Cement Fields

Registered charity 1122498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITSTABLE BIENNALE LIMITED

Arts presentations in North Kent

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Latest income
£686k
Latest spending
£624k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves were £106,633, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £40,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £62,725 for the year, with total income of £686,408 against expenditure of £623,683.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England (36% of income)
“Key funding partners in 2024/25 were Arts Council England (through the National Portfolio, and National Lottery Project Grants); Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, Heritage Lottery Fund, Freelands Foundation, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, Goethe Institute and Ideas Test.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £40,000 (held: £107k)
“This level of unrestricted designated reserve was set by the trustees at £40,000 in April 2024.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£0
Total spending
£624k
Reserves (reported)
£40k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£686k£624k
31/03/2024£411k£398k
31/03/2023£314k£516k
31/03/2022£403k£590k
31/03/2021£593k£297k

Common questions

Is Cement Fields financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves were £106,633, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £40,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £62,725 for the year, with total income of £686,408 against expenditure of £623,683. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Cement Fields?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Cement Fields as a grant recipient include THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£16kSpring 2023 Fund
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£16kSpring 2023 Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2025£683kIntertidal Allotment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/01/2023£99k"EbbsfleetÂ’s Citizen Archive"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2016£10kYoung Programmers: Isle of Sheppey (working title)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/01/2016£63k"Histories of Hoo"