The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Outset - Contemporary ART Fund

Registered charity 1101476 Registered since 2004

Operates: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United States, Greece, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda

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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.

6 trustees on the board

7.3y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6

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

Other services 6Arts and leisure 3Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£490k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.outset.org.uk
Emailinfo@outset.org.uk
Phone02081271570
AddressFlat 8, 8-13 New Inn Street, LONDON, EC2A 3PY

Finances

£490,071 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£736,756£945,635
2021£998,084£1,068,086
2022£1,185,165£969,621
2023£1,183,777£1,527,070
2024£490,071£524,547

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN GENERAL, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BYPROMOTING ACCESS TO WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ART THROUGH ARRANGING VISITS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND OTHER EVENTS AT WHICH WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ART MAY BE EXHIBITED AND STUDIED;SECURING CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART FOR PRESENTATION OR LOAN TO PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES;ESTABLISHING, PROMOTING AND MANAGING GALLERIES, INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND PLACES WHERE CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART MAY BE EXHIBITED; ANDTHE MAKING OF GRANTS TO ARTISTS OR ARTISTIC ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY NEW PROJECTS OR FURTHER THEIR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 AUGUST 2003 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 8 DECEMBER 2003.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Outset - Contemporary ART Fund · 04870490 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/08/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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