EVOLUTION ARTS

Registered charity 1133828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Courses and workshops in arts,crafts, health and well-being.

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS;3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN RELATION TO MATTERS OF HEALTH; AND3.3 TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE DISPENSATION OF ALTERNATIVEFORMS OF HEALTH TREATMENT TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACUPUNCTURE,AROMATHERAPY, ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE, OSTEOPATHY, COUNSELLING, HOMEOPATHY,SHIATSU, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF HEALTH EXERCISES AND TREATMENTSINCLUDING YOGA AND TAI CHI.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £12,719 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £68,242 and total expenditure of £55,523. Unrestricted reserves stood at £37,817, which the trustees consider to be 8.1 months of expenditure, exceeding their policy target of at least three months. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 3 months expenditure (reserves figure: £38k)

“The Trustees consider that the level.of unrestricted reserves should represent at least 3 months expenditure.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Andrew Martin Stretton
Dr Ronald Louis Gower · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN LINNEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Sally Jean Bridgman · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Mark Atkins · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£68k	£56k
31/12/2024	£64k	£63k
31/12/2023	£55k	£64k
31/12/2022	£53k	£54k
31/12/2021	£93k	£93k

Common questions

Is EVOLUTION ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £12,719 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £68,242 and total expenditure of £55,523. Unrestricted reserves stood at £37,817, which the trustees consider to be 8.1 months of expenditure, exceeding their policy target of at least three months. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£990	Evolution Arts Community Courses
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/12/2008	£5k	Volunteering & Healthy Living at Evolution Arts

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 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£130k
THE VERNON ELLIS FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	1	£32k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£13k
WESTHILL ENDOWMENT	1	£12k
The Ashley Family Foundation	1	£10k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£7k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EVOLVE MUSIC.

EVOLVE MUSIC income £249k
ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k
OPEN AWARDS income £2.7m
NEW CREATIONS income £183k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
NEW CURATORS income £959k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EVOLUTION ARTS	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EVOLVE MUSIC FY2025	£249k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD FY2025	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW CREATIONS FY2025	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025	£781k	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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