OBLIQUE ARTS

Registered charity 1142653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oblique Arts is an artist led non profit making organisation. We enable communities to work with us and provide spectacular and innovative multi media urban installations and digital art outcomes. We specialise in working with at risk young people and hard to reach communities. Our projects empower our participants to explore their creative potential through high quality visual arts projects.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT LONDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK

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

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

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £18,617 for the year, with total expenditure of £150,834 exceeding income of £132,217. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain at least £10,000 in unrestricted funds, but the Statement of Assets and Liabilities shows unrestricted funds at £11,322 and restricted funds at £3,935, resulting in total funds of £15,257. The charity relies on Arts Council National Portfolio funding and notes that unrestricted reserves help cover running costs and potential project overspends.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Oblique Arts is thrilled to be receiving funding for our vital work from Arts Council, England and DCMS from April 2023 for 3 years.” (source page)
• DCMS — “Oblique Arts is thrilled to be receiving funding for our vital work from Arts Council, England and DCMS from April 2023 for 3 years.” (source page)
• Cambridge City Council — “Funded by Cambridge City Council .” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Gawthrope
• Julian Pickles
• Petr Torak

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ODD ARTS.

• ODD ARTS income £912k
• WE ARE UNLIMITED ARTS income £2.4m
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k
• Uncurbed Collective income £270k
• OVO income £689k
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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