01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 13 May 1984
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £26,750
- Latest expenditure
- £70,192
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 26 Greet Road, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, GL54 2JT
Website recorded by the regulator: www.friendsofthewilson.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The educating of the public by the support and assistance of the The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum ("the Gallery").Making loans or gifts of money to the Gallery, and in purchasing or acquiring or contributing to the purchase or acquisition of pictures, sculptures, works of art, costume, photographs, books and other works of artistic historical scientific or general public interest.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £26,750
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,192
- 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
- 23 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,528
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,432
- 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
- 18 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,942
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £121,984
- 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
- 20 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £50,426
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,467
- 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
- 19 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £67,797
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,414
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 22 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £26,750
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,192
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 23 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,528
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,432
- 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
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 18 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,942
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £121,984
- 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
- 4
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £50,426
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,467
- 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
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £67,797
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,414
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Gloucestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF THE WILSON, CHELTENHAM ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1984-05-13T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16TH MAY 1984 AS AMENDED 25 MAY 1996, 20 JUNE 2000, 17 JUNE 2002, 19 JUNE 2003, 1 JULY 2004, 21 JUNE 2006 AND 8 JUNE 2010.AS AMENDED ON 15/04/2015 as amended on 01 Jul 2021
- Charitable Objects
- THE EDUCATING OF THE PUBLIC BY THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE GALLERY
- Area Of Benefit
- CHELTENHAM
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 52012
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF CHELTENHAM ART GALLERY AND MUSEUMS
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures