EAST STREET ARTS
Registered charity 1077401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Promoting education about the Visual Arts and undertakes advocacy for arts' socially transformative role. Provides facilities, buildings, space and resources for making art. Facilitates debate, discourse and criticism. Provides a programme of activities including shows of artwork and engaging audiences.Supports artist's skills and professional development, through exchange and interaction.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £2,936,408, an increase from £2,754,067 the previous year, driven by a net income of £182,341. Per the trustees' report, the organisation has stabilized its financial position through improved cashflow monitoring and debt recovery, maintaining adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Minoti Parikh received £Nil (2024: £24,450) in relation to provision of training for East Street Arts employees around managing conflict and company culture through data collection and a survey.
“Minoti Parikh received £Nil (2024: £24,450) in relation to provision of training for East Street Arts employees around managing conflict and company culture through data collection and a survey. None of the other trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HILL, Simon Christopher — director, appointed 11/02/2026on trustee list
- CAMERON, Angela — director, appointed 12/11/2025on trustee list
- SAIMBHI, Hardev Singh — director, appointed 23/04/2025on trustee list
- POULTNEY, Tom — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
- TSIONKI, Marianna — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
- PARIKH, Minoti — director, appointed 20/01/2021on trustee list
- BRADY, Jean Marianne — director, appointed 20/01/2021not on trustee list
- BARRADAS SIMOES, Rodolfo Alexandre — director, appointed 20/01/2021not on trustee list
- RAMSHAW, Nicholas Mark — director, appointed 20/01/2021on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £900k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Angela Cameron
- Hardev Singh Saimbhi
- Jean Marianne Brady OBE
- Lisa Jayne Keenan
- Marianna Tsionki
- Minoti Parikh
- Nicholas Mark Ramshaw
- Rodolfo Alexandre Barradas Simoes
- Simon Hill
- Tom Poultney
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EAST STREET ARTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £2,936,408, an increase from £2,754,067 the previous year, driven by a net income of £182,341. Per the trustees' report, the organisation has stabilized its financial position through improved cashflow monitoring and debt recovery, maintaining adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.
Who funds EAST STREET ARTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST STREET ARTS as a grant recipient include LEEDS CULTURE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS.
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