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Asymmetry ART Foundation

3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO ("the Objects") are:(1) the promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public in particular, but not limited to, the promotion of contemporary art originating from Asia by:(a) facilitating, or assisting in the...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £6.2m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, China
Website
www.asymmetryart.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£6.2m£1.4m
  • 2023£0£1.6m
  • 2022£0£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£0£520k

Income trend, 2021 to 2024.

Charitable objects

3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO ("the Objects") are:(1) the promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public in particular, but not limited to, the promotion of contemporary art originating from Asia by:(a) facilitating, or assisting in the facilitation of, the curation and exhibition of contemporary art, globally, with a focus in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("the UK"), Asia and the United States of America (“the US”); and(b) providing, or assisting in the provision of, international exchange programmes for curators of contemporary art and contemporary artists to museums, galleries and other institutions, globally, with a focus in the UK, Asia and the US; and(2) the advancement of education of the public in the arts in particular, but not limitedto, the advancement of education in contemporary art originating from Asia by:(a) providing, or assisting in the provision of, exhibitions, lectures and other public programme events;(b) creating, or assisting in the creation of, fellowship programmes at museums, galleries and other institutions, globally, with a focus in the UK, Asia and the US; and (c) providing, or assisting in the provision of, a means by which curators, artists and fellows can disseminate the meaningful outcomes of exhibitions, exchange programmes and/or fellowship programmes in which they have participated.In these Objects "contemporary art" means art of the present day and relatively recent pastof an innovatory or avant-garde nature.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

4.2y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£6.2m latest income
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.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

7
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1190437
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jul 2020 as amended on 12 Dec 2024
Contact on the register
02081291660 · office@asymmetryart.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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