The Samuel Courtauld Trust

Analysis

The Samuel Courtauld Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02413547). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Samuel Courtauld Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £156k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £75k to £115k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 410%. Over the whole period it spent 189% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Samuel Courtauld Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chelwood and District Welfare Association (C a D W a ) (£115k), Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre (£115k) and Ne Land Sea and Air Museum Ltd (£115k).