THE SHOWROOM GALLERY LTD.

Registered charity 1055262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHOWROOM

The Charity is established to advance public education by the provision of an art gallery for the exhibition of contemporary art, including performance, video, installation, and artist commissions involving local participation. It is also involved in the formulation, preparation and establishment of schemes, provided that all the objectives of the charity shall be of a charitable nature.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ART GALLERY FOR EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF MODERN ART, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

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 achieved financial stability by bringing costs in line with income for the first time in three years, resulting in a net income of £59,735 for the year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £170,553, with a designated reserve fund of £109,000 intended to cover one exhibition, three months of running costs, and lease reinstatement. The charity is core funded by Arts Council England and reports that its gross income exceeded £250,000, qualifying it for independent examination rather than audit.

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
• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03194071

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• VALLY, Sumayya — director, appointed 25/06/2026not on trustee list
• DOHERTY, Mary Lynn — director, appointed 01/05/2025not on trustee list
• SHIRAZ, Attia, Ms. — director, appointed 01/12/2024not on trustee list
• EVANS, Oliver Andrew — director, appointed 12/05/2023on trustee list
• HIGGS, Alan Robert — director, appointed 12/05/2023on trustee list
• MAHMOOD, Zain — director, appointed 12/05/2023on trustee list
• LACHOWSKY, Sophie Salomee — director, appointed 26/10/2020on trustee list
• AL-SENUSSI, Alia — director, appointed 16/09/2019on trustee list
• RENTON, Andrew — director, appointed 12/03/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW RENTON
• Alan Robert Higgs
• Alia Al-Senussi · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Mark Howson Bell
• Mercedes Vilardell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oliver Andrew Evans
• Sophie Lachowsky
• Zain Mahmood

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CASTLEFIELD GALLERY.

• CASTLEFIELD GALLERY income £671k
• MK GALLERY income £1.8m
• ARNOLFINI GALLERY CIO income £1.6m
• RAVEN ROW income £1.5m
• OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUND income £490k
• WHITECHAPEL GALLERY income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

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