NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB

Registered charity 295780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The principal activities of the charity are the promotion and advancement of public education of the art of drawing and painting. This is achieved through running life classes and workshops, the mounting of an annual open exhibition in London, the award of annual scholarships and the distribution by e-mail of a monthly newsletter that is circulated to Friends and a mailing list of supporters.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION F THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF PAINTING AND THE FINE ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held at the balance sheet date were £97,976, an increase from the previous year's £90,439. The trustees consider these reserves appropriate for meeting planned activities and events for the forthcoming year. The charity reports a net income of £7,537 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £87,476.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the amount required to meet its planned activities and events for the forthcoming year (reserves figure: £98k)

“An adequate level of reserves is considered by the Executive Committee members to be the amount required to meet its planned activities and events for the forthcoming year.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: The NEAC Trading Company Limited

“The charity holds 100% of the share capital of its trading company, The NEAC Trading Company Limited.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 6
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

Volunteers: 4

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Ken Howard Foundation — “The Ken Howard Foundation Scholarship and the Daler-Rowney Scholarships worth £7,000 in total” (source page)
Daler-Rowney — “The Ken Howard Foundation Scholarship and the Daler-Rowney Scholarships worth £7,000 in total” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin Gordon Tobias Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
Benjamin Thomas Hope
Charles Patrick Cullen
Yusuf Lunat

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	—	—
31/12/2024	£68k	£60k
31/12/2023	£48k	£83k
31/12/2022	£56k	£68k
31/12/2021	£66k	£40k

Common questions

Is NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds held at the balance sheet date were £97,976, an increase from the previous year's £90,439. The trustees consider these reserves appropriate for meeting planned activities and events for the forthcoming year. The charity reports a net income of £7,537 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £87,476. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED income £45k
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
THE NEW ROAD AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £65k
THE ENGLISH ARTS CHORALE ASSOCIATION income £64k
NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY OF ARTISTS LTD income £42k
NEW LONDON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £651k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB	£68k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE NEW ROAD AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£65k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH ARTS CHORALE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£64k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY OF ARTISTS LTD FY2025	£42k	—	above	—	no doubt

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