# THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 208178
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=208178


## Contact

- **Address:** CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY, 59 CENTRAL STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1V 3AF
- **Phone:** 02070178400
- **Email:** info@contemporaryartsociety.org
- **Website:** www.contemporaryartsociety.org



## Activities

**Objects:** OBJECTS ARE, FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION IN, AND THE APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND TO SECURE BY PURCHASE, GIFT, EXCHANGE, BEQUEST OR OTHERWISE CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART FOR PRESENTATION OR LOAN TO PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES WHEREVER SITUATED

**Activities:** The Contemporary Art Society is a national charity that encourages an appreciation and understanding of contemporary art in the UK. With the help of our members and supporters we raise funds to purchase works by new artists which we give to museums and public galleries across the UK where they are enjoyed by a national audience now and for the future.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2109196 | £1901564 | £2253657 | 17 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1490339 | £1535731 | £2031139 | 16 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1764456 | £1692940 | £2030397 | 16 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1539089 | £1386473 | £1973521 | 16 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1561199 | £1484697 | £1807300 | 16 |



## Trustees

- **Robert Suss** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- CATHY WILLS — appointed Jan. 30, 2012
- Charlene Prempeh-Bonsu — appointed June 18, 2024
- Emma Goltz — appointed Dec. 12, 2016
- Francis Outred — appointed Jan. 2, 2020
- Isabelle Henkell von Ribbentrop — appointed Oct. 1, 2024
- James Robertson — appointed April 29, 2024
- John Shield — appointed June 19, 2018
- Keith Morris — appointed Jan. 25, 2012
- Liesl Fichardt — appointed April 24, 2024
- Nicola Blake — appointed April 11, 2017
- Ruth Warder — appointed Oct. 1, 2024
- Suling Mead — appointed Feb. 18, 2023
- THE LADY BEATRICE LUPTON — appointed Oct. 1, 2015
- TOMMASO CORVI-MORA
- Timothy Franks — appointed Dec. 3, 2018
- Timothy Marlow OBE — appointed June 18, 2024
- Valeria Napoleone — appointed March 17, 2015