TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP

Registered charity 1191056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEG

We promote art, culture, heritage and science for the benefit of the public by supporting research, promoting best practice, delivering training and facilitating a network for providers and recipients of touring and partnership exhibitions in museums, galleries, heritage and other sites across the UK.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO ORGANISING OR HOSTING EXHIBITIONS IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LIBRARIES, ART AND SCIENCE CENTRES AND OTHER PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS BY: • TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT; • SHARING IDEAS, MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICE; • FACILITATING A PUBLIC NETWORK FOR PROVIDERS AND RECIPIENTS OF TOURING AND PARTNERSHIP EXHIBITIONS; • CONDUCTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£239k

Latest spending

£155k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a moderate surplus of £21,998 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £155,461. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are above the stated policy target of four months of expenditure (£78,800). The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of expenditure (reserves figure: £155k)

“TEG reserve policy requires a minimum of 4 months of expenditure (equivalent to £78,800).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 14
Government income: £160,000 — grants £160,000 (1); 67% of the £239,237 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £160,000 — grants £160,000 (1); 76% of the £211,666 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alanna Maria Davidson
Alice Bethan Lobb
Breana Cronk-Moore
Felicity Laura Sylvester
Joanna Johnston
Mari Lowe
Maria Ragan
Miranda Claire Stacey
Pip Diment
Ulrike Smalley

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£239k	£155k
31/03/2024	£212k	£110k
31/03/2023	£40k	£37k
31/03/2022	£29k	£42k
31/03/2021	£14k	£21k

Common questions

Is TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a moderate surplus of £21,998 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £155,461. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are above the stated policy target of four months of expenditure (£78,800). The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851	1	£1.5m
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS	1	£822k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£166k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£45k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£6k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£5k
THE LECHE TRUST	1	£4k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED.

ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED income £1.2m
PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP income £453k
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED income £318k
CULTURE WARRINGTON income £4.5m
BE PREPARED - THE STORY OF SCOUTING MUSEUM TRUST income £23k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP	£239k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£153k	—	0	above	—	noted
EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP FY2025	£453k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£318k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CULTURE WARRINGTON FY2025	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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