# LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1073956
- **Other names:** LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 15, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1073956


## Contact

- **Address:** LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL, 55 New Bird Street, LIVERPOOL
- **Postcode:** L1 0BW
- **Phone:** +44 0151 433 9156
- **Email:** info@biennial.com
- **Website:** www.biennial.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC TASTE IN THE VISUAL ARTS; INCLUDING CLASSICAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND SCULPTURE, AND UNDERTAKING ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL THERETO.  FOR FULL OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM

**Activities:** Liverpool Biennial is an ongoing platform for research, commissioning and presenting international art, education and debate. Liverpool Biennial Festival brings an international focus to our work.  It is the moment when the world comes to Liverpool to engage with our thinking, and when we present art to the world.

**Area of benefit:** MERSEYSIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Knowsley
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Wirral



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1537055 | £1158130 | £1623939 | 17 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1640129 | £1882554 | £1245014 | 22 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1600469 | £1095043 | £1487439 | 16 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1023168 | £1596282 | £982013 | 19 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1838840 | £1202203 | £1555127 | 17 |



## Trustees

- **Cathryn Wright** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 4, 2025
- Catherine Petitgas — appointed March 9, 2023
- Charmaine Watkiss — appointed March 7, 2024
- David Heron — appointed March 9, 2023
- Dr Simon Groom — appointed June 22, 2023
- Jonathan Mark Falkingham — appointed Oct. 17, 2016
- Karen Bass — appointed Jan. 29, 2026
- Laurence Pritchard — appointed June 9, 2022
- Richard Behari — appointed May 26, 2021
- Scott Simoniti — appointed May 26, 2021
- Shauna McGowan — appointed Jan. 25, 2024
- Ying Tan — appointed May 26, 2021