SPIKE ISLAND ARTSPACE LIMITED

Registered charity 1003505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTSPACE BRISTOL LIMITED, SPIKE ISLAND, SPIKE ISLAND ARTSPACE LTD

The primary objects for which the Association is established is to advance the arts for the public benefit through the promotion of Contemporary Art and the education of the public in the understanding and appreciation of Contemporary Art.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit on unrestricted general funds of £34,932, resulting in general reserves of £246,167, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of circa £250,000. Despite this, the trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing secured multi-year funding agreements with Arts Council England and Bristol City Council.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Judith Ann Squireschair
• Catherine Louise Frankpitt
• Deana Vanagan
• Harriet Bowman
• Jane Veronica Sillis
• Lianne Christine Toye
• Lucy Anne Bailey
• Maria do Carmo Matosinho Peres de Pontes
• Paul Purgas
• Piers Lewis Henry Tincknell
• Professor William Mortimer Gething
• Sophie Amono
• Tamsin Mei Hong
• Theresa Rebecca A'Court Bergne

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE ART.

• SPACE ART income £35k
• S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS income £2.8m
• ARTSPACE LIFESPACE income £775k
• AESOP ARTS AND SOCIETY LIMITED income £431k
• RIVERSIDE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £77k
• CORBY COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £44k

Side by side with its peers

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