# THE ART FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 218658
- **Other names:** TRUST FUND FOR PUBLIC MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 15, 1963
- **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=218658


## Contact

- **Address:** STRATEGIC RESOURCES, OLDBURY COUNCIL HOUSE, FREETH STREET, OLDBURY
- **Postcode:** B69 3DE
- **Phone:** 01215698342
- **Email:** frank_caldwell@sandwell.gov.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO BUILD AND ERECT A SUITABLE BUILDING TO BE USED FOR EVER HEREAFTER AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM FOR THE PRESERVATION OF A COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS OR OTHER WORKS OF ART TO BE DEDICATED TO THE RECREATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE BOROUGH OF WEDNESBURY.

**Activities:** The Art Fund is used to support the acquisition of items for the Museums Collections through purchase,transport, conservation and specialist assessment, initially in Wednesbury but more recently for the collections of Sandwell Council's Museum Services.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF WEDNESBURY




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Sandwell



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1741 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £1703 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £730 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £54 | £8600 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £200 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- SANDWELL MBC — appointed Nov. 20, 2013