BIRMINGHAM CENTRE FOR ARTS THERAPIES

Registered charity 1051578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS THERAPIES UK

Provision of a service of Arts Therapies (Art, Drama, Dance Movement, Music and Play Therapies) and Community Arts in Health facilities for clients of all ages and needs. To act as a Resource/Teaching Centre for training, education and support of professionals and carers, at national/inter-national levels. To support Research in Arts Therapies.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION OF ARTS THERAPIES (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH INTO ARTS THERAPIES

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redditch, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a net surplus of £29,497 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 19% to £704,198. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £68,963, which the trustees note is just below their stated policy target of 10% of annual turnover. The trustees confirmed there are no material concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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)

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

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 3.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Graham
• DR Jane Clarke
• Kira Self
• Owen Lee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard French-Lowe
• Steven Gambardella
• Willaim Ham

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE.

• BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE income £589k
• ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN income £335k
• BROMSGROVE COMMUNITY ARTS income £409k
• BARNES COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE income £800k
• DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE income £645k
• BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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