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The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies

Registered charity 1089743 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar

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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.

9 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
15.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2Disability 1Education/training 1

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

Business services 5Education 2Finance 2

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.9m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.9 in 2020

15 from 13 in 2020
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.theartssociety.org
Emailenquiries@theartssociety.org
Phone020 7038 7590
Address90 HIGH HOLBORN, OFFICE 4.55, LABS, LONDON

Finances

£1,904,668 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,780,988£1,657,266
2021£1,584,073£1,793,330
2022£1,521,674£2,357,397
2023£1,721,644£2,202,241
2024£1,904,668£2,420,455

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

NADFAS’S OBJECTS ARE:A. THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS;B. THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; ANDC. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 OCTOBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 19 MAY 2004, 18 MAY 2005 AND 9 MAY 2007.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/06/2015 as amended on 28 Mar 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
76median age
8aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies · 04307984 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/10/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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