NEXUS INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS

Registered charity 1121751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEXUS TRUST

Nexus ICA delivers 3 undergraduate degrees and 1 postgraduate, validated by University of West London. All are delivered in a Christian, faith-based environment and are available regardless of faith. Additional activities include provision of venue facilities and instrument tuition to the local community. Performance bands are trained to work in both a youth context and for public entertainment.

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Latest income

£298k

Latest spending

£373k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in the process of closing after the 2025/26 academic year, with financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £464,341 against a policy target of three months' operating costs, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £75,378 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £464k)

“In line with Charities Commission guidelines, Nexus ICA keep a minimum of 3 months operating costs in strategic reserve.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“In April 2024 the trustees took the decision to close the charity after the end of the 2025/26 academic year. Closure is planned less than 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, consequently, the financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis but instead a basis other than the going concern.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HB&O Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Total income

£625k

Total spending

£637k

Reserves (reported)

£212k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kathryn Silberchair
DAVID BERTRAM
MATTHEW LING · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel DEKAM

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£298k	£373k
31/08/2024	£487k	£619k
31/08/2023	£625k	£637k
31/08/2022	£644k	£688k
31/08/2021	£651k	£680k

Common questions

Is NEXUS INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in the process of closing after the 2025/26 academic year, with financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £464,341 against a policy target of three months' operating costs, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £75,378 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HB&O Ltd.

Who funds NEXUS INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEXUS INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, COVENTRY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCELSIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES STYVECHALE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, COVENTRY	FY2021	£1k	Nexus Institute of Creative Arts
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCELSIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES STYVECHALE	FY2021	£500	Home Mission

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 BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£481k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£320k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
Norwich Freemen's Charity	1	£10k
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED income £4.1m
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.1m
NORTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE LIMITED income £380k
ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION income £576k
NETHERHALL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION income £3.5m
GROUPNEXUS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIO income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEXUS INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS	£298k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED FY2026	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE LIMITED FY2024	£380k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£576k	—	0	above	—	noted
NETHERHALL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£3.5m	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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