QUEENS HALL ARTS

Registered charity 1088975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE AN ARTS SERVICE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND PRIMARILY THROUGH THE OPERATION OF THE QUEEN'S HALL ARTS CENTRE IN HEXHAM. QUEEN'S HALL ARTS' VISION STATEMENT IS TO "DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY ARTS PROVISION AT THE QUEEN'S HALL ARTS CENTRE THAT WILL ENRICH AND SERVE LOCAL AND OUTREACHED COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPING A CREATIVE FUTURE FOR ALL"

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted deficit of £95,631 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted funds to £611,278. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are calculated as a negative £70,442, which falls below the stated target range of £60,000 to £80,000. The trustees acknowledge ongoing financial pressures from rising energy and supplier costs but express confidence in the organization's long-term sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cocke, Vellacott & Hill. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Queen's Hall Arts (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Katy Taylor — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Addison James Keen
• Carly Foster
• Dr Ceri Anne Gibson
• Dr SUZANNE FAIRLESS-AITKEN
• Garry Fairfax Lyons
• Jessica Ellen Armstrong
• Lynn Turner
• Simon Peter Beckwith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Lesley Barnes Bubic

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k
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• CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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