IFA YORUBA CONTEMPORARY ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1055632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I-YCAT, YCAT, YORUBA CONTEMPORARY ARTS TRUST

Ifa - Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust is a charitable trust, committed to fostering the development of African arts and culture through a wide range of educational and arts activities and promoting an awareness of the impact of African people on the wider African Diaspora.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £2,923 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £33,905 against charitable expenditure of £36,827. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,123 at year-end, and the charity does not currently have a stated investment or reserve policy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Benin · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Canada · Cuba · Germany · Haiti · India · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Netherlands

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34k£37k
31/03/2024£72k£70k
31/03/2023£55k£52k
31/03/2022£23k£41k
31/03/2021£83k£67k

Common questions

Is IFA YORUBA CONTEMPORARY ARTS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £2,923 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £33,905 against charitable expenditure of £36,827. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,123 at year-end, and the charity does not currently have a stated investment or reserve policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/01/2023£10k"Tales of Orisa"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2021£10k"NL20:Ark at that!"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2019£10kCreation Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/07/2018£10k"Birchfield Heritage Trail"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/08/2012£10kVoices of Kalakuta
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2009£10kWest Country to West Africa
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/11/2006£5k"To Mark 200 Years Since The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, An Event Will Be Staged Called 'Tales Of The African Diaspora'. Various Workshops,"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2006£5kTales of Diaspora
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2004£5kcultural event