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New Contemporaries (1988) Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1013848LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£366k2025-03-31
Spending£341ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1992Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

New Contemporaries (1988) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02323106). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, New Contemporaries (1988) Limited reported income of £366k and spending of £341k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £374k to £366k (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, New Contemporaries (1988) Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery (£365k), British Glass Foundation (£366k) and The Discerning Eye Ltd (£365k).

Income and spending

£0£112k£224k£336k£448k2021 Income: £373,7802021 Spending: £297,02120212022 Income: £398,8022022 Spending: £448,41620222023 Income: £343,0372023 Spending: £385,70620232024 Income: £358,8232024 Spending: £353,50420242025 Income: £365,5212025 Spending: £340,7722025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Promote high standards of contemporary art including but without limitation by providing professional opportunities to artists who are in or have recently left educationAdvance and to educate the aesthetic taste of the public in relation to contemporary art in particular by promoting public education and discourse about contemporary art and the artists engaged in the creation of contemporary art

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Bailiffgate Museum and GalleryNorthumberland£365k
British Glass FoundationWest Midlands£366k
The Discerning Eye LtdEsher£365k
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning LtdLondon£366k