Wolverhampton Arts Centre

Registered charity 1066687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE, THE NEWHAMPTON CENTRE

To provide opportunities for engagement and participation in the creative arts by providing - affordable, multi-cultural, arts-based events- comfortable and congenial facilities for the arts at an affordable rent- good quality spaces and opportunities for local people in creative arts, media and related activities

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £116,069 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £468,086 to £352,017. Free reserves stood at £142,690, which the trustees note is below the policy target of 25% of turnover needed to cover three months of running costs. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 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 (97% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Wendy Downschair
• Curtis Miles Shelton
• Frederick Philip Richings
• KEITH ANTHONY FRASER
• Lynn Court
• Martin Cartwright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Kerr Ms
• RYAN TAYLOR
• Richard James Ashwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tom Roden

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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