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Registered charity (CIO) · Essex

The FRY ART Gallery Society

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £183k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Essex
Website
www.fryartgallery.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£183k£194k
  • 2024£160k£134k
  • 2023£146k£159k
Earlier years
  • 2022£219k£444k
  • 2021£328k£326k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE SOCIETY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY:(1) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PREMISES AT BRIDGE END GARDENS CASTLE STREET SAFFRON WALDEN ESSEX ("THE FRY ART GALLERY") AND ELSEWHERE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXHIBITIONS OF OIL PAINTINGS WATERCOLOURS PRINTS SCULPTURE WALLPAPERS WEAVING ILLUSTRATED BOOKS CERAMICS AND OTHER WORKS OF ART ("THE COLLECTION") OWNED BY THE NORTH WEST ESSEX COLLECTION TRUST ("THE COLLECTION TRUST") OR LOANED TO THE SOCIETY; AND(2) THE OWNERSHIP PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND USE OF THE FRY ART GALLERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPLAYING THE COLLECTION AND OTHER WORKS OF ART AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

Grants received

4 grants · £342,200 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £40,0002020-11-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £199,0002014-09-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £55,5002013-10-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £47,7002010-02-23
Board analysis

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.

12 trustees on the board

5.9y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

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 12

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 3Finance 3Education 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£183k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1167717
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 20 Jun 2016
Contact on the register
01799513779 · info@fryartgallery.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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