# AMBERSIDE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160760
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 5, 2015
- **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=1160760


## Contact

- **Address:** AmberSide Trust, 5-9 Side, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- **Postcode:** NE1 3JE
- **Phone:** 0191 232 2000
- **Email:** ambersidetrust@amber-online.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY, BY:- THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF SIDE GALLERY & CINEMA, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND THE AMBER FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION (THE COLLECTION);- THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COLLECTION;- THE COMMISSIONING AND ACQUISITION OF NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND AUDIO VISUAL WORK, THE PROGRAMMING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL WORK. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, THE COLLECTION REFERS TO A BODY OF WORK WHICH HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE PRODUCTION, EXHIBITION, TOURING AND COLLECTING ACTIVITY OF AMBER ASSOCIATES AND AMBER FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE CIC. THE WORK IS FOCUSED ON THE LIVES AND LANDSCAPES OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WORKING CLASS, INDUSTRIAL AND POST INDUSTRIAL, RURAL, REFUGEE, MARGINALISED, ITINERANT AND SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHANGE OR THREAT TO THEIR CULTURE OR WAY OF LIFE, IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY.

**Activities:** To secure the future of the Amber film & photography Collection by: maintaining its integrity and addressing conservation needs; supporting Side Gallery & Cinema, where the work can be seen; extending access through touring and online work; building awareness of its story; and enabling the new work (acquisition,production & educational activity) which will take this living archive forward




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Newcastle Upon Tyne City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £11358 | £15164 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £31521 | £20394 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £24550 | £15262 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £44907 | £58560 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £43100 | £26216 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Martyn Hudson** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 23, 2023
- Dr Philippa Jane Oldfield — appointed Oct. 23, 2023
- Elizabeth Anne Rees — appointed April 14, 2021
- Iain Watson — appointed April 14, 2021
- Laura Laffler — appointed May 24, 2021
- Mick Henry — appointed Oct. 30, 2017
- Phyllida Mary Bridget Shaw — appointed April 14, 2021
- Richard Grassick — appointed Jan. 22, 2024
- Simone Jimena Rudolphi — appointed Oct. 23, 2023