MAGDALEN ROAD STUDIOS

Registered charity 1142112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRS

To promote to visual arts to the general public through direct engagement with artists in a studio setting. The charity provides and manages affordable studios and exhibition space and creates opportunities for the public to participate in the visual arts.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVES FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE VISUAL ARTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH ARTISTS IN A STUDIO SETTING. IN SUPPORT OF THE OBJECTIVES THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE AND MANAGE AFFORDABLE STUDIOS AND EXHIBITION SPACE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VISUAL ARTS WITHIN THIS SETTING.

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 the company reported an operating loss of £1,241 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant decline from the £14,862 profit in the prior year. Net assets decreased from £5,523 to £4,282, and the company had no employees during the period. The filing notes that the company was entitled to and did not require a statutory audit.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03817751 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• VERSCHOYLE, Andy — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
• HAND, Sean — director, appointed 03/06/2024on trustee list
• CUMBERBATCH, David Anthony — director, appointed 30/05/2022on trustee list
• STOPFORD, Lucy — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
• JEWELL, Amanda — director, appointed 02/03/2021on trustee list
• HUNTER, Tom — director, appointed 18/09/2020on trustee list
• MCLAUGHLIN, Lucas Reed — secretary, appointed 12/05/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jewell
• Andy Verschoyle
• David Anthony Cumberbatch
• Lucy Robine Stopford
• Sean Hand
• Tom Hunter

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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