## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 31 January 2023 To: 31 January 2024** ## **Charity name: Arts Cabinet Charity registration number: 1167368** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|_To advance education in the arts and culture for_
_the public benefit by:_
_• Raising awareness of artistic research in global_
_contemporary art practises._
_• Fostering working collaborations between_
_artists and researchers._
_• Disseminating new forms of knowledge_
_emerging from artistic and academic research_
_collaborations._
_• Providing widely accessible digital and other_
_publications, and producing workshops,_
_learning labs, seminars, talks, exhibitions and_
_other such events on the said subjects._
_Any other such charitable ways as the trustees_
_see fit in furtherance of this object._| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Built the organisation through engagement
with Higher Education, as a key priority, and
also development of self-initiated projects:
•
King’s College London, primarily the
Faculty of Social Science and Public
Policy
•
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, the
Environment and Society (Imperial
College, King’s College London, Reading
University and Royal Holloway College)
•
University of Agder, Norway with whom
we continued our work as project
partners of Erasmus+
•
Formation of further academic networks
(The University of Mainz (Germany), The
University of Torino (Italy), and The
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).
•
Expanded networks and community of
practice with the following arts
organisations: Daily Fiction (Dennmark);
Ethnofest (Greece), TWIXTLab| |||(Greece).
In collaboration with Science Gallery and
Leverhulme Wildfires Centre, Arts Cabinet
presented on 1 March 2023 an exhibition
commissioned from an indigenous artist from
Australia and an accompanying public
programme which included presentations
from scientists, members of the public, social
science researchers, artists, policy makers
and practitioners.
We commissioned a comprehensive 6 years
report from an art consultant to capture the
highlights of the organisation’s work,
particularly outlining the benefit to
contributors and users of our programmes.
The online publication presents the work of
the organisation since its inception in 2016,
and includes comments and contributions
from our partners across academia, art and
culture. This publication was disseminated
to all our partners in the UK, made freely
available online, and shared with our
international mailing list.
The Director of Arts Cabinet was invited by
King’s College to curate and produce 3
workshops dedicated to Early Career
Researchers (ECRs) from all departments at
King’s College and conceived as ‘learning
events’ equipping doctoral and post doctoral
researchers with methods to engage with
art/artists. The aim of the workshop was to
contribute to expanding knowledge about the
potential of art to widen research
perspectives.
Following from a successful grant application
to the research councils (ESRC) in
partnership with King’s College, Arts Cabinet
initiated this 2 years project at the end of
2023, which will generate an Editorial
presented in the Arts Cabinet website and
an open access digital publication focusing
on intersectional gendered violence through
joint art/research projects.
Continued to ensure that the online content
was made as widely available as possible to
make knowledge transferable and
accessible.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees had full regard to Charity
Commission guidance on public benefit at all
times.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The main achievements in this period were
•
The strenghthening of Arts Cabinet’s
partnerships with existing and new
Higher Education partners, including:
King’s College London, The University of
Agder (Norway); The Leverhulme
Centre for Wildfire, Environment and
Society, and 3 new University partners in
Slovenia, Italy and Germany. These
partnerships foster the development of
joint projects and public programmes,
including artists commissions, editorial
projects at the intersections between art
and research (across the social
sciences, science and public policy) and
continuing joint application for funding
that supports further research into the
value that art can bring to academic
research. In addition, work continues to
evolve in particular areas of research in
science and in social sciences, through
the investigation of topics of significant
relevance in societal terms and in the
artistic field, with a view to producing
new knowledge and new understandings
of critical issues.
•
The work done by Arts Cabinet in
partnership with Higher Education has
benefited researchers, students, artists,
as well as communities with an interest
in the social sciences and their cross-
over with Art. The benefits described
were the enhancement of research
through art – art being a method that
offered opportunities to engage with
research in new ways. Similarly, artists
expressed benefit from associating with
specialist knowledge, which opened
possibilities for presenting art work in| ||more engaged ways to the publics.| |---|---| |•|In addition to the production of new| ||knowledge, we also ensured that the| ||methods explored by artists and| ||researchers in their various| ||investigations were recorded, evaluated| ||and analysed, to be potentially applied in| ||other projects at the intersection of art| ||and research.| |•|The successful conclusion of the ’Stolen| ||Fire’ project, funded by King’s College| ||London and The University of Melbourne| ||which consisted of a commission from an| ||indigenous artist from Australia, led to a| ||public programme at Science Gallery| ||London involving reseachers, artists,| ||publics with an interest in art and| ||ecology, around a programme that shed| ||light into new ways of considering the| ||complexity of indigenous knowledge at| ||the intersection between art and science.| |•|Arts Cabinet has successfully ensured| ||that its role as a platform for publishing| ||experimental research content from| ||researchers, students, anthropologists,| ||artists and non-artists – continues to be| ||made accessible as widely as possible,| ||broadening understanding of the value of| ||working with art and artists in an| ||academic context.| |•|Expanding the collaboration with| ||Goldsmiths College in London to offer| ||opportunities for students to be part of| ||the activities and learning programmes| ||developed by Arts Cabinet.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Our priority this year was to secure strategic
partnership with Higher Education. This was
achieved (see above).| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Arts Cabinet received funds through its
collaboration with Higher Education partners,
principally from King’s College London and
the Leverhulme Wildfires Trust, as well as
from the Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC),| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period, the organisation
had a balance of £40,706.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£40,706| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Fundraising activities with Higher Education
partners (as described above).| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk is breakdown in our
partnerships with higher education
institutions. We manage this risk through
active relationship management and working
with a range of partners.| |Other||N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||N/A| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of three
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO and the
achievement of its purposes.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and The charity trustees will make available to |training of trustees||each new charity trustee, on or before his or
her first appointment:
(a) A copy of the current version of this
constitution; and
(b) A copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’
Annual Report,statement of accounts and
business plan.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Arts Cabinet| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1167368| |Charity’s principal address|1, The Green
Richmond-upon-Thames
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Svetlana Sequeira
Costa|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Michael Patrick Houlihan Jesús Felipe Querol Anya Smirnova Irini Papadimitriou Svetlana Sequeira Costa Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Svetlana Sequeira Costa ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** N/A ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** ~~Coa~~ **Full name(s)** Michael Patrick Houlihan ~~oo~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~r~~[Chair of the Board of Trustees ] ~~e~~ **Date** 27 November 2024 ~~|~~ **Charity Name No (if any) ARTS CABINET 1167368 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To** ~~**e**~~ **from** ~~e ee~~ 01/02/2023 ~~e~~ 31/01/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |Donations|**9,300**||**-**||**-**||**9,300**||**34,162**|| |Book sales|**870**||**-**||**-**||**870**||**-**|| |Bank interest|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**38**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**10,170**||**-**||**-**||**10,170**||**34,200**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**-**
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**_Total receipts_**
**10,170**
**-**
**-**
**10,170**
**34,200**
~~===——~~||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |Design and editingcosts|**1,900**||**-**||**-**||**1,900**||**5,267**|| |Honorariums|**1,230**||**-**||**-**||**1,230**||**2,330**|| |Interns|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**2,228**|| |Accountancy|**720**||**-**||**-**||**720**||**660**|| |Consultancy|**4,634**||**-**||**-**||**4,634**||**1,500**|| |Legal fees|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**950**|| |Computer costs|**2,884**||**-**||**-**||**2,884**||**4,323**|| |Subscriptions|**132**||**-**||**-**||**132**||**93**|| |Sundryexpenses|**30**||||||**30**|||| |Bank charges|**93**||||||**93**||**250**|| |Insurance|**203**||**-**||**-**||**203**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,826**||**-**||**-**||**11,826**||**17,601**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**11,826**
**-**
**-**
**11,826**
**17,601**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 1,656**
**-**
**- - 1,656**
**16,599**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**42,361**
**- -**
**42,361**
**25,762**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**40,705**
**-**
**- 40,705**
**42,361**
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~~===~~||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/11/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| |||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**40,706**
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**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
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**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
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**charity’s own use**|**-**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**
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Date of
approval
Print Name
M P Houlihan
Signature
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22/11/2024
25.11.2025
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