2025-04-04-accounts - Flat Time House Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 6 April 2024 5 April 2025 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Flat Time House Trust

Other names charity is known by

Flat Time House, FTHo, Flat Time House Events

Registered charity number (if any) 1132401 Charity's principal address 210 Bellenden Road

London

Postcode SE15 4BW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
MayBeveridge
Laure Genillard	ActingChair(shared)
Andrew Wilson	ActingChair(shared)
Dr JP Latham	Treasurer
Vittoria Bonifati
Laure Prouvost
Rye DagHolmboe		1 August 2024–onwards
Ellie Porter		18 December 2024– onwards

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Gareth Bell-Jones (Director/Curator)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Association

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage

them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To advance the education, appreciation and knowledge of the arts, including, but without limitation, fine art, film, video and performance and in particular the work of John Latham. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document In accordance with the Charity Commission’s guidance, Flat Time House ran a programme of public exhibitions and events, as well as making the institution open to researchers working on exhibitions at other public institutions in the UK and abroad, and to students working towards degree and post-graduate qualifications. A permanent display is also open to the public by appointment outside of exhibitions.

During this period, Flat Time House presented a major off-site exhibition to an audience of over 9,000 (Barbara Steveni I Find Myself 1 March–8 June 2025 at Modern Art Oxford), with over 5,000 engaging with workshops and educational activities This was in addition to a Summary of the main programme of exhibitions, residencies, performances, workshops and activities undertaken for the talks at Flat Time House, incorporating over 50 contributors including public benefit in relation to artists, writers, curators and academics. these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS Flat Time House presented a major exhibition, Barbara Steveni I Find Myself (1 March–8 June 2025 at Modern Art Oxford which included 3 new commissions by contemporary artists Eloise Hawser, Anne Bean and Laure Prouvost. A programme of public talks and workshops including public discussions featuring Policy Lab, part of the UK civil service. Events at Flat Time House included a solo exhibition of Can Altay, Been Waiting for the Rain to Flow (31 May–7 July 2024); Home to Roost: Imagining the Present , a workshop with artist Jeremiah Day; 5 Films by Athanasios Argianas, a screening and in-conversation; a live performance by US artist Clifford Owens; PICNIC , a collaboration between artists Elisabeth Molin and Agata Madejska featuring readings by 8 contributors; and De-production – First Trimester Mourning Sickness, 4 new performances to coincide with artist Lyónn Wolf’s residency at Flat Time House. EDUCATION A continuing partnership with UP Projects, Constellations, a yearly artist research and development programme derived from an open-call, supported 8 practitioners based across the country who are working with socio-political issues, community-oriented practice and/or public contexts. This year the programme included an artist residency for the 8 artists with Deveron Projects, Aberdeenshire. An AHRC-funded PhD at Birmingham City University was begun working in partnership between Eastside Projects and Flat Time House. Educational visits included from BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art; MFA Sculpture Royal College of Art; MFA Fine Art, Gothenburg University and others. PUBLICATIONS A limited-edition zine produced by Wolf as part of his 2024 residency at Flat Time House, De-production – First Trimester Mourning Sickness featured contributions by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Linda Stupart, Raju Rage and Promona Sengupta. RESIDENCIES Eloise Hawser undertook a long-term production residency, resulting in new work, presented as part of Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself , and a solo exhibition at Flat Time House, scheduled for 2025. A residency with Lyónn Wolf, a trans, working class, visual artist, educator & writer based in Berlin and Dublin, in collaboration with Askeaton Contemporary Arts will result in an exhibition in 2025. Emerging Irish artist Isabel English undertook a research-based residency. A residency with Greek artist Athanasios Argianas will result in an exhibition in 2026. A long-term residency with Intoart involving artists with learning disabilities using the house as a space to talk, reflect and develop new ideas, also continued during this period. AUDIENCE In person visitors were 1,978. Offsite audiences were 3672 visitors including 1834 attending educational events. Online audience engagement totalled 36,342.

Section E Financial review Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit ~~a~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) In 2023–24 Flat Time House received funding from The Barry Flanagan You may choose to include Foundation, the Kel Trust, The Chelsea Arts Club Trust and the John additional information, where Latham Foundation in addition from revenue received from private relevant about: donors. There was project funding from Knotenpunkt, The Arts Council of • the charity’s principal Ireland, The Ampersand Foundation, This Is Arcade CIC, Arts Council sources of funds (including England and Henry Moore Foundation. any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~os~~ Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration ~~_~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) John-Paul Latham Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date 23 January 2026

Categories	Details			Restricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment
				to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Cash in bank			16,365	365
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	*Total cash* *funds*			16,365
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
					Restricted funds
	Details			to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets				-		-
				-		-
				-		-

	Details			Cost (optional)		Current value
B3 Investment assets	Lease improvements(stables)			7,445		-
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~~SF~~	Details ~~SF~~			Cost (optional) ~~ee~~	~~ee~~	Current value ~~ee~~
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use ~~SF~~	Office equipment ~~SF~~			416 ~~ee~~	~~ee~~	- ~~ee~~
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~~SF~~	Details ~~SF ~~			Amount due ~~ee~~		When due ~~ee~~
B5 Liabilities				-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf ~~ca~~	Signature ~~ca~~	~~ca~~	Print Name ~~ca~~		~~ca~~	Date of approval ~~ca~~
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