ART INSTITUTIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Registered charity 1173044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our goal is to contribute to the sustainability of Contemporary Art Institutions in today's fast-moving political, economic, and aesthetic context. We undertake research, promote education, build cross-industry networks and facilitate fundraising.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:• RAISING AWARENESS OF THE WIDE RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES;• PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, TALKS, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER SUCH EVENTS ON THE SAID SUBJECTS;• ANY OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Castle Point, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net incoming resource of £3,163, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £25,776. Per the balance sheet, cash and bank balances stood at £28,005 against current liabilities of £2,028, indicating a positive net current asset position. The trustees prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 28/05/2026, 209 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SEBASTIEN MONTABONELchair
• Kamila Naglik
• Martine D'Anglejan-Chatillon

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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