RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1062630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Participatory arts activities especially with vulnerable and excluded people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's going concern status is uncertain due to the death of the building owner and the resulting probate process, which halted planned redevelopment. Despite this instability, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £18,548, meeting its stated policy target of covering three months' running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other trading activities (57% of income)
“Other trading activities 5 38,230 - 38,230” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £19k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“Currently this requires an amount of around £20,000, and we have been able to reach this level.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rising Sun Arts Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£67k£62k
30/04/2024£69k£73k
30/04/2023£80k£73k
30/04/2022£50k£50k
30/04/2021£48k£51k

Common questions

Is RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's going concern status is uncertain due to the death of the building owner and the resulting probate process, which halted planned redevelopment. Despite this instability, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £18,548, meeting its stated policy target of covering three months' running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include THE EARLEY CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EARLEY CHARITYFY2022£4k
THE EARLEY CHARITYFY2023£1kApplications

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2010£8kEssential Improvements to the Rising Sun Arts centre