EXTANT

Registered charity 1108728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Extant is Britain's leading professional arts company of visually impaired people. Extant's mission is to promote the arts and culture of the visually impaired community through the performing arts. Extant presents an annual programme of Productions and Touring, Research and Development, Education and Youth, and Training.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£344k
Latest spending
£292k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £51,567 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward of £212,129. The trustees confirm that the charity has enough liquid funds available to fulfil liquidity needs and operate at a continued adequate level of surplus for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core activity (held: £101k)
“Reserves are maintained at a level which ensures that three months of Extant’s core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Flintshire · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£344k£292k
31/03/2024£305k£259k
31/03/2023£302k£333k
31/03/2022£216k£199k
31/03/2021£186k£148k

Common questions

Is EXTANT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £51,567 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward of £212,129. The trustees confirm that the charity has enough liquid funds available to fulfil liquidity needs and operate at a continued adequate level of surplus for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EXTANT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EXTANT as a grant recipient include Fight for Sight, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Fight for SightFY2024£30kResearch grant
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2023£25kRegular grants programme and close partners
Fight for SightFY2024£20kDomestic Violence and Abuse grant
Fight for SightFY2024£20kOpening London Up grant
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUSTFY2024£10kRegular grants programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2018£10kHome, the way I see it!
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2018£10kHOME. The way I see it
The National Lottery Community Fund21/09/2016£10kVisually Impaired Theatre Company (VITC)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2015£10kVisually Impaired Youth Theatre (VIYT)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2012£10kVIYDR: Visually Impaired Youth Drama Radio
City Bridge Foundation15/03/2012£65kGrant to Extant
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2009£10kDance Stage
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2006£5kTheatre pieces

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 VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EXTANT£344k—0unclear—no doubt
VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED FY2025£284k—0unclear—no doubt
XTEND GLOBAL FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
Hastings Contemporary FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
EXETER LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
ENTELECHY ARTS LIMITED FY2025£496kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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