CORE ARTS

Registered charity 1043588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieving persons suffering from mental illness by the encouragement of participation in creative activities, particularly, but not exclusively, painting, photography, printing, music and creative writing.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £151,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025 and holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,492,126. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding is in place to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, with net current assets of £164,304 and significant property equity underpinning the reserves position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“one employee earned in excess of £60,000” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“one employee earned in excess of £60,000” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four months of yearly expenditure (held: £1.5m)

“A designated reserve of £210,000, which represents four months of our yearly expenditure is held to enable the orderly closure of the charity should this become necessary.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by INNOVI ADVISORS LTD. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£23k

Reserves (reported)

£164k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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 (95% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Vivienne Havellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Benjamin Keir Gooch
Claire Elise Glasgow
Dr MARK SALTER
Ellen Faith Willetts
Shaun Adams

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£1.0m	£863k

Common questions

Is CORE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £151,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025 and holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,492,126. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding is in place to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, with net current assets of £164,304 and significant property equity underpinning the reserves position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by INNOVI ADVISORS LTD.

What does the highest-paid employee of CORE ARTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CORE ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORE ARTS as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE CHIMO TRUST CIO, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, The Merchant Taylors' Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	FY2021	£162k	for capital costs for their art school canal boat to help promote positive mental health
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2024	£64k	Core Arts Community Garden
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2023	£64k	Core Arts Community Garden
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2025	£64k	Core Arts Community Garden
THE CHIMO TRUST CIO	FY2023	£50k	Refurbishment of touring canal boat to expand reach
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£25k	Physical activity programme
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation	FY2022	£19k	Other
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£11k	Physical activity programme

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	26/02/2024	£7k	Connect at Core Sports for mental health
Sport England	22/11/2022	£10k	Jubilee Fund - Core Active: mental health midlife project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/05/2022	£10k	Core Arts online connectivity for mental health
Greater London Authority	01/12/2020	£19k	Grant to Core Arts
Thrive LDN	16/03/2020	£10k	Core Gardening for Life
Greater London Authority	30/09/2019	£137k	Core Sport and Core Arts: using activity and creativity to support social integration
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/05/2019	£10k	Maximising Impact of the Core Arts Hall
City Bridge Foundation	09/05/2019	£150k	Grant to Core Arts
Sport England	16/07/2018	£7k	Core Arts' Movement
Greater London Authority	18/01/2018	£40k	Grant to Core Arts
City Bridge Foundation	20/09/2017	£2k	Grant to Core Arts
City Bridge Foundation	23/05/2016	£21k	Grant to Core Arts
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/10/2014	£10k	Core Arts Centre Hall refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2011	£10k	Core Arts Centre's new toilet and refurbished kitchen
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/11/2009	£10k	Core Arts PA
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/06/2009	£30k	Core Arts Disability Van
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/03/2006	£5k	Poetry Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/09/2004	£129k	Support to a larger number of people who suffer from severe and enduring me

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	2	£2k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£543k
COUTTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£180k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£139k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
RAISE YOUR HANDS	1	£102k
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION	1	£100k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£85k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTCORE INTERNATIONAL.

ARTCORE INTERNATIONAL income £238k
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED income £1.6m
ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
ARTY-FOLKS income £262k
ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k
INDEPENDENT ARTS income £439k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORE ARTS	£1.3m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTCORE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£238k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTY-FOLKS FY2025	£262k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD FY2024	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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