CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED

Registered charity 1116957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAGAS, NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO LIMITED

Aim: Improving Mental Health through creativity. To use creativity as a tool to influence positive changes in people's mental wellbeing and attitudes towards mental health.To achieve this we run a service 4 days a week, this provides an innovative range of creative based services that are directed at improving and enhancing the quality of life, health and social integration of its members.

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Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £6,658 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £75,178, which the trustees consider prudent given potential liabilities. The charity secured additional funding streams and reduced expenditure to ensure financial sustainability.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chilli Studios (Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studios) Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

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: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£173k
31/03/2024£184k£205k
31/03/2023£254k£248k
31/03/2022£215k£193k
31/03/2021£257k£241k

Common questions

Is CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £6,658 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £75,178, which the trustees consider prudent given potential liabilities. The charity secured additional funding streams and reduced expenditure to ensure financial sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kMaterials used in the weekly creative workshops for this charity improving the lives of vulnerable adults.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kCultivating Compassionate Communities through Creativity
UK government01/10/2020£3kDCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/08/2020£10k"COVID19: Chilli Studios (Newcastle and Gateshead Art Studio) Limited"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2020£10kRecovery in Nature
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£615Music studio provision
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2018£268kCreative Minds Leading Recovery
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/08/2017£65k"Heads & Tales"
Northern Rock Foundation13/12/2011£40kGrant awarded to Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studio Ltd (Tyne & Wear)
Northern Rock Foundation20/05/2011£3kGrant awarded to Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studio Ltd (Tyne & Wear)
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2009£6kA Place of our Own
Northern Rock Foundation08/12/2008£90kGrant awarded to Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studio Ltd (Tyne & Wear)
Northern Rock Foundation22/05/2006£14kGrant awarded to Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studio Ltd (Tyne & Wear)
Northern Rock Foundation12/07/2005£75kGrant awarded to Newcastle and Gateshead Arts Studio Ltd (Tyne & Wear)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILLI STUDIOS (NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD ARTS STUDIO) LIMITED£180k0unclearno doubt
MIND IN CROYDON LTD FY2025£2.3m1unclearno doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE ART STUDIO FY2025£189k0unclearno doubt
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£16.3munclearno doubt
THE COMEDY TRUST FY2025£103kUnder £60,0000within0.0%no doubt
MADDERMARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£620k0unclearno doubt

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