ARTSADMIN
Registered charity 1044645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARTS ACCESS TRUST
Artsadmin produces new projects, and initiates and manages programmes in partnership with artists, organisations, funders and other stakeholders. We hire, provide and manage affordable rehearsal, studio and office space for artists, arts organisations and other users.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an in-year deficit of £427,887, primarily driven by depreciation of fixed assets and strategic restructuring costs. Free reserves stood at £141,954, which is below the trustees' policy target of three months' core operating costs (approximately £250,000). However, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £142k; policy: three months' core operating costs)
“The free reserves of the charity are defined as unrestricted general funds not tied up in fixed assets nor designated for specific planned projects. Free reserves as of 31 March 2025 are £141,954, 57% of target” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Artsadmin provides producing, general management and bookkeeping services to Arts Initiative Ltd, a company sharing directors with Artsadmin. Net amounts billed were £39,214.
“During the year, net amounts of £39,214 (2024: £39,752) were billed to Arts Initiative by Artsadmin, and at the year end £16,151 (2024: £Nil) was owing to Artsadmin.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Raidene Carter — Joint CEO (source)
- Cath Longman-Jones — Joint CEO (source)
- Jeremy Smeeth — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PATEL, Nadine Marielle — director, appointed 15/01/2026on trustee list
- ROWSE, Alexandra Jane Li-Zhen — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
- CORNELIUS, Anna Elizabeth — director, appointed 09/09/2025on trustee list
- MARTINDALE, Kathryn Sarah — director, appointed 04/03/2025on trustee list
- HALE, Daisy Elizabeth Roberta, Mx — director, appointed 24/11/2021on trustee list
- JANKOWSKI, Christoph Allan Bernhardt — director, appointed 20/11/2018on trustee list
- SMEETH, Jeremy — director, appointed 23/07/2013on trustee list
- LONGMAN-JONES, Catherine Louise — secretary, appointed 04/03/2025
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£67k
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- JEREMY SMEETHchair
- Alexandra Jane Li-Zhen Rowse
- Anna Elizabeth Cornelius
- Christoph Jankowski
- Daisy Elizabeth Roberta Hale · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kathryn Sarah Martindale
- Nadine Marielle Patel
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ARTSADMIN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an in-year deficit of £427,887, primarily driven by depreciation of fixed assets and strategic restructuring costs. Free reserves stood at £141,954, which is below the trustees' policy target of three months' core operating costs (approximately £250,000). However, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
Who funds ARTSADMIN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTSADMIN as a grant recipient include THE LINBURY TRUST, TOWER HILL TRUST.
Known funders
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