PLATFORM ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1119710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide studios and gallery for practicing artists at Middlesbrough in a heritage site building. We aim to advance the education of the public in all forms of art via individual and group exhibitions, talks, seminars open studio events, exhibitions, residencies and internships. We network with other organisations and individuals to encourage arts development in the Tees Valley.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL FORMS OF ART ESPECIALLY, IN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO THE TEES VALLEY AREA.

Area of benefit: TEES VALLEY AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Middlesbrough, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £16,344 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a loss in the previous year. Net assets increased to £137,108, supported by significant other operating income of £52,724. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW IAN MCKEOWN
• ANTHONY CHARLES

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PECKHAM PLATFORM LTD.

• PECKHAM PLATFORM LTD income £514k
• LEEDS ART FUND income £44k
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k
• MIDDLETON POPSTARS ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD income £46k
• THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £887k
• PERFORMING ROOM income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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