Wonder Arts Limited

Registered charity 1051317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Citadel Arts Ltd, THE CITADEL, THE CITADEL ARTS CENTRE

Children and Family Theatre Agency operating in the public realm

Objects

TO FOSTER, PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, THE VISUAL ARTS, CRAFT, PERFORMANCE AND FILM

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: St. Helens, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports a stable financial position with total funds of £194,678, comprising £47,000 in unrestricted general reserves and £55,626 in restricted funds. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves adequate against a policy target of £48,250, noting that unrestricted funds exceed this threshold. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by secured funding agreements and cash flow projections.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• St Helens Council — “Wonder Arts receives funding from St Helens Council” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “is also supported by Arts Council England” (source page)
• The Ravensdale Trust — “The Ravensdale Trust” (source page)
• Rainhill Rotary Club — “Rainhill Rotary Club” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra De La Bastide
• Chad Taylor
• GRAEME DIXON
• Isah-Levi Jacob Green Roach
• Jennifer Camilleri
• Joe Gilmour-Rees
• Kathryn Bufton
• Tanya Louise McGibbon

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

Operates in: St Helens

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTOART PROJECTS.

• INTOART PROJECTS income £437k
• FARNWORTH LITTLE THEATRE income £42k
• WICKHAM THEATRE TRUST income £44k
• WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £229k
• CWMNI'R FRAN WEN CYF income £1.3m
• MIDDLE CHILD THEATRE LIMITED income £746k

Side by side with its peers

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