S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS

Registered charity 1089266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S1 ARTSPACE

S1 Artspace's mission is to enable artists to achieve their ambitions through opportunities and resource, alongside a public programme that engages a broad audience both locally and internationally. Its purpose is to provide a focal point for the production, presentation and debate of contemporary art practice and support artist professional development through opportunities and collaboration.

Objects

To advance the education of the public in the appreciation and practice of the arts; andto assist artists in need through the provision of studio space and education in the arts.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in total income to £2,828,498, driven by restricted capital funding for the acquisition of a permanent building, while total expenditure remained low at £165,496. Although unrestricted reserves of £6,666 are currently below the trustees' policy target of three months' turnover or £60,000, the charity holds substantial restricted and capital funds to support its ongoing development.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Allen, West and Foster. 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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 30/04/2024, 90 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03436124 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• INCE, Catherine Jane — director, appointed 03/01/2026on trustee list
• BEDFORD, Amy Louise — director, appointed 13/03/2025on trustee list
• O'HARA, James — director, appointed 10/09/2023on trustee list
• BICKLE, David Jonathan — director, appointed 17/10/2016on trustee list
• MOSLEY, Ryan — director, appointed 17/10/2016on trustee list
• SHAMMA, Niall — director, appointed 17/10/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Jonathan Bicklechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Louise Bedford
• Catherine Ince
• James O'Hara
• Niall Shamma
• Ryan Mosley

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• SPACE ART income £35k
• ARTSPACE LIFESPACE income £775k
• SPIKE ISLAND ARTSPACE LIMITED income £1.5m
• A SPACE : GROWING CREATIVE COMMUNITIES income £640k
• ART SPACE income £497k
• ARTIS FOUNDATION income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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