NEW CONTEMPORARIES (1988) LIMITED

Registered charity 1013848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote high standards of contemporary art including but without limitation by providing professional opportunities to artists who are in or have recently left educationAdvance and to educate the aesthetic taste of the public in relation to contemporary art in particular by promoting public education and discourse about contemporary art and the artists engaged in the creation of contemporary art

Objects

The Association is established:- (1) to promote high standards of contemporary art including but without limitation by:providing professional opportunities to artists that are in or have recently left education, and who have been judged by the Association the most promising contemporary new artists. These professional opportunities might include but not be limited to opportunities to be exhibited and access to studio residencies; and (2) to advance and educate the aesthetic taste of the public in relation to contemporary art in particular by promoting public education and discourse about contemporary art and artists engaged in the creation of contemporary art.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £24,749 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £94,196. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring funds to ensure activity continuity during unforeseen difficulties, and the current unrestricted balance exceeds the designated £17,000 for Artist Development. Per the independent examiner's report, no matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the charity's compliance with statutory requirements.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Amati
• Fouad Kanaan
• Harold Offeh
• Hoda Ali
• Lewis Dalton Gilbert
• Romilly Paris Stebbings

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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