AXIS WEB

Registered charity 1002841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AXIS, AXIS VISUAL ARTS EXCHANGE AND INFORMATION SERVICE, VISUAL ASSOCIATIONS

We promote public understanding and appreciation of contemporary visual art across the UK by supporting the artists who make it. We create new opportunities through fellowships, awards, bursaries, commissions and art workspace; encourage good practice through mentoring, learning and advice; and bring artists' work to audiences through our website, events and publications.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BY EXTENDING THE INFLUENCE IN AND RELEVANCE OF THE VISUAL ARTS TO THE COMMUNITY, BY CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE VISUAL ARTS AND BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING AN INCREASE IN GOOD PRACTICE IN THE VISUAL ARTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,384 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free reserves of £206,436. The trustees' report indicates that this reserve level is below the stated policy target of maintaining free reserves at a level around six months’ core expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Axis (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Axis Members — “Funded by our members.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Isobel Mary Hemelryk
• Diana Ali · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edwin Colyer
• Fiona Grady
• Holly Slingsby
• Juan Carlos Candanedo Saez
• Michael Watson
• Pamela Karen Newall

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AXIS FOUNDATION.

• AXIS FOUNDATION income £490k
• SITE GALLERY LTD. income £565k
• THE AXIS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £879k
• THE ARTS EMERGENCY SERVICE income £818k
• ACCESSART income £342k
• SEE AROUND BRITAIN income £10k

Side by side with its peers

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