BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED

Registered charity 1102077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIDCOMBE STUDIOS LTD

Bath Artists' Studios' charitable objective is to advance the education of the public in the understanding and appreciation of the arts. The company is the largest provider of studio space in Bath, has a gallery and project space, and hosts a full programme of classes and workshops as well as taking arts education out into the surrounding community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION 0F THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCALLY IN BATH AND NORTH EASTR SOMERSET.

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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Latest income

£142k

Latest spending

£139k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £56,319 at the year end, which the trustees consider to be comfortably in excess of their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £2,942, driven by growth in charitable activity income, while maintaining adequate resources for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three- and six-month’s expenditure (held: £56k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use (“Unrestricted Reserves”) should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three- and six-month’s expenditure.” — 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Sabita Tripathy
Emma Reichenbach
Felicity Roma Bowers
Fran Forsyth
Jon Roynon
Krishnaa Shyam Sundar
Nicholas Fleming
Olga Fladmark
Richard Fell
Rita Lazaro

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£142k	£139k
31/01/2024	£38k	£36k
31/01/2023	£125k	£127k
31/01/2022	£117k	£116k
31/01/2021	£136k	£110k

Common questions

Is BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £56,319 at the year end, which the trustees consider to be comfortably in excess of their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £2,942, driven by growth in charitable activity income, while maintaining adequate resources for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£543k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£44k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
THE WORLD REIMAGINED LIMITED	1	£5k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£3k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTISTS STUDIO COMPANY.

ARTISTS STUDIO COMPANY income £3.0m
BATH RECREATION LIMITED income £1.3m
ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED income £5.9m
S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS income £2.8m
BEAVERS ARTS LIMITED income £683k
CHAPEL ARTS STUDIOS income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTISTS STUDIO COMPANY FY2024	£3.0m	£130,001 - £140,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH RECREATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED FY2025	£5.9m	Over £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS FY2025	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEAVERS ARTS LIMITED FY2025	£683k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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