CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS

Registered charity 1079313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS (CHARITY)LIMITED, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LIMITED

Our mission is to champion, defend and expand access to art and culture, for and with the public. We create projects, initiatives and well-researched information to inform people, express the value of the arts to contemporary society, and ensure that everyone in the UK has opportunities to experience and participate in the arts.

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Latest income

£129k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £9,787 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £79,830. Per the trustees' report, general reserves excluding designated funds total £43,830, which the Trustees consider to meet their stated policy target of maintaining 3-5 months of planned core expenditure. The charity is registered with the Fundraising Regulator and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-5 months of planned core expenditure (held: £44k)

“Currently, the Trustees consider the ideal level of general reserves to be 3-5 months of planned core expenditure. For the subsequent financial year 2026-26. this will be £30,000-£50,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jack Jonathan Hayneschair
David Philip Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
Estelle van Warmelo
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Lynda Daryll Nead
Rosanna Amy Johnston-Luff
Samuel Alexander Joseph West · trustee of 1 other charity
Savannah Ruby Stanislaus
Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£129k	£120k
31/03/2024	£106k	£74k
31/03/2023	£41k	£46k
31/03/2022	£31k	£18k
31/03/2021	£30k	£17k

Common questions

Is CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £9,787 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £79,830. Per the trustees' report, general reserves excluding designated funds total £43,830, which the Trustees consider to meet their stated policy target of maintaining 3-5 months of planned core expenditure. The charity is registered with the Fundraising Regulator and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS as a grant recipient include Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust, THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust	FY2024	£5k
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	Donation to Campaign for the Arts
THE RAYNE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Towards a general donation.
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	Donation