Nottingham Contemporary

Analysis

Nottingham Contemporary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05678059). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham Contemporary reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.5m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.1m (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Nottingham Contemporary sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Contemporary Art Society (£2.1m), Aspire Sports and Cultural Trust (£2.1m) and Crewe Youth Club (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, trading 19%, donations and legacies 9.2% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Reserves of £941k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.