THE CREATIVE ART HOUSE

Registered charity 1063671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ART HOUSE

The Art House exists to ensure that artists with and without disabilities have equal access to facilities and opportunities in the visual arts and crafts.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £149,686 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds falling to a deficit of £90,216. Per the trustees' report, the organization remains on a sound footing with a going concern basis applied, supported by strategic plans running through to 2027 and re-entry into the Arts Council's National Portfolio.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Art House (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) — “Outreach to Ownership is an innovative cross-border research pilot which ran from January until September 2022 funded by a grant from the Ar…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% 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: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Adrian Brookschair
• Dr Andrew Jonathan Langley
• Dr Samantha Lukic-Scott
• Jennifer Read
• Jessica Airdrie Taylor
• John Curran
• Rebecca Turner
• Sally Roads

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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