Sidney Nolan Trust

Name

Sidney Nolan Trust

Legal name

Sidney Nolan Trust

Website

https://sidneynolantrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Presteigne

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Visitor Admissions: The Trust generates revenue through paid admission to The Rodd estate, exhibitions, and special events during the visitor season (March-October). Standard admission ranges from £5.25-£6.95 depending on category.
2. Donations and Fundraising: As a registered charity (CIO 1161850), the Trust relies on donor generosity and fundraising activities to support public access to the arts and appreciation of Sir Sidney Nolan's work.
3. Gift Aid Admissions: The Trust offers Gift Aid admissions with a 10% voluntary donation, allowing the Trust to reclaim 25% additional tax on the amount paid.
4. Cottage Accommodations: Modern art lovers can stay in cottages on the 250-acre Rodd estate, generating revenue from overnight accommodations.
5. Retail Shop: The Trust operates a shop selling Nolan-related merchandise including the Nolan's Africa book by Andrew Turley.
6. Learning Programme Fees: Revenue generated from school group workshops and Forest School sessions at £8 per pupil with minimum group sizes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Sidney Nolan Trust operates The Rodd, a Grade II* listed 17th-century manor house and 250-acre estate in rural Herefordshire, providing public access to an internationally significant collection of Sidney Nolan's art, archive, and preserved studio. The Trust delivers visitor experiences, seasonal exhibitions, creative learning programmes for schools and young people, artist residencies, group tours, and cottage accommodations.

Product overview

Sidney Nolan Trust operates as a unified offering around its heritage estate, The Rodd, combining public access to Sidney Nolan's art collection and archive with educational and creative programmes. The core portfolio includes The Rodd estate visit, the Nolan Collection & Archive (spanning works from the 1930s to 1992), and access to Nolan's preserved studio. These are supported by a suite of learning programmes: MAKE Art Club for ages 7-11, Cultivate Youth Programme for ages 11-18, and Forest School sessions. The Trust runs artist development through its Resident Artist Programme (12-month residencies), HCA Graduate Residencies with Hereford College of Arts, and the newly launched Sidney Nolan Art Prize. Thematic exhibitions like Nolan's Auschwitz, Nolan's Africa, and the Nolan Postcards digital archive provide scholarly and public engagement with specific bodies of work. Visitor amenities include group tours, cottage accommodations, and a shop. The 2023 merger with the Bleddfa Trust expanded the Trust's footprint with the Bleddfa Centre arts venue.

Differentiator

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Brands

• Resident Artist Programme: 12-month residency programme inviting artists to work with the Sidney Nolan Trust
• MAKE Art Club
• Cultivate Youth Programme
• Forest School
• Sidney Nolan Art Prize
• HCA Graduate Residencies

Products and services

• The Rodd Estate Visit Seasonal public visitor access to The Rodd, a 17th-century manor house, farm, and estate in rural Herefordshire, featuring exhibitions, gardens, and historic buildings. Targeted at general visitors, art enthusiasts, and heritage tourists.
• Nolan Collection & Archive The Trust cares for an internationally significant collection of Sidney Nolan's art, including early works from the late 1930s through his final decade at The Rodd, along with antiquities, papers, correspondence, and over 5,000 annotated books.
• MAKE Art Club Weekly arts club for young people aged 7-11, offering activities from painting and drawing to animation, photography, and sculpture. Free to attend, delivered with local artists.
• Cultivate Youth Programme Free monthly arts programme for 11-18 year-olds providing a safe social space to develop creative thinking and making skills through research and experimentation, in collaboration with guest artists and organisations.
• Forest School Forest School programme for young people encouraging freedom, confidence and creativity outside the classroom through child-led play and exploration combined with structured creative activities. Sessions priced at £8 per pupil/person with minimum group size of 20.
• Resident Artist Programme 12-month residency programme inviting artists to develop collaborative working relationships with staff, other artists, and users of The Rodd at a historic estate setting.
• HCA Graduate Residencies Annual residencies awarded to two students graduating from the BA and MA Fine Art Programmes at Hereford College of Arts, offering opportunities to explore The Rodd estate and the life and art of Sidney Nolan.
• Sidney Nolan Art Prize 2025 Art prize inviting artists to explore art engaging with emotion and human identity in relation to society and/or landscape, environment, plants, and animals. Includes £1000 award with solo exhibition and residency opportunities.
• Schools & Groups Workshops Curriculum-aligned creative learning experiences for Key Stages 1-3, including Kelly in The Bush (costume, performance, photography), Artist Rebel Landscape (observation and narrative), and Paradise Garden (expressive painting and music) workshops. Pricing is £8 per pupil with minimum group size of 20.
• Group Tours Guided group tours of Grade II* listed Rodd Court, the last home of Sir Sidney Nolan, providing insight into a place for creativity and artists for over 100 years.
• Stay With Us (Cottage Accommodations) Cottage accommodations on the 250-acre Rodd estate formerly owned by Sir Sidney Nolan, offering immersive access to the estate for visitors.
• Shop Online shop selling books, merchandise, and Nolan-related products including Nolan's Africa book by Andrew Turley.
• Nolan's Africa Exhibition Exhibition exploring Nolan's African Journey through Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, coloured by his recent travel to Auschwitz and the formation of the World Wildlife Fund. Inaugural 2025 exhibition at The Rodd.
• Nolan's Auschwitz Exhibition Exhibition presenting Sidney Nolan's long-hidden Auschwitz works publicly exhibited for the first time, along with the dramatic story of their making.
• Nolan's Studio Access to Nolan's last studio at The Rodd, the only studio to survive in situ, which remains largely untouched. Opened to the public in 2017 as part of Sidney Nolan's centenary.
• Bleddfa Centre Arts centre on the Welsh/English border brought into the Trust through the 2023 merger with the Bleddfa Trust, supporting a durational residency with focus on re-invigorating Bleddfa as a hub for creativity.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Trust has provided Artist-in-Residence opportunities for more than two decades, supporting established and emerging artists
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bleddfa TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023In 2023, the Sidney Nolan Trust announced a merger with the Bleddfa Trust, bringing together two well-established arts organisations on the Welsh/English border. This merger aims to strengthen both organisations and create a more vibrant cultural hub in the region. During 2025, funds from The Ashley Family Foundation are being used to develop a durational residency at the Bleddfa Centre with a focus on re-invigorating Bleddfa as a hub for creativity.
• Hereford College of ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEach year the Sidney Nolan Trust awards residencies to two students graduating from the BA and MA Fine Art Programmes at Hereford College of Arts. The residencies are awarded on the merit of the work presented in the final graduate exhibitions and the relationship between the student's practice and the scope that the residency will provide.
• Guest Artists and Collaborators (Cultivate)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultivate programme has collaborated with numerous guest artists and organisations including Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg, Stefhan Caddick, Kate Constantine, David Colwell Design, Gemma Costin, Lal Davies, Sacha Delabre, Jony Easterby, Sophie Ferrier, Tom Goddard, Paul Granjon, Stephanie Hafferty, Kate Green, Faith Limbrick, Axelle Mary, Tania Mosse, Mariele Neudecker, Meadow Arts, National Trust Berrington Hall, Heather Peak & Ivan Morison (Studio Morison), Penpont, Kitty Pervecal, Ivan Pope, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Alex Ramsey, Mark Richards, Giles W Bennett, Simon Whitehead, and Roger Llewellyn Williams.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Broad incumbents

• National Trust: The National Trust is the UK's largest conservation charity, operating historic houses, gardens, and estates. It is comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust as a heritage property operator with educational programming and visitor admissions, but at a vastly larger scale and geographic footprint.
• The Hepworth Wakefield: The Hepworth Wakefield is a major regional art gallery operating in a much larger, award-winning building with broader programming scope. Comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust through its focus on 20th-century British art and a single-artist brand anchor (Barbara Hepworth), but operates at significantly greater scale and visitor throughput.
• English Heritage: English Heritage is a national charity that operates and preserves historic sites across England. It is comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust as a heritage-site operator and major recipient of National Lottery Heritage Fund support, but operates at vastly greater scale, with hundreds of properties and a national membership model.

Direct peers

• Watts Gallery – Artists' Village: Watts Gallery is a heritage arts site in Surrey dedicated to G.F. Watts, combining a gallery, studios, and learning programmes in a rural arts village. It shares the Sidney Nolan Trust's model of operating from a historic estate with an internationally significant art collection, educational programmes, and a small dedicated staff team.
• Barbara Hepworth Museum: The Barbara Hepworth Museum in St Ives preserves sculptor Barbara Hepworth's studio and home as a publicly accessible heritage site within the Tate network. It is closely comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust as a single-artist studio-preservation site with in-situ working spaces, public access, and a focus on one 20th-century artist's working environment.
• Charleston: Charleston is the former country home of the Bloomsbury Group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in East Sussex, now operating as a heritage house museum and arts venue with exhibitions, residencies, and learning programmes. It is a near-identical operational model to the Sidney Nolan Trust — a single-artist heritage estate combining house-museum, exhibitions, education, and creative residencies sustained by charitable funding.
• Pallant House Gallery: Pallant House Gallery in Chichester is an independent art museum combining a heritage architecture setting with a modern collection of 20th-century British art and learning programmes. Comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust through its focus on a substantial 20th-century art collection, education-led programming, and charitable governance model.
• Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft: Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in East Sussex is a heritage arts museum combining a historic setting with craft, art, and educational programming. Comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust in operating a heritage site focused on a specific artistic community, with school workshops, exhibitions, and a community-focused charitable operation.
• Henry Moore Foundation: The Henry Moore Foundation operates the artist's former home, studios, and grounds at Perry Green in Hertfordshire as a heritage site, alongside a major sculpture collection and a grant-giving programme. Comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust in operating a preserved artist's estate, curating an internationally significant collection, and running artist residencies and learning programmes.
• Kettle's Yard: Kettle's Yard in Cambridge is a house-and-gallery founded by H.S. Ede featuring 20th-century art in a domestic setting, with a learning and events programme. Comparable to the Sidney Nolan Trust in curating a personal collection inside a domestic/heritage setting and running an arts education programme with charitable support.

Market position

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