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NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM

Registered charity 1062366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NRTF

NRTF provides networking and development opportunities via web site, email, conference, meetings. NRTF applies for funding to encourage the development of members practice. NRTF Commissions research and produces and distributes documents and publications. NRTF provides information and advice on touring of professional arts with rural communities.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR AT RURAL AND LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£274k
Latest spending
£283k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £115,120, exceeding the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £59,291 for the year, driven by increased Arts Council England funding and trading income, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants receivable from government and other public bodies (60% of income)
“Grants receivable from government and other public bodies - 155,448”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately six months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £115k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level which equates to approximately six months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £158,408 — grants £158,408 (1); 58% of the £274,438 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £155,448 — grants £155,448 (2); 61% of the £256,501 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£274k£283k
31/03/2024£257k£197k
31/03/2023£172k£200k
31/03/2022£180k£284k
31/03/2021£455k£408k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £115,120, exceeding the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £59,291 for the year, driven by increased Arts Council England funding and trading income, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£395k
Richard Oatley Trust Number Two1£150k
THE VINEHILL TRUST1£70k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST1£40k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£36k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£30k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM£274k—0unclear—no doubt
TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt
TAUNTON ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL TRAILS UK FY2026£750k—0below—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF NARBERTH AND WHITLAND TRUST FUND FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL FLOOD FORUM FY2025£921k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt

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