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Registered charity · Manchester

Esea Contemporary ltd

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £422k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Manchester City
Website
www.eseacontemporary.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Esea Contemporary LTD
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£422k£466k
  • 2024£425k£417k
  • 2023£342k£493k
Earlier years
  • 2022£405k£357k
  • 2021£569k£457k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL FORMS OF CHINESE CULTURE. B. TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE.

Grants received

8 grants · £730,254 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £585,542 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £79,612 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £55,100 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-07-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £292,7712021-12-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £17,7002020-06-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £49,6122019-02-18
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002018-06-18
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 11Economic/community Development/employment 11Education/training 11

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 14Business services 1Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£422k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
518992
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/06/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/03/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/02/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/01/2015NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 JAN 2018 as amended on 21 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 02137427 · Active
Contact on the register
01618327271 · hello@eseacontemporary.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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