ARTY PARTY LIMITED

Registered charity 1142517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arty Party in an independent arts organisation that supports people with learning and/or physical disabilities, living in Telford and Shropshire, to make art. It provides arts training and work experience programmes, reduces social isolation through creative social activities and increases integration within the wider community through exhibitions, digital media, performance and social events.

Objects

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITHIN SHROPSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, BY PROMOTING EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, AND THROUGH THIS IMPROVING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH, SOCIAL WELLBEING AND ECONOMIC STABILITY. ALSO TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND COMMUNITY COHESION, BUILDING TRUST, CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ARTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £8,411 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £36,312 to £27,901. The unrestricted fund balance dropped significantly from £36,031 to £14,120, while restricted funds increased slightly to £13,781. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with statutory requirements and give a proper understanding of the financial position.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Homes England; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arty Party (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Lesley Dean-Richardschair
• Andrew Robert Millichamp
• Charles Morris Addison
• Dawn Heather Miles
• Elizabeth Jane Busby
• Mark Wilfred Cuerden

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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