Charity Details

The Fruitmarket Gallery

SC005576Registered charity from 17 May 1984

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Charity Information:

Address 45 Market Street
Edinburgh

Postcode EH1 1DF

Website www.fruitmarket.co.uk

Parent Charity Registration Number SC005576

Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

To exhibit contemporary art of the highest quality; to bring the work of artists with both emerging and established international reputations to Scotland and to present the work of Scottish artists in an international context. To make exhibitions accessible to a wide range of people and develop appropriate ways to bring artists and audiences together through integrated programmes. To commission new work, within an exhibition programme, to enable artists to develop ideas for presentation to an audience. To develop and provide interpretational materials, initiatives and events which provide audiences with the tools to access art for themselves; to encourage questions and support debate about contemporary art. To provide an education programme which supports and extends understanding of exhibitions and art with audiences of all ages, backgrounds and knowledge levels. To publish books, and information in electronic media, to extend the reach of the Company's creative activity; to encourage greater understanding of contemporary art by developing a range of materials.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Vision To provide inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences in a public space for culture right in the centre of Edinburgh – free and open seven days a week. Mission To develop and present a diverse, international programme of artistically excellent exhibitions, commissions, publications, performances, events and engagement activities. To celebrate creativity’s ability to make space for meaning, and to welcome people into that space so that they find themselves reflected, represented and recognised, and encouraged to think with contemporary art and culture in ways that are helpful to them. Values To be an inclusive, sustainable, socially-committed organisation that centres artists and empowers audiences. To combine the professionalism and reach of a large organisation with the warmth, flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit of a small one.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 17 May 1984

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 52

Number of Volunteers: 0

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£3,005,555	£919,121	11 Jan 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£1,698,230	£1,904,430	15 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£2,175,934	£2,251,209	19 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£2,198,320	£2,552,071	18 Oct 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£1,924,061	£1,986,765	19 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Nicholas	Thomas
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First Name

Last Name

Nicholas

Thomas

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