THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1138117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q1567478 · Wikipedia · also known as THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD OPERATING TRUST

Operation of an art gallery and associated facilities

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ART GALLERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD GALLERY WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS;3.TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE CARE, MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OF: THE HEPWORTH ESTATE GIFT AND THE WAKEFIELD ART GALLERY FINE ART & SCULPTURE COLLECTIONS (INC. THE GOTT COLLECTION); AND (A) OTHER COLLECTIONS, GROUPINGS, DISPLAYS OR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FROM ANY OTHER BODY WHICH PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY;4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE AID, ESTABLISHMENT, FUNDING OR SPONSORSHIP OF BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, INSTITUTION, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE BODY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY; AND5. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS

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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Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £476,934 for the year, resulting in consolidated net assets of £3,315,083. The trustees note that the charity is working its way out of a deficit budget position, with core grants from Arts Council England and Wakefield Council providing financial stability. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 29.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Jomeen
• Alex Taylor
• Alice Regent
• Anna Villar do Valle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elliot McDonald
• Jon Horrocks
• Nikki Wright
• Steve Langan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan May

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYCHDALE LIMITED.

• WYCHDALE LIMITED income £2.2m
• SHAFTESBURY ARTS CENTRE income £287k
• HORSEBRIDGE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £233k
• THE WHITWORTH CENTRE income £140k
• THE WARWICK ARTS TRUST income £59k
• THE WARE DRILL HALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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