ARTLINK CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS

Registered charity 1091217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTLINK EXCHANGE

To enable equality of opportunity for all members of the community to have access to quality arts provisions. Artlink aims to provide quality artistic and cultural activities throughout Hull, East Riding, North Linconlnshire and North East Lincolnshire. It has four areas of delivery; outreach arts projects, gallery development, training and the provision of information.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS GENERALLY, AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE HUMBER SUB-REGION AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS BY UTILISING ALL ARTFORMS INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, DRAMA, DANCE, MUSIC, LITERATURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA.B) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH , AGE, INFIRMITY, ILLNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SEVERE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDED THAT NEVERTHELESS SUCH FACILITIES SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

Area of benefit: HUMBER SUB- REGION AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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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Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£233k
Latest spending
£274k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £40,603 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £400,441. The trustees acknowledge that free reserves are negative (-£25,210) because the value of the freehold property is included in unrestricted funds, placing the charity below its own reserves policy target. However, the trustees confirm the charity is continuing as a going concern with a strong cash position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Removing the building from unrestricted reserves, leaves a negative free reserves position of -£25,210 which is below our required limit set out in our policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We acknowledge that the Charity's free reserves are below the minimum required and are actively implementing procedures to ensure we build those free reserves back up to remain resilient and to remain continuing as a going concern.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £20,000 — grants £20,000 (1); 9% of the £232,947 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 43
  • Government income: £20,000 — grants £20,000 (1); 9% of the £231,930 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 23
  • Government income: £47,610 — grants £47,610 (4); 23% of the £210,325 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Artlink Centre for Community Arts (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£233k£274k
31/03/2024£232k£346k
31/03/2023£210k£313k
31/03/2022£387k£344k
31/03/2021£397k£349k

Common questions

Is ARTLINK CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £40,603 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £400,441. The trustees acknowledge that free reserves are negative (-£25,210) because the value of the freehold property is included in unrestricted funds, placing the charity below its own reserves policy target. However, the trustees confirm the charity is continuing as a going concern with a strong cash position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ARTLINK CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTLINK CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS as a grant recipient include The Ashley Family Foundation, THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£8k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£5k
THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2022£665
THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2025£600

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2024£150kCreative Connections
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kCreative Connections
UK government13/12/2021£67kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2016£6kHow to Listen
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/09/2014£48k"Trawlermen: Suited and Booted"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/01/2007£25k"Hull then and Hull now: Our Shared Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2006£5kNeighbourhood. East Hull Stories
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/04/2006£5k"This Community Arts Organisation Delivers A Range Of Projects Including Community Outreach And Galleries, Training And Information Services."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2005£21k"Casting the Past, Hull"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/05/2004£50k"HU9 Project"

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 SUFFOLK ARTLINK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARTLINK CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS£233k—0below—noted
SUFFOLK ARTLINK FY2025£255k—0below—no doubt
BACK TO OURS ARTS LIMITED FY2025£589k—0unclear—no doubt
HARLOW ART TRUST FY2025£490k—0unclear—no doubt
ARTS CONNECTION - CYSWLLT CELF FY2025£153kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
LICHFIELD ARTS FY2025£242k—0above—no doubt

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