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Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation

SC052211Registered charity from 21 December 2022
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By APRA
Address Castlebrae Business Centre
Peffer Place
Edinburgh
Postcode EH16 4BB
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4. The charitable purpose of the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation is to advance multidisciplinary creative inquiry and education in the arts and sciences by: 4.1. granting fellowships as benefits in kind and/or benefits in cash to applicants who practice or research multidisciplinarity at an exemplary professional or pre-professional level, as defined by the Application Guidelines for the Multidisciplinary Fellowship and for the Philosophy Dissertation Fellowship that are available at the APRA website; 4.2. organizing and holding seminars, workshops and conferences in which past multidisciplinary fellows teach, present or discuss their work and methods of inquiry; 4.3. offering the artist and philosopher Adrian Piper?s work environment and history as resources to researchers seeking a fuller and clearer understanding of the conditions, methods and processes of multidisciplinary creative inquiry in general; 4.4. creating, maintaining and managing the domicile of Adrian Piper?s work environment, works archive, library and family archive; 4.5. publishing texts or electronic media works by, about, or thematically related to Adrian Piper?s work in art and/or philosophy; 4.6. compiling and publishing a comprehensive online Index of Adrian Piper?s works in art and in philosophy; 4.7. providing informational and material support for and cooperation with curators, authors and institutions that are interested in the exhibition or publication of works by Adrian Piper. It is left to the discretion of the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation to decide on the nature, extent and priority of these measures (4.1) to (4.7) for achieving its charitable purpose.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To advance multidisciplinary creative inquiry and education in the arts and sciences. Planned main activities include: establishing the APRA archive in Edinburgh; Giving out two fellowships, a multidisciplinary fellowship and a philosophy dissertation fellowship; and supporting the Scottish and international art public in the exhibition and research of Adrian Piper's work
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Dec 2022
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
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 Dec 2023 £65,652 £0 26 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £0 £4,137 11 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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
Cicely Farrer
Adrian Piper
Vid Simoniti
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