OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUND

Registered charity 1101476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting access to works of contemporary art through arranging visits, exhibitions, public facilities and other events at which works of contemporay art may be exhibited and studied; Securing contemporary works of art for presentation or loan to public art collations, museums and galleries.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN GENERAL, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BYPROMOTING ACCESS TO WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ART THROUGH ARRANGING VISITS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND OTHER EVENTS AT WHICH WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ART MAY BE EXHIBITED AND STUDIED;SECURING CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART FOR PRESENTATION OR LOAN TO PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES;ESTABLISHING, PROMOTING AND MANAGING GALLERIES, INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND PLACES WHERE CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART MAY BE EXHIBITED; ANDTHE MAKING OF GRANTS TO ARTISTS OR ARTISTIC ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY NEW PROJECTS OR FURTHER THEIR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.

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.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £81,788 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a reduction in total expenditure to £229,470. The trustees report that they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted reserves stood at £141,864, with the trustees noting they intend to establish a formal reserves policy during 2026.

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 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04870490

Funders the charity credits

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

• Scott Collins — “The National Portrait Gallery commissioned a new portrait of Malala Yousafzai , the girls’ education activist by Iranian-born artist and fil…” (source page)
• Lotta Ashdown — “The National Portrait Gallery commissioned a new portrait of Malala Yousafzai , the girls’ education activist by Iranian-born artist and fil…” (source page)

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.

• CHADWICK, Simon David — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
• TONG, Anne-Marie Ju Yin — director, appointed 17/05/2024on trustee list
• COWAN, Roland Denis — director, appointed 23/02/2018on trustee list
• PARKE, Veronique — director, appointed 23/02/2018on trustee list
• CAVALEROS, Nicolette Maria — director, appointed 21/01/2016on trustee list
• BOAS, Maria Micaela — director, appointed 21/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Veronique Parkechair
• Anne-Marie Ju Yin Tong
• MARIA MICAELA BOAS
• Nicolette Maria Cavaleros
• Roland Denis Cowan
• Simon Chadwick

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

Operates in: Austria · Canada · France · Germany · Greece · Italy · Nigeria · Philippines · South Africa · Uganda · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW CONTEMPORARIES (1988) LIMITED.

• NEW CONTEMPORARIES (1988) LIMITED income £875k
• THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY income £2.1m
• OUTSIDE IN ART income £572k
• NEW CURATORS income £959k
• SPACE ART income £35k
• ESCAPE COMMUNITY ART IN ACTION income £309k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.