Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 18

INTERNATIONAL CURATORS FORUM

Creating events and exhibitions for the general public with a particular focus on diasporic cultures,to increase understanding and appreciation of those cultures and of contemporary visual art in all itsforms; and facilitating the innovation and diversification of curatorial practice to better present visual arts tothe public, and utilising those developments to better educate and inform.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23	£275,328	£335,475	£-60,147
31/03/22	£379,275	£256,827	£122,448
31/03/21	£208,960	£165,594	£43,366

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years
(13 years as a company)

internationalcuratorsforum.org

admin@internationalcuratorsforum.org

07960791996

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£197,760
Esmee Fairbairn	£84,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£71,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to International Curators Forum
£4,000	13/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to International Curators Forum
£80,000	31/08/2021 24	Towards project costs for an ambitious and responsive programme of professional development opportunities for UK-based artists and curators from under-represented backgrounds.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Diasporic Curatorial Animateur
£71,000	17/05/2021	International Curators Forum (ICF) publicly promotes the work of cultural practitioners by developing artistic and curatorial practice and discourse about contemporary visual art. They focus on the ....more International Curators Forum (ICF) publicly promotes the work of cultural practitioners by developing artistic and curatorial practice and discourse about contemporary visual art. They focus on the social impact of the visual arts across issues and borders by creating various avenues to empower diverse communities. This grant supports ICF to shift to digital working and host a 12-month Diasporic Curatorial Animateur fellowship for an emerging curator to animate and activate its archive. This work will be supported by new freelance posts to increase digital capacity and implement integrated digital, marketing and audience development strategies.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	26/03/2021	International Curators Forum: Re-imagining a different, better future through the empowerment of diverse communities in the visual arts
DCMS - ICF NPO SUBMISSION
£152,760	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Strengthening for a future of empowering diverse communities
£45,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-79

BENJAMIN AMUNWA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister

CONSTANCE ALLMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ibm Retiree

ETHEL JOY GREGORY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Artist, Other trusteeship: KRASZNA-KRAUSZ FOUNDATION,

FARJANA KHANOM Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: STUART HALL FOUNDATION,

GEORGE COOPER BLACKLOCK Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Artist

MARK DAVID BRINLEY WAUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Head Of Research And Innovation At Design Artists, Other trusteeship: SOUTH EAST ARTS LONDON,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2020, number: 1189228
Registered at Companies House on 21/01/2011, number: 07501785

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

4 ROSTELLA ROAD
LONDON
SW17 0HY

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE THE CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) CREATING EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DIASPORIC CULTURES, TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THOSE CULTURES AND OF CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART IN ALL ITS FORMS; AND(B) FACILITATING THE INNOVATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF CURATORIAL PRACTICE TO BETTER PRESENT VISUAL ARTS TO THE PUBLIC, AND UTILISING THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TO BETTER EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS.

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