FIRSTSITE LIMITED
Registered charity 1031800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1STSITE, CADVAT, COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT VISUAL ARTS TRUST, COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT VISUAL ARTS TRUST LTD, FIRSTSITE
Provision of visual arts programme and activities
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £599,549, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of covering three months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm the group remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Electoral Commission register entries
Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.
- Non Cash: Will Quince MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £4k · 06/11/2021 · ref NC0553669
Other
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 56.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Alan Garnett
- Amanda Jenkins
- Andrew Jenkins
- Catherine Elizabeth Francis
- Darrell Mann
- David Rosenberg
- Diane Eleanor Leacock
- Elsa James
- Julie Young · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Tibber · trustee of 2 other charities
- Rosie Harriet Millard
- Tim Field
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FIRSTSITE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £599,549, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of covering three months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm the group remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.
Who funds FIRSTSITE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FIRSTSITE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE AMPERSAND FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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