ARTSITE LIMITED

Registered charity 1124602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of affordable artist's studios. Educational, workshop and cultural development. Artist's hub, exhibitions and creative learning.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE RESIDENTS OF SWINDON AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANSA TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR AND CONDUCT EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE FIELD OF THE ARTSB TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE STUDIO SPACEC SUCH OTHER WAYS AS DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE ASSOCIATION, IN GENERAL MEETING, SO LONG AS SUCH ACTIVITIES DO NOT STOP THE ASSOCIATION BEING RECOGNISED AS A CHARITY IN LAW.

Area of benefit: SWINDON

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£42k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £6,294 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy aim of holding enough to cover three months of core activities. The charity reported a net expenditure of £21,856 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £58,250 to £36,394. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Unrestricted reserves amounted to £6294 at the year end (2024 £5205).” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £9,297 — contracts £7,297 (3), grants £2,000 (1); 22% of the £41,793 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/12/2024

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £36,860 — contracts £36,860 (5); 48% of the £77,398 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £42,722 — contracts £42,722 (3); 45% of the £94,124 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

WILLIAM ROBERT COCKSchair
Delia Carter
LINDA KASMATY
Paula Sullivan

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/12/2025	£42k	£22k
30/12/2024	£77k	£53k
30/12/2023	£94k	£77k
30/12/2022	£66k	£55k
30/12/2021	£17k	£20k

Common questions

Is ARTSITE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £6,294 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy aim of holding enough to cover three months of core activities. The charity reported a net expenditure of £21,856 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £58,250 to £36,394. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
Point North Community Foundation	1	£25k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£6k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART SPACE.

ART SPACE income £497k
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £229k
LIFE WITH ART income £372k
TIN ARTS LIMITED income £652k
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £274k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARTSITE LIMITED	£42k	—	below	—	no doubt
ART SPACE FY2026	£497k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2026	£229k	—	above	—	no doubt
LIFE WITH ART FY2026	£372k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TIN ARTS LIMITED FY2025	£652k	£49,890	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt

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