MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1007409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS WORKSHOP TRUST LIMITED, ARTWORKS - MK, ARTWORKS MK LIMITED, ARTWORKS MKLIMITED

Milton Keynes Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts centre set in the historic grounds of Great Linford Manor Park. We present a programme of exhibitions, live events and educational activities inspired by contemporary craft, design and the visual arts. We provide artists with access to specialist resources and the space to explore new ideas, often developed in tandem with our communities.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£258k
Latest spending
£231k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £79,628, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 6 months of running costs. The charity reports a surplus of £19,545 for the year, reversing a previous deficit, and notes that its activities are dependent on securing continued grant funding from Arts Council England and Milton Keynes City Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £80k)
“the trustees have agreed to keep a certain level of financial reserves to ensure that main operations can continue for a period of up to 6 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£258k£231k
31/03/2024£205k£247k
31/03/2023£300k£360k
31/03/2022£293k£326k
31/03/2021£324k£270k

Common questions

Is MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £79,628, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 6 months of running costs. The charity reports a surplus of £19,545 for the year, reversing a previous deficit, and notes that its activities are dependent on securing continued grant funding from Arts Council England and Milton Keynes City Council. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2024£7kAfghan Women's Heritage Crafts
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2022£6kComplex Heritage: A school resource

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/01/2012£49k"Reclaim"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2011£328Reuse, Recycle, Remake
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2003£50k"Fusion"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE LTD£258k—0above—no doubt
MIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE FY2025£5.8m—0above—no doubt
MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£5.1m——below—no doubt
CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£7.2m——above—no doubt
QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£421k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.