ARTICHOKE TRUST
Registered charity 1112716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Artichoke Trust is a creative company that seeks to expand the artistic horizons of the general public by working with artists to produce large-scale, site-specific events in public spaces.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £831,298, which the Trustees confirm meets their stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total net assets from £1.8 million to £1.5 million, but maintains that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (held: £831k)
“The target for general unrestricted reserves, excluding those tied up in tangible fixed assets and designated reserves, is to hold six months’ operating costs. On current expenditure, this amount is equivalent to £830,000.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Artichoke Productions Limited
“Artichoke Trust owns 100% of the £2 issued share capital of Artichoke Productions Limited. Artichoke Productions Limited is dormant and did not trade during the year or subsequent to the year end.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Marriage — Director (source)
- Anna Vinegrad — Director of Communications (source)
- Emily Lake — Director of Operations (source)
- Neil Goulder — Finance Director (source)
- Ma'ayan Plane — Development Director (source)
- Kate Harvey — Director of Projects (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Arts Council National Lottery — “Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and Artichoke celebrate £750,000 Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant” (source page)
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
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£390k
Reported reserves equal ~9.8 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 (51% 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: 34.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dalwardin Babu · trustee of 3 other charities
- Desiree Ann Clarke Noble
- HELEN MARRIAGE
- JANICE EVELYN BOUD
- Laia Gasch Casals
- Nephertiti Oboshie Schandorf
- RICHARD KITSON
- Shirley Ann Rodrigues · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stephanie Flanders · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tony James Heaton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ARTICHOKE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £831,298, which the Trustees confirm meets their stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total net assets from £1.8 million to £1.5 million, but maintains that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds ARTICHOKE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTICHOKE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, Point North Community Foundation, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION.
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