COVENTRY ARTSPACE LIMITED
An independent arts organisation supporting engagement with high quality visual arts practice in Coventry by:? providing affordable spaces for artists and curators to work, exhibit, meet and create in? working with community and cultural partners to nurture and celebrate visual arts? providing and promoting development opportunities to artists and curators? delivering visual arts projects
Objects
1 TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC IN COVENTRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE IN IN NEED DUE TO YOUTH, AGE, SOCIAL OR DISADVANTAGE, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THE SAID RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN THE ARTS AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND TO DO SO IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.2 TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, BY INCREASING ACCESS TO THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PARTICIPATORY ARTS OUTREACH PROJECTS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus and intact unrestricted reserves of £10,169, meeting its policy target of retaining three months' operating costs. The trustees acknowledge ongoing challenges with capacity and the need to secure future funding to ensure the long-term future of the organisation.
What the accounts disclose
“our reserves policy is to retain three months' operating costs.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Funders the charity credits
Trustees
- Bianca Jane Winter
- Joanne Sarah McAree
- Kulwant Dhaliwal
- Mathew Yet Leon Leung
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £29k | £27k |
| 31/03/2024 | £54k | £59k |
| 31/03/2023 | £55k | £87k |
| 31/03/2022 | £155k | £123k |
| 31/03/2021 | £83k | £72k |
Common questions
Is COVENTRY ARTSPACE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus and intact unrestricted reserves of £10,169, meeting its policy target of retaining three months' operating costs. The trustees acknowledge ongoing challenges with capacity and the need to secure future funding to ensure the long-term future of the organisation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 28/04/2022 | £10k | "Stories That Made Us (the South Asian Narrative)" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/08/2007 | £9k | Our World |