The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Turner Contemporary

Registered charity 1129974 Registered since 2009

Operates: Kent

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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.

13 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 17Professional services 5Property 5

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

80
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.
27%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.turnercontemporary.org
Emailinfo@turnercontemporary.org
Phone01843233000
AddressRENDEZVOUS, MARGATE, KENT, CT9 1HG

Finances

£2,932,481 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,782,289£2,367,751
2022£2,522,369£3,098,366
2023£3,480,425£3,300,484
2024£3,834,337£3,611,527
2025£2,932,481£2,770,637

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXHIBITIONS, DISPLAYS, EVENTS AND COMMISSIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE HELD AT TURNER CONTEMPORARY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS; AND3. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTERED CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY GROUPS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PREMISES OR OTHER SPACES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE TURNER CONTEMPORARY BUILDING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 DECEMBER 2008

Trustees (13)

13trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Turner Contemporary · 06772337 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/12/2008

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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