ART SHAPE LIMITED

Registered charity 1023920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTSHARE GLOUCESTERSHIRE LIMITED

Art Shape works with individuals, communities and organisations to combat exclusion from the arts, with particular focus on working with adults facing disabling barriers such as physical disability, learning difficulties, mental health service users and survivors and those experiencing the difficulties associated with ageing.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN THE ARTS GENERALLY AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY AND NOT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC, POETRY, LITERATURE, GRAPHIC ART, SCULPTURE, CRAFTS AND DESIGN AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £60,961 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £706,847 against total expenditure of £645,886. The trustees report that the organisation's turnover and core funds increased during the pandemic, citing a more sustainable future due to increased tender opportunities with commissioners such as the NHS. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £352,645, comprising general funds of £11,276 and designated funds of £341,369.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Summerfield Trust — “An innovative partnership between 15 organisations in Gloucestershire and funded by The Summerfield Trust (add their logo) working together …” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Finchchair
• Antonia Noble · trustee of 2 other charities
• Cathryn Marie Gilmore-Griffiths
• Dorothy Helen Whittaker
• Hannah Lyons-Tsai
• JOANNE CALAGHAN
• James Austin-Jones
• Jane Finch
• Jules Ford

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAPE LONDON.

• SHAPE LONDON income £609k
• ARTS FACTORY LTD income £738k
• THE CREATIVE ART HOUSE income £854k
• ARTHOUSE UNLIMITED income £1.2m
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• ARTS FOR ALL income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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