ZINC ARTS

Registered charity 1035444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THEATRE RESOURCE

Zinc Arts delivers Arts and education projects with disabled people and socially excluded groups and also provides a wide range of social and recreational activities for the local and wider community.Chipping Ongar and surrounding parishes, Essex and throughout England and Wales

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE AND THE EAST OF ENGLAND

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£492k
Latest spending
£520k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the preparation of the accounts or the keeping of accounting records.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Zinc Arts (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£492k£520k
31/03/2024£372k£421k
31/03/2023£344k£358k
31/03/2022£271k£296k
31/03/2021£388k£278k

Common questions

Is ZINC ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the preparation of the accounts or the keeping of accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England06/05/2025£14kAccommodating Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2011£7kCreative Outdoor Learning Space
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2006£10kThe Business
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/05/2006£50k"Disability History Project"

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 WESTMINSTER ARTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ZINC ARTS£492k——unclear—no doubt
WESTMINSTER ARTS FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZINK PROJECT CIO FY2025£561k—0unclear—no doubt
MINERVA ARTS & WELLBEING FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD FY2024£99k—0unclear—no doubt
Equal Arts Ltd. FY2025£454k—0unclear—no doubt

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