SOUTH LONDON FINE ART GALLERY AND LIBRARY

Registered charity 312160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLG, SOUTH LONDON GALLERY

The South London Gallery is a nationally and internationally recognised centre of excellence in the provision of contemporary visual art exhibitions and live art events, with integrated education and outreach programmes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £285,313 for the year, with total unrestricted funds standing at £265,712. The trustees have identified material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to low free reserves and unconfirmed income levels. Despite these challenges, the trustees maintain that long-term financial stability strategies are robust and achievable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: SLG TRADING LIMITED Companies House 07120147

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Margot Heller — Director (source)
• Isabelle Hancock — Deputy Director (source)
• Sue Evans — Director of Development and Enterprise (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (48% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE SLG TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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