CURZON CLEVEDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Registered charity 1058389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CURZON ARTS, CURZON CLEVEDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE ARTSS

Educational charity for the benefit of the public in Clevedon and the surrounding areas

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

Latest income
£823k
Latest spending
£824k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated deficit of £1,315 for the year, driven by a depreciation charge of £59,761 on tangible and intangible assets. Free reserves plus designated contingency funds totalled £150,067, meeting the trustees' policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains healthy working capital with total cash standing at £264,496.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 13.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Raising funds 106,811” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £62k)
“The free reserves of the group at 31 December 2025 were £62,067. The contingency fund was £88,000 which is designated to ‘the graceful winding up of the charity if ever required’ leaving free reserves plus designated contingency funds of £150,067.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Curzon Community Cinema Limited
“Curzon Clevedon Community Centre for the Arts owns the whole of the issued share capital of Curzon Community Cinema Limited” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CURZON CINEMA AND ARTS (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£823k
Total spending
£824k
Cost of raising funds
£107k
Reserves (reported)
£150k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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: 13.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£823k£824k
31/12/2024£798k£795k
31/12/2023£681k£718k
31/12/2022£526k£560k
31/12/2021£598k£498k

Common questions

Is CURZON CLEVEDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated deficit of £1,315 for the year, driven by a depreciation charge of £59,761 on tangible and intangible assets. Free reserves plus designated contingency funds totalled £150,067, meeting the trustees' policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains healthy working capital with total cash standing at £264,496. 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 Community Fund29/11/2023£15kThe Curzon - Cinema Plus
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2021£10k“Bring back the balcony”
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2020£54k"Covid19 Curzon Community Centre for the Arts"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2019£100kCurzon Cinema Clevedon
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2019£268k"The Curzon: Revealing the Past – Sustaining the Future Phase 1"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/10/2012£5k"Curzon Community Cinema Memories Celebration Day"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2009£354k"The Curzon Clevedon: Conserving and sharing the living history of cinema, film and projection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/12/2003£26k"The Curzon, Clevedon - Restoration and Enhancement"