CUSTOMS HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1032846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CUSTOMS HOUSE

Arts Centre offering Theatre, Cinema and Art Gallery. We deliver Arts in Education within South Tyneside and within the North East Region and are actively engaged in arts development as well as the use of the arts to promote social and economic regeneration.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £103,411 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decline in total reserves from £759,665 to £656,254. The trustees note that current reserves have fallen below the stated policy target levels, although they remain confident in restoring free reserves to the required levels following the pandemic recovery. The charity maintains a cash balance of £809,273 and continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources 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 Clive Owen LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Jackson
• Arabella Plouviez
• David Cottam
• Desmond Young
• Eddie Czestochowski
• Garry Thompson
• Jane Carter
• Margaret Fay
• Paul White
• Raymond Spencer
• Richard Ord
• Tom Hall

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

Operates in: North Tyneside · South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k
• WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £229k
• NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.1m
• CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE income £3.3m
• TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.7m
• GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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