ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION
Registered charity 1140525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Arts at the Old Fire Station encourages people from all backgrounds to understand and shape the world in which we live through stories, creativity and the arts, and by connecting with others. We have a gallery, theatre, dance studio and Cafe. We support artists and include people facing disadvantage. We support services to evaluate their work using Story Telling Methodology.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view and are prepared on a going concern basis, with funding deemed adequate for future needs. However, the audit identified material weaknesses in internal controls, including unupdated bank access rights, incorrect fund categorization in software, and ineffective staff handovers. Additionally, there were unadjusted VAT misstatements and difficulties in obtaining complete bank statements for the year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Richardsons. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arts at the Old Fire Station (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Clara Vaughan — CEO (source)
- Becca Vallins — Deputy CEO (source)
- Caroline Boon — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ATEWOLOGUN, Adedoyin Olukemi — director, appointed 14/06/2025on trustee list
- TANNA, Serrena Jade — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
- BROOKS, Demelza — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
- VAUGHAN, Clara — director, appointed 01/04/2024not on trustee list
- COLLINS, Kim — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
- SMITH, Heather — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
- HOLDSWORTH, Caroline Lindsay — director, appointed 11/09/2019on trustee list
- VALLINS, Rebecca — secretary, appointed 09/02/2018
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£168k
Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Caroline Holdsworthchair
- Clara Owen
- Demelza Brooks
- Dr Adedoyin Olukemi Atewologun
- Heather Smith
- Kim Collins
- Serrena Jade Tanna
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Oxfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view and are prepared on a going concern basis, with funding deemed adequate for future needs. However, the audit identified material weaknesses in internal controls, including unupdated bank access rights, incorrect fund categorization in software, and ineffective staff handovers. Additionally, there were unadjusted VAT misstatements and difficulties in obtaining complete bank statements for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richardsons.
Who funds ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTS AT THE OLD FIRE STATION as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, BACKSTAGE TRUST, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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