The Shoosmith Gallery

Charity number: 1147845
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Shoosmith Gallery, is a registered charity to promote the artistic work of Thurston Laidlaw Shoosmith (1865-1933) and Fanny Violet Shoosmith (1871-1925), to advance public knowledge and education of their watercolours and associated family history. To promote art therapy sessions as a creative expression for the alleviation of trauma and the emotional well-being of people.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £68,668
Total expenditure: £64,016

People

3 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Northamptonshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 June 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SEECHANGE (Working name)
  • SEECHANGE (UK) LIMITED (Previous name)
  • SHOOSMITH GALLERY (Previous name)
Company number:
07732864 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Bushra Hamid Chair 13 June 2012
Steiner Friends
Received: On time
Ruth Alexandra Corby Trustee 04 April 2026
None on record
Nick Gordon Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £27.78k £35.21k £54.03k £38.50k £68.67k
Total expenditure £35.10k £38.46k £24.42k £8.37k £64.02k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 02 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 02 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 26 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 26 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 17 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 17 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 29 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 29 December 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 18 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 18 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 AUG 2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/06/2012 as amended on 01 Apr 2018

Charitable objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE: 4.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TRAUMA OF ANY KIND BY: 4.1.1.1 DEVELOPING THE SKILLS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OR EMERGING FROM PERSONAL CRISIS OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED TRAUMA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND 4.1.1.2 CONDUCTING, FACILITATING, PROMOTING AND FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE FACTORS LEADING TO PERSONAL TRAUMA AND CRISIS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. 4.1.2 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Contact information

Address:
Delapre Abbey
London Road
Northampton
NN4 8AW
Phone:
0800 1934511
Email:
info@shoosmithgallery.org
Website:

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