Dundee Contemporary Arts Limited
Also known as: Dca
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC026631
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- May 23, 1997
- Legal form
- Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Address
- Address
- 152 Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4DY
Contact
- Website
dca.org.uk
Activities
'It carries out activities or services itself'
'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'
DCA is one of Scotland’s foremost contemporary arts organisations. DCA’s mission is to enable audiences, artists, and participants to see, experience and create through our four programme areas: Exhibitions, Cinema, Print Studio and Learning. With two beautiful large-scale gallery spaces, two thriving cinema screens, a busy print studio, an award-winning learning programme, and a packed programme of events, workshops, classes and activities aimed at all ages and abilities, DCA is a vibrant cultural hub open to all, located in the heart of the city. DCA is a charity that relies on support from a range of sources to keep enriching people’s lives through art, culture and creativity. As well as income from our cinema, the rental of our café/bar and earned income from our trading subsidiary, DCA receives core funding from Creative Scotland and Dundee City Council, and further generous support from trusts, foundations, corporate partners and individual donors
Objectives: To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education in contemporary arts and culture for the benefit of the community by the encouragement, support and promotion of the study, practice and knowledge of the visual arts (including but not limited to video and film) and other arts (including but not limited to sound recording, crafts, performance, broadcasting, publishing, literature, music, dance and song) by any means including but not limited to commissioning, galleries, printmaking workshops, displays, talks, research, discussion groups and exhibitions of all kinds as shall be deemed by the Company to be conducive to the objects specified above.
Areas of operation
- Main operating location
- Dundee City
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2,784,604 | £2,940,456 | 75 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2,631,753 | £3,013,008 | 71 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2,623,518 | £2,581,046 | 76 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2,252,711 | £2,261,815 | 71 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1,838,167 | £1,585,010 | 74 |