TALK ABOUT ART

Registered charity 1168412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAA

Talk About Art (TAA) promotes the appreciation of and advancement of education in the visual arts by promoting greater access and engagement for children and teenagers for whom exposure to the arts may be restricted or discouraged by mounting public exhibitions in partnership with local schools, providing activities which encourage creative participation, research, debate and knowledge sharing.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE PROMOTION OF ART, INCLUDING THE APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ART, BY:A) PROMOTING GREATER ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS IN PARTICULAR DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR WHOM EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS MAY BE RESTRICTED OR DISCOURAGED.B) PROMOTING THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS, BY PROVIDING SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE CREATIVE PARTICIPATION, RESEARCH, DEBATE AND A SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC TALKS, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF ART AMBASSADORSHIP.C) EDUCATING IN THE VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £4,017 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £39,816. The trustees confirmed that the reserves policy target of six months' operating costs was met, citing confirmed future funding from the Elizabeth Legacy Fund as a key factor in their confidence regarding the charity's financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kristyne Hibbertchair
• Antonio Rizzo
• Ian Wood
• Janie Tonkin
• Jeanette Lee Ward
• Natasha Sampson
• Tendayi Vine

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.