SOUTH ASIAN ARTS-UK

Registered charity 1080292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS CENTRE FOR INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE

SAA-uk (South Asian Arts-uk) is a small, dynamic organisation and registered charity committed to making South Asian arts more readily available through working collaboratively and by nurturing partnerships through our performance, education and consultancy programme. Our mission is: To promote engagement with traditional and contemporary South Asian Music and Dance.

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Latest income
£834k
Latest spending
£705k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £309,137, bringing total funds carried forward to £324,262. The trustees note the importance of maintaining sufficient reserves for financial security while balancing the need to use funding to further the charity's aims. The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £309k)
As was stated last year, it is always important to maintain sufficient reserves to provide financial security during periods of unexpected adverse conditions (e.g. a Covid pandemic), but it is also important to use as much of our funding as possible to further the aims of the charity. The Trustees are very aware of the need to keep these two aims in balance.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KJA Kilner Johnson Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£834k
Total spending
£705k
Cost of raising funds
£41k
Reserves (reported)
£195k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£834k£705k
31/03/2024£800k£653k
31/03/2023£270k£287k
31/03/2022£318k£309k
31/03/2021£287k£266k

Common questions

Is SOUTH ASIAN ARTS-UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £309,137, bringing total funds carried forward to £324,262. The trustees note the importance of maintaining sufficient reserves for financial security while balancing the need to use funding to further the charity's aims. The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KJA Kilner Johnson Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2009£2kTRACECA-New Silk Expression

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART ASIA TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH ASIAN ARTS-UK£834k0unclearno doubt
ART ASIA TRUST LIMITED FY2025£277k0unclearno doubt
THE SOUTH ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS COLLECTION TRUST FY2024£1.6m0unclearno doubt
DARBAR ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£1.3m0aboveno doubt
BRADFORD ARTS CENTRE LTD FY2025£3.6m0unclearno doubt
SOUTH ASIAN CONCERN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£143k0unclearnoted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.