CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED

Registered charity 1099733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CREATE

Create uses the creative arts to help transform the lives of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people in our society.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £995,506, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of budgeted expenditure and protect against income volatility. The charity reports a net income surplus of £236,139 for the year and holds cash of £1,522,636, providing a strong balance sheet. The auditors confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Create (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony George Cateschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Topolski
• JOHN BROADIS
• MARIT MEYER-BELL
• Monica Holly Robinson
• Simone Jade Rita Wright
• Vanessa Sharp

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW CREATIONS.

• NEW CREATIONS income £183k
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• CREATEBOLTON income £151k
• CORE ARTS income £1.3m
• Creation Theatre Ltd income £668k
• SIGNAL FILM & MEDIA LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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