MODERN ART PRESS

Registered charity 1117563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company is the advancement of education by commissioning and publishing 'Catalogue Raisonnes' of modern artists, not yet adequately covered by published material. Whilst the charity?s principal focus remains on catalogues raisonnes, it also extends the remit to educational books about art and its history more generally.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH TO COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF, AND THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN, MODERN ART AND ARTISTS.

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 unrestricted funds were above the policy target of one year's unrestricted expenditure, with a balance of £401,720. The charity reported a net income increase for the year and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Lester Rose
• Andrew Lang Sutch
• Professor Brian Francis Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN SPENCER MASON
• Timothy Aidan John Knox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy William Sanderson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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