ISTA Global Arts Learning Ltd

Registered charity 1050103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I S T A, THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS THEATRE ASSOCIATION

International Theatre Educator

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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 reported a net income surplus of £76,734 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £177,512. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £92,086, which exceeds its stated designated reserves policy target of £40,000. The charity has no borrowings and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £1,800 in fees for services. Four trustees were reimbursed £4,043 in travelling expenses.

“One trustee received £1,800 in relation to fees for services provided (2024: £1,800 received by 1 trustee). Four trustees were also reimbursed a total of £4,043 travelling expenses (2024: £922 received by 1 trustee). No other remuneration was received by trustees.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by bk plus Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£29k

Reserves (reported)

£92k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 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 (87% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Steven John Parkerchair
Caroline Alexis Hutchison
Elana Sue Shyong
Helen Szymczak
Malina Patel
Rene Ribant-Amthor
Sheila Healy

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Bangladesh · Belgium · Cambodia · Canada · China · Cornwall · Czech Republic · Denmark · Egypt · France

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/05/2024	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/05/2023	£890k	£850k
31/05/2022	£510k	£624k
31/05/2021	£393k	£415k

Common questions

Is ISTA Global Arts Learning Ltd financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £76,734 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £177,512. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £92,086, which exceeds its stated designated reserves policy target of £40,000. The charity has no borrowings and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by bk plus Audit Limited.

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 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£60k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£35k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£29k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£7k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£5k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £479k
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
RAOS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £117k
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE income £1.1m
BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION income £1.2m
FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED income £724k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ISTA Global Arts Learning Ltd	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£479k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£345k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAOS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£117k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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