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Dundee Contemporary Arts Limited

SC026631Registered charity from 23 May 1997
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Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By DCA
Address 152 Nethergate
Dundee
Postcode DD1 4DY
Website www.dca.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education in contemporary arts and culture for the benefit of the community by the encouragement, support and promotion of the study, practice and knowledge of the visual arts (including but not limited to video and film) and other arts (including but not limited to sound recording, crafts, performance, broadcasting, publishing, literature, music, dance and song) by any means including but not limited to commissioning, galleries, printmaking workshops, displays, talks, research, discussion groups and exhibitions of all kinds as shall be deemed by the Company to be conducive to the objects specified above.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
DCA is one of Scotland’s foremost contemporary arts organisations. DCA’s mission is to enable audiences, artists, and participants to see, experience and create through our four programme areas: Exhibitions, Cinema, Print Studio and Learning. With two beautiful large-scale gallery spaces, two thriving cinema screens, a busy print studio, an award-winning learning programme, and a packed programme of events, workshops, classes and activities aimed at all ages and abilities, DCA is a vibrant cultural hub open to all, located in the heart of the city. DCA is a charity that relies on support from a range of sources to keep enriching people’s lives through art, culture and creativity. As well as income from our cinema, the rental of our café/bar and earned income from our trading subsidiary, DCA receives core funding from Creative Scotland and Dundee City Council, and further generous support from trusts, foundations, corporate partners and individual donors
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 23 May 1997
Main Operating Location: Dundee City
Number of Staff: 75
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "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 2022 £2,252,711 £2,261,815 20 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £2,623,518 £2,581,046 28 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £2,631,753 £3,013,008 18 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £2,784,604 £2,940,456 16 Oct 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
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
Ilana Halperin
Kirsty Gibson
Siobhan Tolland
Scott Mackay
Steven Grimmond
Heidi Douglas
Douglas Robert Forbes
Nancy Durrant
Thomas Miller
Wendy Scullin
Kate Robertson
Toby Paterson
Adam Lockhart
Thomas Veit
Dorothy McHugh
Heather Anderson
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