WORKPLACE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We promote modern and contemporary art through our gallery and through exhibitions in particular but not exclusively in Gateshead, Newcastle and the surrounding region; and advance the education and understanding of the public in modern and contemporary art.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:(1) PROMOTE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ART GALLERY AND EXHIBITION SPACES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN GATESHEAD, NEWCASTLE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION; AND (2) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS; (B) DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION; AND (C) FACILITATING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART.

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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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£453
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2017

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £12,000 — grants £12,000 (1); 12% of the £101,313 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Government income: £16,000 — grants £16,000 (2); 7% of the £239,909 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£453£66k
31/03/2024£101k£175k
31/03/2023£183k£210k
31/03/2022£240k£232k
31/03/2021£182k£140k

Common questions

Who funds WORKPLACE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORKPLACE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include The Ashley Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East20/02/2018£2kWorkplace Foundation community launch event