TURNER CONTEMPORARY

Registered charity 1129974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objective of the company is the provision of a permanent gallery in Margate for the visual arts organisation which celebrates JMW Turner's association with Margate and, through a varied programme of exhibitions and events and learning activities, promotes an understanding and enjoyment of historical and contemporary art.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £618,844 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in consolidated unrestricted funds to £672,193. Despite this deficit and a reserves position below the stated policy target, the trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Clarrie Wallis — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Kent County Council — “Public Investment and Lottery Funding Kent County Council” (source page)
• Bridget Riley Art Foundation — “Major Donors Bridget Riley Art Foundation” (source page)
• White Cube — “Gallery Circle White Cube” (source page)
• Burberry — “Corporate Sponsors, Patrons and Supporters Burberry” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 24.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MATTHEW SLOTOVERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alessandro Raho
• Brian James Horton
• Charlene Prempeh
• Clifford McLean
• Helen Beeckmans
• Liesl Frida Fichardt
• MICHEL DRIESSEN
• Melanie Tong
• NICK MAYNARD
• Peter Hawkes
• Sir Stephen Deuchar CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tanya Barson

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 TURNER'S HOUSE TRUST.

• TURNER'S HOUSE TRUST income £205k
• TRACEY EMIN FOUNDATION CIO income £2.7m
• THE SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON income £4.9m
• TATE FOUNDATION income £6.6m
• Hastings Contemporary income £1.3m
• THE SHOWROOM GALLERY LTD. income £409k

Side by side with its peers

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