DEPTFORD X LTD

Registered charity 1087490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEPTFORD X

Provision of visual arts festival, exhibition and events, and artists' studios, gallery and related activities in London.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC , AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE

Area of benefit: GREATER 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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Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£93k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £24,845 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £114,860. The trustees report that Arts Council England and Lewisham Council funding provides a solid foundation, although the charity notes it was unsuccessful in other funding bids due to reduced public and trust grants. The organization operates on a biennial festival model and maintains operational reserves equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2024: nil).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Arts Council England (99% of income)
“Arts Council England 97,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £115k)
“The trustees determine that the minimum desirable level of unrestricted designated funds are equivalent to 6 months of unrestricted expenditure (in a festival year) in the form of operational reserves” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£118k£93k
31/03/2024£147k£145k
31/03/2023£135k£143k
31/12/2021£134k£94k
31/12/2020£69k£66k

Common questions

Is DEPTFORD X LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £24,845 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £114,860. The trustees report that Arts Council England and Lewisham Council funding provides a solid foundation, although the charity notes it was unsuccessful in other funding bids due to reduced public and trust grants. The organization operates on a biennial festival model and maintains operational reserves equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of DEPTFORD X LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds DEPTFORD X LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEPTFORD X LTD as a grant recipient include SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2023£10kDeptford X Parade
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/07/2023£10k"Deptford X 25th Anniversary"
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£7kProject Funding
UK government13/10/2022£97kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2022£9k"Lewisham Borough of Culture Deptford X Parade"
The National Lottery Community Fund10/11/2006£10kCommunity X

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEPTFORD X LTD£118kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
DEPTFORD CHALLENGE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
EXETER PHOENIX LTD FY2025£2.7m—0below—noted
THE ASPEX VISUAL ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£312k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST PAUL'S ARTS TRUST FY2025£120k—0below—no doubt

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