PYRAMID OF ARTS
Registered charity 1094134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Pyramid of Arts works to establish inclusive creative communities that engage & empower people regardless of their level of disability or disadvantage. It specialises in arts provision that includes people with learning disabilities, enabling them to work with the wider arts community & professional artists in quality creative projects. Its emphasis is on collaboration & collective achievement.
Objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES INTO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND, IN PARTICULAR :-1. TO ENCOURAGE THE INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE CREATIVE ART;2. TO CREATE COMMUNITIES OF ARTISTIC INTEREST WHICH INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES; AND3. TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES IN COMMUNICATION AND GROUP WORKING SKILLS AND ABOUT THE CREATIVE ARTS
Area of benefit: NORTH YORKSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, WEST YORKSHIRE, HUMBERSIDE
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted deficit of £6,577 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £37,122. The trustees note that the financial situation is increasingly challenging and aim to restore unrestricted funds to the aspirational level of £83,000 within two to three years.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £83,000 (held: £37k)
“The total unrestricted reserves required are therefore £83,000.” — page 5
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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- 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
Corporate structure
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.
- MURPHY, Anna Louise — director, appointed 16/01/2025on trustee list
- WOOLL-RIVERS, Charles — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
- GOOSE, Amanda Heidi — director, appointed 21/07/2022on trustee list
- CRAWSHAW, Gillian — director, appointed 19/07/2022on trustee list
- ANDREWS, Alison Judith Graeme, Doctor — director, appointed 08/05/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Amanda Goose
- Anna Louise Murphy
- Charles Wooll-Rivers
- Dr Alison Andrews · trustee of 1 other charity
- Gillian Crawshaw
- Katherine Elizabeth Barclay
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PYRAMID OF ARTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted deficit of £6,577 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £37,122. The trustees note that the financial situation is increasingly challenging and aim to restore unrestricted funds to the aspirational level of £83,000 within two to three years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds PYRAMID OF ARTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PYRAMID OF ARTS as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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