# WATTS GALLERY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 313612
- **Other names:** WATTS GALLERY, WATTS GALLERY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 7, 1967
- **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=313612


## Contact

- **Address:** Watts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, GUILDFORD
- **Postcode:** GU3 1DQ
- **Phone:** 01483810235
- **Email:** info@wattsgallery.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wattsgallery.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATTS ART GALLERY;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ART;3.TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE WATTS ART GALLERY, ITS GROUNDS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH GEORGE FREDERIC AND MARY WATTS AS BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST (THE “OBJECTS”).

**Activities:** The Watts Gallery Trust seeks to promote the  understanding and appreciation of the Victorian artist G F Watts OM RA 1817-1904 and the ceramic artist Mary Seton Watts, in the context of the 19th Century, and to promote Compton as a centre for exploring Victorian art, social history and craft for present and future generations.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Surrey



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2812273 | £3382095 | £25010342 | 88 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2586872 | £3074413 | £25886893 | 83 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2562395 | £3150402 | £38873682 | 81 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2660246 | £3245571 | £39708602 | 78 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2950693 | £2881148 | £40110066 | 73 |



## Trustees

- **Sarah Katherine King** (Chair) — appointed May 29, 2023
- Caroline Louise Ikin — appointed March 1, 2026
- Dennis Ralph Brenninkmeijer — appointed Sept. 26, 2023
- Dr Gursimran Kaur Oberoi — appointed May 15, 2023
- Jeremy Malise Mcilroy — appointed July 24, 2025
- Julie Margaret Molloy — appointed Dec. 12, 2023
- Lysa Robin Schwartz — appointed March 1, 2026
- Rachael Anne WIlson — appointed March 1, 2026


