ESCAPE COMMUNITY ART IN ACTION

Registered charity 1097718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESCAPE, Escape Arts

Improve the quality of life and promote equality through social inclusion & integration of beneficiaries in need by reason of their age, health or disabilities, in particular but not exclusively by providing or assisting with the provision of creative arts and heritage-led educational and recreational activities, helping to reduce isolation & improve physical & mental health & well-being.

Objects

1. To improve quality of life and promote equality through the social inclusion and integration of beneficiaries who are in need by reason of their age, health inequalities, mental health conditions, physical or learning disabilities, in particular but not exclusively by providing or assisting with the provision of creative arts and heritage-led educational and recreational activities, helping to reduce isolation and improve physical and mental health and wellbeing.2. To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of Warwickshire and surrounding area (hereinafter called ‘the area of benefit’)

Area of benefit: STRATFORD UPON AVON AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,698 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total incoming resources of £309,411 and total resources expended of £306,713. Total reserves stood at £207,680, of which £28,863 was unrestricted, exceeding the stated minimum policy target of £15,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operating, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Bruce William Draper
• Kate Davies
• Louise Suzanne Schmitz
• Nicholas McCarthy
• Paul Taylor
• Sharon Marie Walpole
• Stewart William Bell

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

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 ESCAPE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP.

• ESCAPE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP income £390k
• CITY ESCAPE income £47k
• ARTSPACE LIFESPACE income £775k
• MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE income £59k
• CORE ARTS income £1.3m
• ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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