THE MIGHTY CREATIVES

Registered charity 1129006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUNG PEOPLES CREATIVE AGENCY

The Mighty Creatives is the children and young people's creative development agency. Our work involves finding creative solutions to the opportunities and challenges in young lives. We do this by helping children and young people (age 0 to 25) use their creativity to: Realise their rights; Reach their potential; Make a difference.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£775k

Latest spending

£890k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a sound financial footing but drew on designated reserves to maintain operations due to a significant financial pressure resulting from reduced funding success rates. Free unrestricted reserves decreased from £164,018 to £155,055, while total unrestricted funds stood at £858,451, which the trustees noted surpassed their minimum reserves target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One employee earned in excess of £60,000 (2024 - Nil).” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned in excess of £60,000 (2024 - Nil).” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of staffing and infrastructure costs (held: £155k)

“The policy states that a minimum of three month’s staffing and infrastructure costs should be held in reserve.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Mighty Creatives (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

EMH Homes — “Some of our corporate donors have included regional social housing corporate EMH Homes” (source page)
Next PLC — “Some of our corporate donors have included regional social housing corporate EMH Homes, fashion and home interior retailers Next PLC” (source page)
CR Civil Engineering Limited — “Some of our corporate donors have included regional social housing corporate EMH Homes, fashion and home interior retailers Next PLC and civ…” (source page)
Experian — “Jan Barratt, Experian 2018” (source page)
Natwest — “Steven Scott, Natwest 2018” (source page)
RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund — “Natwest were headline sponsor of the 2017 Be Mighty Be Creative Awards and funder of the 2017-18 Emerge Creative Enterprise Programme, spons…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£775k

Total spending

£889k

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£376k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Robey-Turner
Christopher Mellies
Dr Christine White PhD
Emma Leaman
Jack Farnhill-Bain
Melanie Robinson
Rebecca Bradshaw
Thyll Dammer
Wiktoria Jeglinska · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£775k	£890k
31/03/2025	£744k	£821k
31/03/2024	£1.0m	£693k
31/03/2023	£2.3m	£2.4m
31/03/2022	£4.1m	£3.9m

Common questions

Is THE MIGHTY CREATIVES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on a sound financial footing but drew on designated reserves to maintain operations due to a significant financial pressure resulting from reduced funding success rates. Free unrestricted reserves decreased from £164,018 to £155,055, while total unrestricted funds stood at £858,451, which the trustees noted surpassed their minimum reserves target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MIGHTY CREATIVES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE MIGHTY CREATIVES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MIGHTY CREATIVES as a grant recipient include THE KPMG FOUNDATION, NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k	Using creative mentoring to support children’s emotional wellbeing and confidence, particularly those facing trauma or exclusion
NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Festival Bridge grant funding

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	24/03/2025	£9k	Investment Funds
UK government	01/04/2024	£4k	History in the Making: Our Home, Our Stories
UK government	08/01/2024	£8k	Investment funds
UK government	16/03/2023	£25k	Investment funds
UK government	07/02/2023	£462k	Transition Fund
UK government	27/01/2023	£8k	Investment funds
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/09/2019	£10k	Splash! Community Builders
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2011	£10k	Leadership Skills and Curator Training Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/07/2009	£135k	2009-12 Journals

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 NISBET TRUST	1	£550k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£289k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£190k
COUTTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£180k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£150k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£147k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£139k
RAISE YOUR HANDS	1	£102k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK.

CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK income £3.1m
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED income £1.6m
CURIOUS MINDS income £1.3m
CREATIVE MENTOR NETWORK income £404k
MOWMACRE YOUNG PEOPLES PLAY & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION income £131k
CREATIVITY CULTURE AND EDUCATION income £145k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MIGHTY CREATIVES	£775k	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK FY2024	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CURIOUS MINDS FY2025	£1.3m	£60,000 to £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
CREATIVE MENTOR NETWORK FY2025	£404k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOWMACRE YOUNG PEOPLES PLAY & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£131k	£29,036	0	above	—	no doubt

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