LIVE ART DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Registered charity 1079943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Live Art Development Agency offers a portfolio of resources, opportunities, projects and publishing for the support and development of Live Art practices and discourses in London, the UK and internationally. LADA is committed to working strategically, in partnership, and in consultation with artists and organisations in the cultural sector.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIVE ART SECTOR IN LONDON

Area of benefit: LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,391 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds of £147,662. The trustees note that while reserves were adequate for the transitional year, the organization is running at an annual deficit and aims to achieve financial sustainability by March 2027. The charity relies heavily on Arts Council England funding, which is guaranteed until 2027, to cover operating costs.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ansuman Biswas
• Catrin Sheridan
• Gabriela Roman Gonzalez
• Gillian Elizabeth Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Opie
• Julian Warren
• Professor Angela Bartram

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £436k
• THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED income £2.5m
• DASH ARTS LIMITED income £323k
• THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND income £843.1m
• DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE income £316k
• ARTBOX LONDON income £326k

Side by side with its peers

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