ASYMMETRY ART FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 16 July 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £6,221,426
Latest expenditure: £1,431,268
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Flat 1, 102A Albion Drive, LONDON, E8 4LY

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.asymmetryart.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Facilitation of the curation and exhibition in the UK and Asia of contemporary art originating from Asia; provision or assistance in the provision of (a) international exchange programmes for curators of such contemporary art and (b) exhibitions, lectures and other public programme events in relation to such art; and the creation or assistance in the provision of curational fellowship programmes.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 15 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £6,221,426
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,431,268

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 23 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 23 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,642,617

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,021,537

Fin Period Start Date: 16 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 17 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 17 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £519,676

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 15 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £6,221,426
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,431,268
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 140001 150000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 23 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,642,617
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,021,537
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 16 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 17 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £519,676
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 15 September 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 6220203
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 1223
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6221426
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,431,268
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1431268
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 201540
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 1116268
Expenditure Depreciation: 345
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £859,981
Assets Total Fixed: 55584
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 55584
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,712,334
Assets Total Liabilities: £161,591
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,606,327
Creditors One Year Total Current: 161591
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £859,981
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1606327
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1606327
Count Employees: 7
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: China
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ASYMMETRY ART FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-07-16T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jul 2020 as amended on 12 Dec 2024
Charitable Objects: 3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO ("the Objects") are:(1) the promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public in particular, but not limited to, the promotion of contemporary art originating from Asia by:(a) facilitating, or assisting in the facilitation of, the curation and exhibition of contemporary art, globally, with a focus in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("the UK"), Asia and the United States of America (“the US”); and(b) providing, or assisting in the provision of, international exchange programmes for curators of contemporary art and contemporary artists to museums, galleries and other institutions, globally, with a focus in the UK, Asia and the US; and(2) the advancement of education of the public in the arts in particular, but not limitedto, the advancement of education in contemporary art originating from Asia by:(a) providing, or assisting in the provision of, exhibitions, lectures and other public programme events;(b) creating, or assisting in the creation of, fellowship programmes at museums, galleries and other institutions, globally, with a focus in the UK, Asia and the US; and (c) providing, or assisting in the provision of, a means by which curators, artists and fellows can disseminate the meaningful outcomes of exhibitions, exchange programmes and/or fellowship programmes in which they have participated.In these Objects "contemporary art" means art of the present day and relatively recent pastof an innovatory or avant-garde nature.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 685302
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: YDP

Charity Name Id: 685301
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Asymmetry

Charity Name Id: 624462
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: AYSMMETRY ART FOUNDATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures