THE INGRAM ART FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165442 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUNTRIDGE ART FOUNDATION

To promote and advance the education of the public by developing public appreciation and understanding of visual art by any means including in particular by holding, maintaining, augmenting and exhibiting works of art including a collection of 20th Century British Art

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, (A) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ART, BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BY HOLDING, MAINTAINING, AUGMENTING AND EXHIBITING WORKS OF ART INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH ART;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ART BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE CAREERS IN THE CREATION AND CURATION OF VISUAL ART; AND(C) TO USE VISUAL ART AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING PROJECTS WHICH PROVIDE SUCH PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ART.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £11,370,780, comprising £1,185,766 in unrestricted funds and £10,185,014 in expendable endowment funds. The Trustees confirm that the level of funds held and expected income are sufficient to cover budgeted expenditure for twelve months, supporting the going concern basis. The charity reported a net expenditure of £169,116 against incoming resources of £152,330, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year.

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 3 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~67.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 3.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER INGRAMchair
• CLARE MARY MAURICE · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARK HARRIS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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