The ART Academy

Registered charity 1078804 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Damian Fennell since 2018
Melanie Ruth Gerlis since 2017

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Arts and leisure 5Professional services 2

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.7 in 2021

20 from 19 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

119 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Cisv International Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Regent (Christchurch) Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
Swarthmore Education Centre Similar size; both Arts and culture
Stockton Arts Centre Similar size; both Arts and culture
Punchdrunk Enrichment Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
Nottingham Contemporary Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.artacademy.ac.uk
Email	info@artacademy.ac.uk
Phone	02074076969
Address	MERMAID COURT, 165A BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 1HR

Finances

£2,032,499 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,348,705	£1,539,948
2022	£1,652,100	£1,873,585
2023	£1,862,852	£1,905,443
2024	£2,032,499	£2,108,422
2025

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN FINE ART.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH JULY 1999, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26TH NOVEMBER 1999, 26TH JUNE 2003 AND 27TH OCTOBER 2003.

Trustees (7)

7trustees

52median age

0aged 70+

Abimbola Oluwakemi Apalaraage band 50-54 since 2023
Alan Duncan Custisage band 60-64 since 2023
Damian Fennellage band 50-54 since 2018
Melanie Ruth Gerlisage band 50-54 since 2017
Paul Mulhollandage band 60-64 since 2023
Robert Pepperage band 45-49 since 2023
Timothy James Gledstoneage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The ART Academy · 03801729 · In Administration

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/07/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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