01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 4 June 1996
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03127226
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,141,912
- Latest expenditure
- £662,402
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW7 2RL
Website recorded by the regulator: www.vam.ac.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To act as guardian of the Gilbert collection, ensure its continued safekeeping and display the collection to the public.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,141,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £662,402
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 February 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £213,284
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £497,409
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £42
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £309,661
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £929
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £920,851
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £516
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £361,525
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,141,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £662,402
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £213,284
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £497,409
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 857392
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 284520
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1141912
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £52,300
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £610,102
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 662402
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 52300
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 599000
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 12054
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 122113
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -88000
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,032
- Assets Total Fixed
- 53122737
- Assets Own Use
- 40152328
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 12970409
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £863,425
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £12,128
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £53,974,034
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 12128
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £863,425
- Funds Endowment
- 10161326
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6032
- Funds Restricted
- 43806676
- Funds Total
- 53974034
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GILBERT TRUST FOR THE ARTS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1996-06-04T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 NOVEMBER 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 DECEMBER 2007 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 JULY 2009 as amended on 26 Sep 2018
- Charitable Objects
- TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT ART AND ARTISTIC WORKS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE WORKS OF ART ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY BY EXHIBITION AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS, BY PREPARATION OF CATALOGUES AND INVENTORIES, BY RESEARCH AND BY PUBLICATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS ARE APPROPRIATE
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 232314
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- HEATHER TRUST FOR THE ARTS
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures