This year has been one of growth and renewal for the Scottish Sculpture Workshop.

We are deeply grateful to Creative Scotland for awarding us multi-year funding, giving us the stability to plan confidently. With the support of our Board and team, the Directors also completed a new Business Plan to guide our next phase.

We also reopened plaster, metal fabrication and stone facilities and thanks to the UK Government, we completed Phase 1 of our capital works creating more accessible and environmentally sustainable spaces for artists and our local community. Looking ahead, Phase 2 will expand provision further and strengthen our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion as well as drive us towards our net zero targets.

The Community Making Space has flourished, reinforcing our civic role locally and offering creative opportunities for people of all ages. At the same time, our programme has pushed material practice in exciting ways, from the Clay Commons Night Class to sculptural kiln building.

We have welcomed new Co-directors and team members, and continue to host artists locally, nationally and internationally through our residency programme. These exchanges remain at the heart of SSW, ensuring our workshops are alive with experimentation and connection, re-imagining and expanding what sculpture can be, here.

My thanks go to all our funders, partners, staff, volunteers and community, whose dedication and generosity enable SSW to thrive as a place where people and ideas meet, and where new possibilities for art and society are imagined.

As this will be my final year as Chair after seven very rewarding years, I want to say how proud I am of all we have achieved together, and how grateful I am for the chance to have been part of this remarkable organisation. I look forward with confidence to seeing SSW continue to grow and flourish under new leadership in the years ahead.

The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).

The charity's objectives are to provide the location, facilities and technical help to anyone interested in pursuing their sculpture practice. Based on these fundamentals, we seek to create opportunities for making sculpture, for exhibiting and siting sculpture and for increasing the public understanding and appreciation of sculpture. The charity raises funding for initiatives from a range of sources. The uses to which this funding can be put is usually restricted to the purposes for which it was sought.

The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the Charity should undertake.

Programme Overview

Residency Programme

Our wide-ranging residency programme was successfully delivered this year and included fully funded, part funded and subsidised opportunities for artists. These included:

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residencies (fully funded)

Two SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residencies have been hosted with us this year, selected by previous SSW x Counterflows resident artists. The programme supported artists Morven Mulgrew and Juliana Capes to access this bespoke fully funded residency. This year we also put in place planning for our 2025-26 residency programme and our 5th anniversary of this vital and initiative programme.

Ecologies in the Making (fully funded)

Our third Ecologies in the Making partner residency set up with Uniarts Helsinki and Cove Park and supported by the Saastamoinen Foundation, took place in 2023 when we hosted selected Finland based artist Jere Vainio. This 4 month residency programme continues to focus on the future of making within the climate emergency through a collaborative approach and material specificity. The fourth residency open call took place in September 2024 for our 2025 resident artist

RSA Residencies for Scotland (fully funded)

Following our support of Fionn Duffy in 2022 we were glad to continue our collaboration with the Royal Scottish Academy through their Residencies for Scotland programme. Following a successful open call we look forward to welcoming artist Jodi Le Bigre in 2025.

Grays Graduate Resident (part funded)

This year we also supported a part funded Gray’s Graduate to undertake 1 month of residency at SSW. The award was given to Rebecca Rae and she spent time at SSW developing her metal working skills and supporting on our November woodfiring. She describes her experience of the award ‘ I can’t express how valuable this residency was to my practice and my wellbeing; it felt like a breath of fresh air and reinforced that art has no restrictions’.

Group Residency

Following an open call in 2024 we supported 2 Group residencies following the reopening of our metal and stone facilities in August. Artists continued to join us from across the globe and make the most of our newly renovated facilities and processes.

Open Access

Open Access continues to be an important resource for artists based near and far. This year we supported artists to undertake a range of research and production residencies including artists developing their research on energy transition in Torry through to international artists developing their wood firing skills and sharing work to North East audiences.

Courses

This year's courses focussed on ceramics processes and included our ever popular Glaze Intensive, Introduction to Handbuilding, Introduction to Throwing, Sculptural Carving and Introduction to Plaster working, as well as guest course in Sculptural Kiln Building led by artist Jenny Mckenzie Ross.

Community Making Space programme

Our Community Making Space programme kicked off its first year of community led programming following an exciting pilot year in 2023/24. The seasonal programme has been developed in collaboration with our Community Advisory Group.

This year our programme included Thursday Making sessions with a range of skills sharing led by community knowledge holders and international artists alike. The sessions included natural dying, DIY tips n’ tricks and expansive textile skills. Each session was followed by a community lunch and accompanied by access to the Lumsden Community Fridge. Community members, artists and local land workers led the development of our Materials Garden and dye flowers were used in a range of community projects. The Community Making Space programme also included highly popular Clay Socials, which supported hundreds of local residents to access free ceramics provision. Seasonal Kids and Teens Holiday Clubs also supported exploration of materials at scale led by artists Dunya Kalantery (working with clay and kiln building) and Lewis Morrison (working with stone relief stonecarving). We continue to support wider Community celebrations including The Lumsden Mary Fair, Halloween Party, Produce Show and Hogmanay.

In addition, SSW has coordinated Lumsden Together, a network of local organisations and services to support wider issues facing Lumsden and provide tangible support and signposting through this work with the aim of making positive change through making.

Building The Clay Commons Night School - Led by Eva Masterman

Building The Clay Commons Night Class (online) was a new co-learning, online space set up for people interested in exploring ways to develop different, more emancipatory systems of working within and with the clay studio. The night classes were facilitated by artist and researcher Eva Masterman and featured artists, organisers and academics Joon-Lynn Goh, the Portland Inn Project, Jenni Sorkin and Oren Shoesmith. Night classes run for 3 terms (with each term made up of 3, two-hour sessions) and will focus on distinct themes: Term 1: Ways of Organising, Term 2: The Studio and Term 3: Material Practice.

Spaces to join the Night Class cohort sold out within 2 days and supported over 90 participants.

OIL Publication by Rachel Grant

Oil is a new publication that has developed from ‘Oil as far as the eye can see – Energy regimes in the everyday’ a tour curated and guided by Rachel Grant that took place across Aberdeen, as part of Myvillages’ Summer Camp titled ‘Who Has the Energy’, commissioned, produced and held at Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden, July 2023.

The publication was printed at Peacock & The Worm and 500 copies were distributed widely. The publication was launched online and featured talks by author and editor Rachel Grant (Fertile Ground, Aberdeen), Sam Trotman (Programme & Partnerships Director Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeenshire), Kathrin Böhm (Myvillages) and Scott Herrett (Just Transition Organiser for Friends of the Earth Scotland and member of Friends of St. Fittick’s Park, Aberdeen).

Facilities Development

This year SSW also re-opened a number of workshop spaces and reintroduced processes previously closed for Phase 1 A capital works. This has included furthering our metal fabrication provision in welding, plasma cutting and layout space. Plaster casting is now also available as is further storage for these processes. We have also cleared the outside yard, making way for the reintroduction of stonecarving, and developed a further covered area of the yard to provide facilities for blacksmithing using both wood and gas forges. The wood kiln and other atmospheric firings are now located within the SSW yard also.

As part of Phase 2 capital in 2025/26 we will be reviewing other processes following further research into sustainable workshop practices.

Networks:

Gray’s School of Art

As part of our long term partnership with Gray’s school of art we support a micro- residency for the 2024 MA Fine Art cohort. This residency became a space for 14 students to take part in a range of practical activities including raku, local walks and a wide range of academic readings led by the Gray’s MA Faculty.

Scotland’s Workshops

This year's in person SW meet up took place at SSW. The meeting provided an important opportunity for SW Directors to meet and plan the upcoming SW award which will provide an emerging artist in Scotland funded access to 2 SW spaces in 2025/2026.

Capital

2024-25 saw completion of Phase 1B of our capital refurbishment programme led by Collective Architecture and local contractors Coldwells Build. The project management of this phase was undertaken by co-directors Sara Gallie and Sam Trotman.

The Bothy renovations and local landscaping include a new accessible bedroom and shower room which has been transformative allowing us to host artists and makers with a range of access needs including wheelchair users for the first time in 45 years. New ramped access to the bothy and surrounding areas provide significant increase to the step free access to all our facilities and most importantly equity of access to the kitchen area, which is now able to provide cooking, laundry and toilet facilities that support visitors with limited mobility and include an adjustable height worktop, sink and hob, an oven at a low level and a mobile workstation. There is new lighting installed throughout the building and yard area to ensure safety on dark evenings and mornings. Making use of the landscaped areas between the new pathways a Materials Garden was planted with support from members of the local community adding to the biodiversity of SSW and providing materials for use in the CMS making sessions. SSW has never looked so good or functioned so well, creating such an accessible and open environment and reflecting our values.

Looking forward Phase 2 will focus on the redevelopment of our metal, wood, stone, forge and foundry workshop areas. We are currently working to revise our plans in line with our environmental and sustainability planning as we move towards net zero and develop a strategy for fundraising for this ambitious final stage of capital investment at SSW.

HR and Staffing

2024 saw a transition in leadership at SSW with Director Sam Trotman (2017 - 2024) moving into co-directorship with Sara Gallie, former SSW Office and Finance Manager. Sam Trotman was appointed Programme and Partnerships Director and Sara Gallie was appointed as Finance and Governance Director. This movement to co-directorship begins SSW’s journey towards a Multi-Voiced Leadership at SSW.

Further to this in June 2024 we were delighted to welcome our new Technical Manager Ruaridh Allen to the SSW team. Ruaridh will lead and develop facilities, health and safety, environmental sustainability and workshop pedagogy and delivery at SSW. The Technical Manager role has a supported pathway to Technical Director and will complete the multi-voiced leadership team at SSW. By creating a senior leadership position with technical expertise, we have ensured that SSW has the right knowledge, influence and capacity to support the development of our technical programme and team, our facilities and capital refurbishment plans and meet our sustainability targets. With our MVL team centralised across the organisation SSW will effectively widen access for artists and local communities to residencies, creative programmes and opportunities and for these to be supported by strong governance and policy that reflects our values and commitment to EDAI and fair work.

Other staff changes included Programme Producer Jo Matthews completing their 2-year fixed term role in March 2025. Jo provided SSW with expert programme management and furthered our support for artists and communities access. In 2025 we will recruit a new Programme Producer, based on-site in Lumsden.

Freelance

Technical opportunities for freelancers in 2024 included local blacksmith Jimmy Biel and stonemason Lewis Morrison who have provided inductions to these processes for a wide range of artists and makers participating in group residency. Lewis has also delivered Stone Club for young makers in the village during the school holidays, a first chance for young makers to try out new tools and skills to brilliant effect.

Alongside this we engaged freelance Community Arts Organisers Mara Marx Lewis and Amy Morris, to develop our Community Maker Space and programme of activities. SSW’s Community Making Space programme is co-created with the Community Advisory Group to make sure it has the interests of our local community at its core.

Many thanks also to our kind volunteers who helped support SSW over the year in the Community Making Space.

Training

SSW’s continuing professional development (CPD) programme for the team, including our Board of Trustees has covered the following areas in 2024-25:

Introduction to becoming a Board Member, HR - Having Difficult Conversations, People Management, Mental Health First Aid, Safeguarding Level 2 and Designated Safeguarding Lead Level 3 as well as Equalities Diversity and Inclusion and Gender Identity and Expression training for both new staff and freelancers on the team. Specific technical training and certifications including IOSH Manual Handling, Hot Works and Fire Awareness were completed to ensure technical staff are confident in their roles and have the knowledge and skills required to hold a safe and considerate work environment. Alongside this skills development opportunities in Kiln Building, Wood Firing and also Forge and Blacksmithing were attended with a focus on growing skills and furthering sustainable practices in these areas. Our staff away day took place at the Burnished Residency in Bamff, Perthshire and provided important space for team reflection, team building and discussion.

We continue to offer training opportunities across our permanent and freelance staff to provide a consistent and informed approach to hosting diverse communities on site and within the wider community, centring SSW values. Work on Anti-racism and Disability Awareness training for all staff and Trustees is scheduled for 2025-26.

With Thanks

This year’s programme and organisational developments have galvanised our work towards achieving our Mission and Vision, grown the sense of community and collaboration between SSW and our local area as well as expanded access to workshop provision for artists. We are only able to do this work through the dedication of the SSW team, the knowledge, guidance and commitment of our Board and the inspiration and enthusiasm we share through connecting with and supporting artists and creatives who visit our site. We would also like to thank all other partner organisations who we continue to connect with to make our programme possible.

We would like to thank our generous funders who have supported our work throughout 2024-25 including: Creative Scotland and their increased support through Multi-Year Funding, William Grant Foundation, The Saastamoinen Foundation, Tackling Poverty and Inequality - Aberdeenshire Council, Marr Area Large Grant and the UK Government.

As at the balance sheet date the charitable company had total reserves of £880,925. This represents the reserves of the charitable company. Of this amount, £690,369 was represented by fixed assets (buildings, equipment etc), with £62,065, being represented by restricted funds (funding which has been received for specific purposes. Accordingly, the sum of £128,491 is freely available for use by the charitable company.

The remaining £128,491 of unrestricted reserves therefore represents the free reserves of the charitable company. This amount is represented by cash in hand and at bank plus short-term amounts receivable less short-term amounts payable.

At the AGM in 2018 it was decided that £50,000 of the unrestricted reserves would be designated for the proposed future capital development of the charity's workshop and premises, for which plans have now been drawn up. Unrestricted reserves designated for capital have been used to advance the completion of Phase 1B in 2024-25 therefore no unrestricted funds will be designated for this purpose in 2025-26.

Taking account of this designation, the charitable company therefore has £128,491 of free reserves at the balance sheet date.

It is the charitable company’s policy to keep between three and six months’ worth of operating costs within its free and unrestricted reserves, at all times, which have not been designated for a specific use. The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure continuity of operations in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the Charity’s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. This policy will also ensure an orderly closure of the charitable company if for whatever reason it has to cease its activities. The Trustees estimate that the charitable company’s monthly running costs are approximately £22,500 (2024: £25,000) per month, including potential staff redundancy costs.

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The Trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

Risk Management

Our organisational risk register is assessed and updated annually and reported to the Board as a standing item on the Board meeting agenda.

HMRC recognised the company as a charity for tax purposes in line with Parargraph 1 of Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 effective from 31 March 1983. The charity is also recognised as a registered charity by the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator.

Trustees are recruited through open call. We aim for Trustees to undertake training within 6 months of joining the Board through Culture and Business Scotland’s - Introduction to Being A Board Member. All Board members are given access to a shared Board File online which provides a range of information including SSW policies, business and action plans. In addition this includes guidance on being a trustee from OSCR and Creative Scotland - Working Together and other related documents required to inform and advise trustees in their roles and responsibilities.

Trustees are included in other training sessions alongside staff in areas including Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion, for recruitment practices, Gender and Identity expression and organisational development.

-How decisions are made, what types of decisions are delegated. Strategic decisions are made at Board level. Operational decisions are delegated to the Co-directors.

Remuneration Policy

Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) operates an annual review system that includes market review and benchmarking within our sector before being considered for approval, this process ends in March. Changes are implemented from 1st April contingent on individual performance, budget affordability and retention issues

As part of a wider sector group of Creative Scotland MYF funded organisations we benchmark salaries which helps provide comparative rates for similar roles and informs decisions and future ambitions for setting fair rates of remuneration across our staff team, including key management roles. It also provides a platform for peer review and joint advocacy in this area. SSW provides a minimum rate of the Reall Living Wage

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period

The Trustees report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

I report on the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 10 to 22.

The Charity’s Trustees, who are also the directors of The Scottish Sculpture Workshop for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investments (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The Trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(a) to (c) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the financial statements as required under section 44(1)(c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements.

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations; and

to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations;

to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to small companies regime

The Scottish Sculpture Workshop is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is 1 Main Street, Lumsden, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 4JN, Scotland.1 Main Street, Lumsden, AB54 6JN.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charity's constitution, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The Charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the Charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

Capitalisation of Equipment

All tangible assets with a useful life of more than one year and a acquisition cost of £100 or more will be capitalised and depreciated over its useful like using the appropriate method of depreciation.

At each reporting end date, the Charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. Items held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured the lower of replacement cost and cost.

Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

The Charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Charity's balance sheet when the Charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the Charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

In the application of the Charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Grants

Accommodation & workshop fees

Commission & services

Re-saleable stock items

Charitable Expenditure

Charitable Expenditure

Rates/Water & insurance

Telephone

Light & heat

Rent

Office costs & advertising

Sundries

Cleaning/laundry & waste disposal

Premises expenses

Travelling & conference fees

Artists fees & reimbursements

Purchases

Event/exhibition expenses

Staff development

Repairs & servicing

Board expenses were £1,559 (2024: £217)

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

The charity has moved to a co-directorship structure in 2024-25. The total employment benefits including employer pension contributions of these key management personnel was £70,051 (2024: £39,600). No employee had emoluments of more than £60,000 during either the current or previous year.

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered fund.

The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).