BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1136680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education for the benefit of the public in contemporary applied art and design by raising the public's aesthetic appreciation in applied art and design and the provision of educational lectures, workshops and exhibitions at the Bluecoat Display Centre Liverpool or such other premises as the charity may from time to time occupy

Objects

A RAISING THE PUBLIC'S AESTHETIC APPRECIATION IN APPLIED ART AND DESIGN; ANDB THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS AT THE BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE, LIVERPOOL OR AT SUCH OTHER PREMISES AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME OCCUPY

Area of benefit: THE BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE, LIVERPOOL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves are overdrawn by £8,223, which is an improvement from the previous year's £19,216 deficit. The independent examiner has expressed reasonable cause to doubt the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to this overdrawn balance, although income was sufficient to cover core running costs for the year. The trustees note that the economic climate is challenging and that staff numbers have been reduced to the minimum to manage expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bluecoat Display Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT ALAN WHITTAKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON APPLETON
• DAVID ALAN BACKHOUSE
• GILL CURRY
• JUDITH FORDHAM
• Kate Cowie
• PETER DAVID WOODS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Kinsella

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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